About the day » Sunday December 8, 1782Calender converter

• Aaltien Wiering, Gieterveen, Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland († 1824)
• Abraham Basting, Zuidzande, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1827)
• Anne Karel Lodewijk van Montmorency-Tancarville Graaf van Gournay († 1814)
• Anna Maria Smolders, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus JANSEN, Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Nederland († 1812)
• Adriana Tom, Kralingen († 1783)
• Anna Maria Catharina BEIRENS, Herenthout, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1873)
• Aaltje Jakobs, Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Netherlands († 1852)
• Anna Theresia De Brabander, Brugge,,Provincie West-Vlaanderen,Flanders,Belgi√´ († 1782)
• Anne Marie Lecharlier, Overwinden

• Jan Koeijers (48)
• Jan Stoltenberg (0), Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Franciscus Josephus DE BURCHGRAVE (86), Lampernisse (B)
• Jan Kolenbrander (72)
• Beligje Jans Borst (81), Jaarsveld, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Opsomer (86), Lampernisse,8xxx,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Hindrik Willems
• Hannah Teed (75), New, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
• Aafje Nannes Groot (0), Andijk
• Jan Willem Heurnink, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1756 » Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria († 1801)
• 1765 » Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin († 1825)
• 1795 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician († 1874)
• 1807 » Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist († 1893)
• 1813 » August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands († 1890)
• 1815 » Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator († 1905)
• 1817 » Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Denmark († 1896)
• 1818 » Charles III, Prince of Monaco († 1889)
• 1822 » Jakov Ignjatović, Hungarian-Serbian author († 1889)
• 1832 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1910)

• 1709 » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)
• 1722 » Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)
• 1744 » Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
• 1745 » Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
• 1746 » Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
• 1756 » William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1768 » Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)
• 1779 » Nathan Alcock, English physician (b. 1707)
• 1815 » Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist (b. 1739)
• 1830 » Benjamin Constant, Swiss-French philosopher and author (b. 1767)

• 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.
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
• 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.
• 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 8, 1782 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: betrokken.