About the day » Tuesday January 1, 1782Calender converter

• Annigje Gerbrandsd Beer, Oldelamer, weststellingwerf.fr.nld († 1828)
• Anna Maria Verkroost, Utrecht
• Antonius CUNEN, Ensch, 54340, Rheinland Pfalz, Deutschland
• Annegjen Gerbrands de BEER, Aldetrine, Weststellingwerf, Fryslân, Netherlands 8479 († 1828)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Buhr, Neuenkirchen (Duitsland) († 1819)
• Aaltjen Alberts Bos, Raalte, Nederland († 1864)
• Antje Roukama, Akersloot, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jans Dijkman, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 1836)
• Agniet Hepkema, Langweer († 1849)
• Anna Catharina* Van Der Schueren, Meldert

• Cornelis Broers (52), Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelia Van Den Bergh (48), Loosduinen, South Holland, Netherlands
• Cornelis Jacobusz Paauw (33), unbekannt
• Haye Frerichs (66), Strackholt, Aurich, Niedersachsen, Germany
• BEEREND HENDRIKSZ VAN GALEN (53), Harderwijk
• Christine Krämer (72), Stünzel, Kreis Wittgenstein
• BarbAra Karels Wullaart (54), unbekannt
• Cornelis Houweling, Woubrugge
• Catharina Feutoldern (100), Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States
• Anje Dieters Heikens

• 1752 » Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States († 1836)
• 1768 » Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author († 1849)
• 1769 » Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician († 1821)
• 1774 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic († 1860)
• 1779 » William Clowes, English publisher († 1847)
• 1803 » Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson († 1874)
• 1806 » Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player († 1853)
• 1809 » Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist († 1880)
• 1813 » George Bliss, American politician († 1868)
• 1814 » Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebellion leader and king († 1864)

• 1716 » William Wycherley, English playwright and poet (b. 1641)
• 1748 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)
• 1780 » Johann Ludwig Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1713)
• 1782 » Johann Christian Bach, German composer (b. 1735)
• 1789 » Fletcher Norton, 1st Baron Grantley, English lawyer and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1716)
• 1793 » Francesco Guardi, Italian painter and educator (b. 1712)
• 1817 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (b. 1743)
• 1846 » John Torrington, English sailor and explorer (b. 1825)
• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)

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)
• January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
• February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
• March 8 » Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes.
• April 21 » The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
• July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
• 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.

The temperature on January 1, 1782 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.