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• Cornelius van der Aa, Berkel-Enschot, Tilburg († 1844)
• Aart Schut, Putten († 1843)
• Anna ELST, Huijbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arent Hendriksen ( Westhuis ), Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bartha Gerrits OOSTERLAAK, Vreeswijk
• Catharina van den Bos, Monster
• Catherine Kachel († 1805)
• Catharina ROMBOUTS, Zundert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1866)
• Cornelia van Neer, Echt († 1809)
• Cornelius Antoniusz Neelemoer, Ter Aar (Korteraar)

• Joannes Antonius Meuleman (65), Hillegem
• Laurentius Meulendycx (0), Aarle-Rixtel
• Elisabeth Huygens Admiraal (55), Zwartewaal, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Giovanna Maria Brenta (50), 's Hertogenbosch
• Catharina DE WEERT
• Cornelis Vergunst, Leiderdorp
• Aaltjen Berent (78), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Clara Maria Lambrechts, Wilmarsdonk
• Georges Cattenstad (75), Sint-Huibrechts-Hern
• Dirk Willemsz. Buijs (79), Aalsmeer

• 1757 » Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic († 1823)
• 1759 » Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice († 1794)
• 1768 » Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician († 1844)
• 1794 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour († 1881)
• 1795 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist († 1872)
• 1797 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano († 1865)
• 1799 » Margaret Agnes Bunn, Scottish actress († 1883)
• 1800 » Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal († 1891)
• 1802 » Miguel I of Portugal († 1866)
• 1803 » Joseph Hansom, English architect and publisher, designed Birmingham Town Hall († 1882)

• 1717 » Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (b. 1657)
• 1751 » Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (b. 1702)
• 1764 » William Hogarth, English painter and engraver (b. 1697)
• 1773 » Amédée-François Frézier, French mathematician, engineer, and explorer (b. 1682)
• 1803 » Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1721)
• 1806 » John Graves Simcoe, English general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (b. 1752)
• 1817 » Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Dutch-Austrian chemist and botanist (b. 1727)
• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
• 1866 » John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)

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. Klaas
15. John
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)
• February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
• March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
• April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
• August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
• 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.

The temperature on October 26, 1782 was about 10.0 °C. There was 176 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.