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• Barth van Putten, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bonaventura Adriaan Cornelis de Lange Baron van Wijngaarden, Gouda, Z.H († 1845)
• Adriana Branderhorst, genderen (noord brabant)
• Baukje Pieters Stellinga, Terbandsteschans († 1837)
• Antonia Elemans, Huisseling, N-Brabant (NL.)
• Berend BROERS, Houwerzijl, Ulrum, De Marne, Groningen, Nederland († 1783)
• Andreas Jacobus Bremmers, Maasniel, Limburg, Nederland († 1783)
• Anna Margriet Zwamborn, Tuil, Gelderland, Nederland
• Balthazar Remigius van Hilst, Loon op Zand († 1785)
• Ann Lewis, Somerton,Somerset,England

• Clara Hendrina Vandendijck, Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland
• Jean Baptiste Migneron, L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada
• Justus Tjeenk (52), Vlissingen, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ariaantie Reijnestein (49), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Judocus Belaen (76), Meulebeke, Belgium
• Jan Willems WOLZAK (49), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Harmen Jan Spanhaak (0), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jan Willemszoon Wolzak (Wolsack) (49), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Katharina Peis (1), Neuastenberg, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Hendrik van Pelt (65), Oudendijk, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, NL

• 1751 » Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest, missionary, and saint († 1820)
• 1751 » Lord George Gordon, English lieutenant and politician († 1793)
• 1769 » Ernst Moritz Arndt, German writer and poet († 1860)
• 1780 » Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author († 1872)
• 1782 » Philaret Drozdov, Russian metropolitan and saint († 1867)
• 1785 » Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium († 1871)
• 1791 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine († 1871)
• 1803 » Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author († 1882)
• 1819 » E. D. E. N. Southworth, American author and educator († 1899)
• 1820 » Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright († 1890)

• 1646 » Henri de Bourbon, prince of Condé (b. 1588)
• 1731 » Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
• 1771 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)
• 1780 » John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)
• 1784 » Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)
• 1786 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713)
• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)

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.
• 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.
• July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
• 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.
• November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
• 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 December 26, 1782 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.