January 30 » The Forty-seven rōnin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master, by killing Kira Yoshinaka.
February 4 » In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death.
May 27 » Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg.
July 26 » During the Bavarian Rummel the rural population of Tyrol drove the Bavarian Prince-Elector Maximilian II Emanuel out of North Tyrol with a victory at the Pontlatzer Bridge and thus prevented the Bavarian Army, which was allied with France, from marching as planned on Vienna during the War of the Spanish Succession.
July 31 » Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
December 27 » Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
Day of death January 22, 1782
The temperature on January 22, 1782 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
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.
June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
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