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• Adrianus Pals, Terheijden, North Brabants († 1860)
• Adriaan Pals, Terheijden († 1860)
• Anna Maria Schellekens, Riel († 1857)
• Andries Monster, Mijnsherenland, Nederland († 1783)
• Antonius van Bussel, Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Taet, Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbara (Aartje) van 't Wel, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1858)
• Anna Elisabeth Meeus, St Joris Winge († 1846)
• caroline françoise COLMANT, Wasmes (Belgium) Hainaut
• Antonia Fransen van 't Wel, Amersfoort

• Antje Eintes (71), Hollum, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anneke Janssen de Reus (66), Dussen, Nederland
• Aukjen Draewes (82), Opeinde, Smallingerland, nederland
• Arie Laurensz Groenland (41), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aukjen Draewes (80), Opeinde
• Anna Cornelisse Scheurwater (56), Woudrichem
• Arij den Boer, Meerdervoort
• Anna Cornelis Scheurwater (56), Woudrichem
• Anna Barbara Haasen (27)
• Aaltje Fook (57), Loosduinen

• 1738 » Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, English general and politician, 3rd Governor-General of India († 1805)
• 1741 » Gottfried August Bürger, German poet and academic († 1794)
• 1763 » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral († 1806)
• 1776 » Johann Spurzheim, German-American physician and phrenologist († 1832)
• 1798 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian physician, philologist, and academic († 1850)
• 1805 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author († 1876)
• 1815 » George Meade, American general and engineer († 1872)
• 1830 » Alexander Smith, Scottish poet and critic († 1867)
• 1830 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian ruler († 1895)
• 1833 » Hugh Nelson Scottish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland († 1906)

• 1691 » Dudley North, English merchant and economist (b. 1641)
• 1691 » Robert Boyle, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1627)
• 1705 » Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)
• 1719 » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (b. 1646)
• 1730 » Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (b. 1651)
• 1742 » Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
• 1775 » Richard Montgomery, American general (b. 1738)
• 1799 » Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)
• 1818 » Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)
• 1872 » Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)

• 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 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

The temperature on December 31, 1782 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.