The temperature on September 12, 1782 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).
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