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• Henderica (Simmerman) Zimmerman, Amsterdam
• Edward Stevenson, Kettle, Fife, Scotland († 1863)
• Christiaan Paulus van Beresteyn, Delft,Gemeente Delft,South Holland,Netherlands († 1842)
• Alida van der Meer, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Derk Dirk Camphuijs, Ermelo († 1862)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Notermans, Grevenbicht († 1851)
• Gerrit Lubbertsz Sneller, Oldebroek, Nederland
• Catherine Joseph Bracq, Inchy (F)
• Derk Camphuijs, Ermelo (GL) († 1862)
• Gerrit Bruntink, Neede

• Amalia Isabella von Bentheim und Steinfurt (57)
• Antje Lourens (91), Sneek
• Elisabeth Henriette Dorothea van Kameke (37), Darłowo, Polen
• Amalia Elisabeth Sidonia van Bentheim-Steinfurt (57)
• Amalia Isabella van Bentheim Steinfurt (57)
• Annetje Willems van der Hoeven, Weesp, Nederland
• Hendrik (Ariens) Struijck (49), Woudrichem, Nederland
• Annetje van Steenler, Nijkerk
• Hendrik Ariensz Struijk, Woudrichem, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Guilielmus Van Hout, Houtvenne, Antwerpen, Belgie

• 1702 » Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India († 1748)
• 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
• 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
• 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
• 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
• 1844 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author († 1911)
• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)

• 1661 » Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
• 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)

1. Jan
2. Hendrik
3. Johannes
4. Pieter
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Gerrit
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Jean
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Klaas
16. Abraham

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Marie
5. Cornelia
6. Catharina
7. Joanna
8. Elisabeth
9. Trijntje
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Adriana
13. Antje
14. Elizabeth
15. Aaltje
16. Jannetje

• 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)
• April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
• June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
• 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.
• September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• 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).

The temperature on August 7, 1782 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.