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• Anton van Loon, Oss († 1836)
• Ariaantje LANGHAAR, Strijen
• Akke Jurjens Geuker, Dronrijp, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aalbert van Dijkhuizen, Nijkerk
• Cornelis Kerstes Jongsma, Oosterzee, De Friese Meren, Friesland, Nederland († 1866)
• Anna Elisabeth Smets, Zoerle-Parwijs, Antwerp, Belgium
• Berend Smienk, Hengelo, Nederland († 1855)
• Anna Elisabeth VERHEYEN, Broechem,2520,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Catharina Berende, Terheijden
• (3) Trijntje Jans Tessel, Noord Scharwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1858)

• Anna Epman (47), Rotterdam
• Israel (Rosie) -Saul- Pezaro, Amsterdam
• Jan van Steenstraten (37), Leiden
• Elisabeth van VIJFWIJK (36), Dordrecht
• Gerrit Klaasz (Vrijer) (54), Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Jean Louis CASTILHON (52), Bouillon, 6830, Luxembourg, Belgique
• Catharina Meijering (74), Leiden
• Edmund White (15), TAKEN SICK ABOARD A MAN-OF-WAR BUT DIED AT HOME
• Gerrit de Vrijer (54), Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dirk (theodorus) Massop (Maschop) (63), vianen

• 1714 » Alaungpaya, Burmese king († 1760)
• 1732 » Peter Ernst Wilde, German physician and journalist († 1785)
• 1758 » Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin († 1794)
• 1759 » William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician († 1833)
• 1772 » William I of the Netherlands († 1840)
• 1787 » James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer († 1834)
• 1824 » Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar († 1891)
• 1837 » Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator († 1924)
• 1843 » Boyd Dunlop Morehead, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
• 1845 » James Calhoun, American lieutenant († 1876)

• 1759 » Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715)
• 1770 » Thomas Chatterton, English poet and prodigy (b. 1752)
• 1779 » Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)
• 1798 » Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709)
• 1804 » Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and American Revolutionary War spy (b. 1760)
• 1818 » James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1821 » John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795)
• 1832 » Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 » Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 » Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)

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 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.
• July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
• December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).
• 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 24, 1782 was about 21.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.