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• Bernardus (Berent) Grootenboers, Gilze (RK dopen)
• Auguste_Daniel Willer, Den Haag († 1856)
• Aaltje Hendriksz Olthuijs, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus (Adriaan) Geerts, Meerle, Belgium († 1848)
• Catharina van de Leur, Baardwijk († 1864)
• Berent Grootenboers, Gilze
• Bindert Feddes van der Naald, Niezijl, 9842, Nederland († 1841)
• Carolina Malley (Mallet), Den Haag († 1847)
• Antonij Koremans, Rijen
• Andreas Maas, Lieshout († 1860)

• Jan Isaacsz. Kerkhof (65), Pijnacker, ZH, Nederland
• Caterina Bendoni Caccia (21), Milano, Italie
• Geertruida Anna Lucresia Van Der Merwede (22)
• Folkert Janssen (1), Simonswolde
• Hendrik van der KLEIJ (81), Wassenaar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Geertruida Anna Lucretia van der Merwede (22), Kampen, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Christine Louise van Bülow (40)
• Georg Ludwig Koch (71), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Hendrina van der LINDEN (157), Lienden, Buren, Neder-Betuwe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Auwke Beerends (29), Wybelsum Hamrich, Ostfriesland

• 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)
• 1818 » William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1881)

• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)

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. John
15. Klaas
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 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
• March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
• April 6 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
• April 21 » The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
• 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.
• 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 20, 1782 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.