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Born on Sunday August 23, 1682
- Annetje Gerrits Croese, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Antonius Joannes Petrus Joannes SCHEPENS, Oirschot
- Annetje Dammis Boterklomp, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1750)
- Annetje Dammis Butterclomp, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1750)
- Anthonius van Loon, Zevenbergen
- Anna Margareta Schaber, Tublingen, Swartzwald, Wuerttemberg, Germany († 1718)
- Anthonia van Giersbergen, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anthonius Dielisse Loon van, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Barbara Purfurst, Plauen, Plauen, Sachsen, Germany
- Adrianus Franciscus Embrechts
Died on Sunday August 23, 1682
- Sarah Elizabeth (Swaine?) Weare (72), Nantucket County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Anna, Ketzelsdorf, Zwittau
- Benoiste GUISCHARD, Yvignac, 22350, France
- Aeltje Bruijnenbeek
- Sarah Elizabeth Swain (76), Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Maria Catharina van Küenburg-Khünegg (42)
- Aert van Vendeloo (0), Dordrecht
- Willem Willems Posthumius
- Marie CLIJN (39)
- Anna Heijkens (37), Alkmaar
Born on August 23
- 1579 » Thomas Dempster, Scottish scholar and historian († 1625)
- 1623 » Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian († 1675)
- 1724 » Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant († 1796)
- 1741 » Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer († 1788)
- 1754 » Louis XVI of France († 1793)
- 1769 » Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic († 1832)
- 1783 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge († 1852)
- 1785 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander († 1819)
- 1805 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician († 1893)
- 1814 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop († 1877)
Died on August 23
- 1568 » Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (b. 1495)
- 1574 » Ebussuud Efendi, Turkish lawyer and jurist (b. 1490)
- 1591 » Luis de León, Spanish poet and academic (b. 1527)
- 1618 » Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1585)
- 1628 » George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1592)
- 1652 » John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (b. 1600)
- 1706 » Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
- 1723 » Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
- 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
- 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
Names that were popular for boys in 1682
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Jean
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Hendrik
- Jacobus
- John
- Jansz
- Thomas
- Pierre
Names that were popular for girls in 1682
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Anne
- Cornelia
- Jans
- Johanna
- Elizabeth
- Neeltje
- Jeanne
- Mary
- Jannetje
- Van
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1682
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- April 9 » Robert Cavelier de La Salle discovers the mouth of the Mississippi River, claims it for France and names it Louisiana.
- May 6 » Louis XIV of France moves his court to the Palace of Versailles.
- August 24 » William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
- September 14 » Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
- October 27 » Philadelphia is founded in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.