About the day » Tuesday December 17, 1782Calender converter

• Catharina Willemina Kelfkens, Utrecht Jacobikerk Utrecht (NL) († 1830)
• Anna Hendricks, Helden († 1870)
• Adrianus Schellekens, Gilze en Rijen, Nederland († 1849)
• Cornelis Abrahamse Verwijs, Sint-Philipsland († 1834)
• Anna HENDRICKS, Helden, Limburg, Netherlands († 1870)
• André Beaufaux, Dion-le-Mont, Brabant, Belgique († 1835)
• Anna Hendriks, Helden-Beringen († 1870)
• Ary Blijksloot, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1821)
• Aaltje Jans Pannevis, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catherine MIELLET, Doubs (25310)

• Anna Christina Walborn (82), Tulpehocken, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Catherine Colombe NEULIOT (45), Donzy (58-Nièvre), France
• Durk Teunis (32), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis Hendricksz Coster (69), Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Schuurmans (59), Vught
• Cornelis Commer Luijendijk (68), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius Jacobus Beauprez (61), Klerken
• Elizabeth Delano (60), Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
• Engelberta_(Engel)_Jan_Lucas SARIS (77), Son
• Anton Jacob Beauprez (61)

• 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
• 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
• 1778 » Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist († 1829)
• 1796 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician († 1865)
• 1797 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer († 1878)
• 1807 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist († 1892)
• 1812 » Vilhelm Petersen, Danish painter († 1880)
• 1827 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician († 1893)
• 1830 » Jules de Goncourt, French author and critic († 1870)
• 1835 » Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist and engineer († 1910)

• 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
• 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
• 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)

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)
• January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
• 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.
• March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• April 6 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
• June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
• September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

The temperature on December 17, 1782 was about 0.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.