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• Antje Harms van der Laan, Burum († 1850)
• Antje Harma Harms van der Laan, Burum, Nederland († 1850)
• Bontje Jans Nonkes, Ureterp, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1864)
• Andrée Louise Aimée de Thiboutot
• Alexandrine Truffaut, Leers (Nord-France) († 1829)
• Bontje Jans Gosse Nonkes, Ureterp, Friesland, Nederland († 1864)
• Arend Smits
• Aerdt Willemsz Quak ( Kwak ), Rozenburg, 3181, Nederland († 1855)
• Adrianus Van Affelterre, Aaigem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgje († 1783)
• Aart Olivier, Dordrecht,Gemeente Dordrecht,South Holland,Netherlands († 1828)

• Anna Brongers, Groningen
• Frans Hendrikze Schuit (Schuijt) (59), Westzaan
• Jan MOLENAAR, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje van Kekem {Kekum} (66)
• Jacques DEFERRONNIÈRE (31), Ygrande,03160,Allier,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Jan Harteveld (39), Scheveningen
• Janna Vermeer (68), Hoogvliet
• Frans Hendriksz. Schuijt (59), Westzaan, NH, Nederland
• Jacob Hogenberg, Groningen
• Gabriel Degeneffe (62), Waremme, prov. Luik (B)

• 1730 » Henry Clinton, English general and politician († 1795)
• 1755 » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter († 1842)
• 1786 » John Franklin, English admiral and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land († 1847)
• 1800 » George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician († 1888)
• 1808 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Interior († 1864)
• 1821 » Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter († 1893)
• 1823 » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic († 1852)
• 1826 » Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician († 1891)
• 1827 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller († 1879)
• 1834 » Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant († 1862)

• 1687 » George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b. 1628)
• 1689 » Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (b. 1640)
• 1742 » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
• 1756 » Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
• 1783 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
• 1788 » Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
• 1828 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)

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)
• 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.
• 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.
• September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).

The temperature on April 16, 1782 was about 6.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: betrokken regen.