About the day » Tuesday April 23, 1782Calender converter

• Cornelia Maria Ludovica Maas, Nieuweschans, Gemeente Oldambt, Groningen, Nederland
• Geert Thymens Meester, Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1838)
• Elizabeth Blommendal, 's-Gravenhage († 1863)
• Elisabeth Bloemendaal (Blommendaal), 's-Gravenhage († 1863)
• Anton Kramer, Winterberg, Kreis Brilon († 1783)
• Adrianus Cornelis Roestenburg († 1789)
• Geert Tijmens Meester, Giethoorn († 1838)
• Franciscus Nicolaus Leenders, Leuth
• Caroline Prinses Reuss van Schleiz-Köstritz, Köstritz, Thüringen († 1853)
• Elizabeth Eliasdr Blommendal, 's-Gravenhage († 1863)

• Isaac la Gasse (29), Cadzand, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina Andronikashvili (28), Tbilisi, Georgië
• Jan de Laat (49), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Antoine VANDENBROUCKE (74), Bourbourg Campagne... Hauts de France
• Jan Bartels Korthuis, Corthuis, Kot(t)hus (78), Meeden
• Geeske Lubberts
• Jan Bartels (89), Meeden
• Elisabeth Captein Kaptein, Klundert
• Dymphna Maria Bellens (56), Noorderwijk (2200, Antwerpen)
• Cornelius Verheyen (43), Massenhoven

• 1748 » Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist († 1794)
• 1791 » James Buchanan, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of the United States († 1868)
• 1792 » Thomas Romney Robinson, Irish astronomer and physicist († 1882)
• 1794 » Wei Yuan, Chinese scholar and author († 1856)
• 1805 » Johann Karl Friedrich Rosenkranz, German philosopher and academic († 1879)
• 1812 » Frederick Whitaker, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1891)
• 1813 » Frédéric Ozanam, Italian-French historian and scholar († 1853)
• 1813 » Stephen A. Douglas, American educator and politician, 7th Illinois Secretary of State († 1861)
• 1818 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor († 1894)
• 1819 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1901)

• 1695 » Henry Vaughan, Welsh poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1702 » Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1614)
• 1781 » James Abercrombie, Scottish general and politician (b. 1706)
• 1784 » Solomon I of Imereti (b. 1735)
• 1792 » Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (b. 1741)
• 1794 » Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (b. 1721)
• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)

• 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 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
• 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.
• June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
• 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 23, 1782 was about 11.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen.