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• Cornelis van Uden, Veghel
• Aafje van der Doef, Oudewater (U) († 1871)
• Adrianus Peppelaar, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1854)
• Arnoldus van Laerhoven, Mierlo-(Hout)
• Cornelia van Es, Scherpenisse († 1848)
• Baart Klaas Stolp, Zaandam († 1856)
• Anne Françoise JOURDAIN, Saint-Jean-des-Échelles, 72320, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
• Elisabetha van Raak, Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Huveners, Tilburg († 1839)
• Christian Friederich Anthon Drenckhahn, Schlagsdorf, Mecklenburg, Germany

• Benjamin Heijmans Ameland (1), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Keinath (71), Germany
• Joanna Maria VAN DE MOORTEL (31), Sint Amands
• Getrudis Pouwel Willems (70), Wanroij, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Henriëtte van Alkemade (60), Haarlem, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Jean Philibert Laderoute (4), Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada
• Jan Dirkszn de Koning (73), Rijnsburg
• Jacobus van Engelen (0), Heusden
• Jacobus Reindersz Schekkerman (77), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• "Joseph Albert" Ferdinand Ghislain de Vischer de Celles (46)

• 1763 » Edmond-Charles Genêt, French-American translator and diplomat († 1834)
• 1786 » Nicholas Biddle, American banker and financier († 1844)
• 1788 » Rudolf of Austria, Austrian archduke and archbishop († 1831)
• 1792 » Lowell Mason, American composer and educator († 1872)
• 1805 » John Bigler, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, 3rd Governor of California († 1871)
• 1805 » Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles († 1878)
• 1812 » Sigismond Thalberg, Swiss pianist and composer († 1871)
• 1817 » Theophilus Shepstone, English-South African politician († 1893)
• 1821 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Turkey († 1904)
• 1823 » Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh geographer, biologist, and explorer († 1913)

• 1707 » John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and politician, Scottish Secretary of State (b. 1648)
• 1713 » Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1775 » John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (b. 1706)
• 1789 » Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. 1703)
• 1794 » Justus Möser, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1720)
• 1815 » Edward Pakenham, Anglo-Irish general and politician (b. 1778)
• 1825 » Eli Whitney, American engineer and theorist, invented the cotton gin (b. 1765)
• 1853 » Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene-Hungarian poet and educator (b. 1788)
• 1854 » William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English field marshal and politician, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance (b. 1768)
• 1865 » Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence (b. 1779)

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 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
• March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
• 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.
• June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
• 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.

The temperature on January 8, 1782 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.