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• Baukje Engberts Fransbergen, Bergum († 1853)
• Arend Jans Neijmeijer, Ruinen († 1827)
• Arie Kaasbergen, Kalslagen
• Catharina van Duijnhoven, Stiphout
• Anna Egberts, Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland
• Arend Jans Nijmeijer, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1827)
• Baukjen Engberts Fransberg(en), Bergum († 1853)
• Barbara Theresia Sieuw, Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Ann Spurr, Truro, Cornwall, England
• Baukjen Engberts Fransbergen, Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Frslnd, Nthr († 1853)

• Jan KNIPSCHEER (0), Dordrecht, in de Augustijnenkerk, graf 11
• Jacob Hendriksz. van Berkesteijn, Harmelen
• Bauk Cornelis WESTERBAAN (0), Stavoren
• Elisabeth Dieterink (70), Winterswijk
• Jacobus Hendrikze Berkestijn, Harmelen
• Desire Standish (57), Halifax, Plymouth, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Remeijnse, Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Janneke Versprille (3), Heijle, Netherlands
• (Daughter) Doughty (0)
• Helena Voogland (26), Amsterdam-Nederland

• 1713 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic († 1786)
• 1777 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman († 1849)
• 1795 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic († 1881)
• 1798 » Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France († 1881)
• 1817 » Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author († 1845)
• 1835 » Samuel Butler, English author and critic († 1902)
• 1844 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1914)
• 1861 » Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland († 1922)
• 1865 » Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) († 1915)
• 1867 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria († 1940)

• 1679 » Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588)
• 1680 » Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
• 1696 » Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
• 1732 » John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
• 1798 » Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
• 1828 » Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1839 » John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)
• 1841 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
• 1845 » Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1850 » William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)

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)
• 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.
• 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.
• September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.

The temperature on December 4, 1782 was about 0.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.