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• Carolina Barbara Pelckmans, Minderhout, Belgium († 1871)
• Daniel Miller, Washington Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania († 1848)
• Bastiaan Nijhoff, Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland († 1858)
• Ann Pearman († 1782)
• Cornelis Alberti, Assen († 1867)
• Bernardus Biesterbosch, Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernardus Biesterbos, R.K. Statie Vaassen (Epe) Gld. NL
• Dominicus Van Wassenhove, Meire in de Sint-Bavokerk († 1783)
• Adrianus van der Elst, Pulderbos, Antwerpen, België, België († 1841)
• Anneke Freerks Bokma, Dijken, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 1866)

• Cornelius Hendrickx de Crom (59), Essen (B)
• AbigaEl Matthsdr UiJtenbosch (59), Leiden
• Christian Meyer (54), Montgomery, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
• Beatrix Sparre van Rossvik (61)
• Grietje Sijmens Heuvel (71), Wervershoof
• Geertruij Claasdr Volkers (4), Harenkarspel
• Grietje Sijmens Euverst (72), Bangert (Andijk)
• Anna Homan, Voorburg
• Anne Joseph PATERNOSTRE (0), Steenkerque, Henegouwen, België
• Anna Maria KEIJMOLEN (38), Denderleeuw,9470,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1718 » Esek Hopkins, American commander († 1802)
• 1774 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist († 1853)
• 1782 » Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily († 1866)
• 1785 » John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter († 1851)
• 1787 » Ludwig Uhland, German poet, philologist, and historian († 1862)
• 1798 » Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer († 1863)
• 1801 » Ambrose Dudley Mann, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Assistant Secretary of State († 1889)
• 1804 » Charles Goodyear, American banker, lawyer, and politician († 1876)
• 1822 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and designer, co-designed Central Park († 1903)
• 1834 » Charles Farrar Browne, American author († 1867)

• 1686 » Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)
• 1716 » John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)
• 1784 » Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718)
• 1789 » Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)
• 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
• 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, German general (b. 1815)
• 1895 » Eric Stenbock, Estonian-English author and poet (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1915 » John Bunny, American actor (b. 1863)

• 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 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
• March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
• April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
• June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
• July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
• 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 26, 1782 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by north. Weather type: betrokken.