About the day » Sunday May 12, 1782Calender converter

• Asenath Tinkham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1806)
• Abram Heetveld, Rhenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1863)
• Adrianus Knepper, Noord-Waddinxveen († 1856)
• Annetje de Ridder, Huizen
• Anna Maria Frantzen, Wijlre,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Streefland, Nieuw-Lekkerland,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Berend Brouwer, Deventer
• Adriaan van Oevelen, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1854)
• Arij Quartel, Westmaas, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• arij QUARTEL, westmaas († 1783)

• Daniel Waterschoot (74), Grembergen (België)
• Benedicta Josepha Nollet, Menen, West-Vlaanderen (B)
• Geertje Kerkhof (38), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jacoba Vanloo (82), Knokke
• Grietje Attes Hibma (49), Wijnaldum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Elisabetha Jan VERHEYDEN (84), Erps-Kwerps,3071,Vlaams-Brabant,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Anthony Anselmusz Hartsen (62), Amsterdam
• Andries HILLEBRANDS (40), Nes, West-Dongeradiel, Dongeradiel, Fryslân, Nederland
• Elisabeth Wens,Wijns (80), Schoten
• Antoni Hartsen (62), Amsterdam,NL, Nederland

• 1754 » Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher († 1812)
• 1755 » Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer († 1824)
• 1767 » Manuel Godoy, Spanish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of Spain († 1851)
• 1774 » Ellis Cunliffe Lister, English politician († 1853)
• 1777 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman († 1855)
• 1803 » Justus von Liebig, German chemist and academic († 1873)
• 1804 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of West Canada († 1858)
• 1806 » Johan Vilhelm Snellman, Finnish philosopher and politician († 1881)
• 1812 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator († 1888)
• 1814 » Adolf von Henselt, German pianist and composer († 1889)

• 1708 » Adolphus Frederick II, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
• 1748 » Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
• 1759 » Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
• 1784 » Abraham Trembley, Swiss zoologist and academic (b. 1710)
• 1792 » Charles Simon Favart, French playwright and composer (b. 1710)
• 1796 » Johann Uz, German poet and author (b. 1720)
• 1801 » Nicholas Repnin, Russian general and politician, Governor-General of Baltic provinces (b. 1734)
• 1842 » Walenty Wańkowicz, Belarusian-Polish painter (b. 1799)
• 1845 » János Batsányi, Hungarian poet and academic (b. 1763)
• 1856 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1786)

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.
• March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
• 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 May 12, 1782 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.