About the day » Sunday May 26, 1782Calender converter

• Andries Broeders, Gilze en Rijen, NB, Nederland († 1822)
• Anne Marie Jean, ( Bellons ) Uvernet-Fours († 1811)
• Aaltje van Wissen, Wassenaar († 1843)
• Alijdis Ariens Wissen van, Wassenaar († 1843)
• Aleijdis Ariensdr. (twin) van Wissen, wassenaar († 1843)
• Antje Pieters Dijkstra, Pingjum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, NL († 1824)
• Aleijdis van Witsen, Wassenaar
• Anna Catharina HERINCKX, Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle (B) († 1791)
• Antonius Gommers, Rucphen († 1849)
• Anton Promess, Niedersorpe bei Schmallenberg († 1834)

• Isaac Isaacsz Boer (57), Stavenisse Zl
• Élisabeth Poitras (84)
• Jacoba van de Laar, Breda
• Grietje Bastiaansd van der PIJL (29)
• George Somerville (80)
• James Alford (69), Fluvanna, Virginia, United States
• Bernardus de Corte (0), Vurste
• Anna Catharina Rüschen, Steinbild
• Ernestine Louise van Waldeck-Pyrmont (76)
• Benjamin Engelsz. Poldervaart (8), Vierpolders

• 1700 » Nicolaus Zinzendorf, German bishop and saint († 1760)
• 1799 » August Kopisch, German poet and painter († 1853)
• 1822 » Edmond de Goncourt, French author and critic, founded the Académie Goncourt († 1896)
• 1863 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-New Zealand boxer († 1917)
• 1865 » Robert W. Chambers, American author and illustrator († 1933)
• 1867 » Mary of Teck, English-born queen consort of the United Kingdom († 1953)
• 1873 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator († 1958)
• 1876 » Percy Perrin, English cricketer († 1945)
• 1880 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator († 1967)
• 1881 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 († 1955)

• 1685 » Charles II, German elector palatine (b. 1651)
• 1703 » Samuel Pepys, English politician (b. 1633)
• 1742 » Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1672)
• 1746 » Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (b. 1660)
• 1762 » Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic (b. 1714)
• 1799 » James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, Scottish linguist, biologist, and judge (b. 1714)
• 1818 » Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla leader (b. 1785)
• 1818 » Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian field marshal and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Capel Lofft, English lawyer (b. 1751)
• 1840 » Sidney Smith, English admiral and politician (b. 1764)

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)
• 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 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
• March 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
• June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
• 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 26, 1782 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: omtrent helder.