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• Elisabeth BOLLINGBROOKE, Dublin (Ierland) († 1816)
• Aaltje Roodenhuis (Rodenhuis), Leeuwarden († 1826)
• Eva Nilsdotter, Torp, Visingsö (Smål) († 1861)
• Catharina Gertruda BEMELMANS, Hulsberg, Limburg, Nederland († 1828)
• Elisabeth Bollingbroke, Dublin,Dublin City,Leinster,Ireland († 1816)
• Egidius Bels, Brustem, België († 1782)
• Augustinus de Pauw, 's-Hertogenbosch, parochie Sint Jacob († 1810)
• Catharina Gertrudis Bemelmans, Hulsberg, Gemeente Nuth, Limburg, Nederland
• Agathe Véronique GUYON, Saint-Etienne les Remiremont
• Catharina Kanters, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1818)

• Dr. iur. Johann Caspar Goethe (71), Frankfurt am Main (Reg.-Bez. Darmstadt, Hessen)
• Cornelia van Bart (65), Delft
• Cornelis van Eyck (61), Alphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustine Passmore (69), Chester, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Ewouts Wildenboer (48), Zwartewaal
• Essele Arfman (36), Ruurlo
• Hero Popkes (82)
• Bartha Jans Bos (45), Tongeren, Epe, Nederland
• Cornelis van Eijck (61), Alphen
• Essele Arfman Bemer

• 1725 » Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island († 1776)
• 1783 » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American farmer and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1841)
• 1791 » Minh Mạng, Vietnamese emperor († 1841)
• 1803 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies († 1873)
• 1803 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher († 1882)
• 1818 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic († 1897)
• 1818 » Louise de Broglie, Countess d'Haussonville, French essayist and biographer († 1882)
• 1830 » Trebor Mai (né Robert Williams), Welsh poet († 1877)
• 1846 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian-Turkish poet and translator († 1900)
• 1848 » Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, educator, and publisher († 1924)

• 1667 » Gustaf Bonde, Finnish-Swedish politician, 5th Lord High Treasurer of Sweden (b. 1620)
• 1681 » Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1600)
• 1741 » Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German bishop and theologian (b. 1660)
• 1786 » Peter III of Portugal (b. 1717)
• 1789 » Anders Dahl, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1751)
• 1797 » John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1719)
• 1805 » William Paley, English priest and philosopher (b. 1743)
• 1849 » Benjamin D'Urban, English general and politician, Governor of British Guiana (b. 1777)
• 1895 » Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, and jurist (b. 1822)
• 1899 » Rosa Bonheur, French painter and sculptor (b. 1822)

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)
• January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
• March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• April 6 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
• May 6 » Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of 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 16 » British East India Company: Muharram Rebellion: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in the subcontinent against Robert Lindsay and his contingents in Sylhet Shahi Eidgah.

The temperature on May 25, 1782 was about 11.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.