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Birthday February 22, 1782

• The temperature on February 22, 1782 was about 3.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1782: Source: Wikipedia
  • February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
  • March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
  • 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.
  • April 21 » The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
  • August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
  • December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1778 » Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator († 1860)
• 1788 » Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher and author († 1860)
• 1796 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian mathematician, astronomer, and sociologist († 1874)
• 1796 » Alexis Bachelot, French priest and missionary († 1837)
• 1805 » Sarah Fuller Flower Adams, English poet and hymnwriter († 1848)
• 1806 » Józef Kremer, Polish historian and philosopher († 1875)