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• ANDRIES LANGEBENT, MONSTER († 1836)
• Elisabeth Francis, Waarloos, 2550, Kontich, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1835)
• Egbert - Gerrits Jansen, (DK) Altona
• Elizabeth DANIELS, Bladel, 3338, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1823)
• Daniel Towers Shears, London, England († 1860)
• Geesken Keuper, Gendringen, Megchelen († 1849)
• Frances Black, Swedesboro, Gloucester, New Jersey, United States († 1858)
• Derck ten Holder, Terborg, Nederland († 1849)
• Albert Harms Moes (Veldt), Hijkersmilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1824)
• Baukje Jacobs Oostringa, Tzummarum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• Derk Ruesink (29), Dinxperlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelis Pietersz Karseboom, Wognum, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Heiltje Jansdr van Hamond (83), Hoogvliet, Nederland
• Aafje Neeleman (4), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jacques Jean GLORIEUX (78), Dottignies
• Agnetus Meutjens (65), Spaubeek (Beek), Limburg, Nederland
• Jacques Jean GLORIEUX (77), Dottignies, 7711, Hainaut, Belgique
• Catrina van Heukelom (0), Utrecht
• Anna (Wolff) (65), Washington, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Joanna (Antonia) Peeters Oerlemans (62), Huijbergen

• 1720 » Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician († 1796)
• 1754 » Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist († 1816)
• 1758 » Friedrich Georg Weitsch, German painter († 1828)
• 1779 » Louis de Freycinet, French navigator and explorer († 1842)
• 1790 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician († 1838)
• 1807 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author († 1892)
• 1814 » Esther Hobart Morris, American suffragette and judge († 1902)
• 1822 » George Stoneman, Jr., United States Army cavalry officer († 1894)
• 1839 » Nelson A. Miles, American general († 1925)
• 1851 » George Turner, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Victoria († 1916)

• 1684 » George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, English politician (b. 1622)
• 1719 » Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (b. 1667)
• 1746 » Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1747 » Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (b. 1678)
• 1759 » Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (b. 1704)
• 1827 » George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1828 » Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743)
• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)

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)
• March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
• March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
• July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
• September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• December 16 » British East India Company: Muharram Rebellion: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in the subcontinent against Robert Lindsay and his contingents in Sylhet Shahi Eidgah.

The temperature on August 8, 1782 was about 15.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.