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• Antoni Hendriks Polhaar, Dalfsen († 1857)
• Adam Clement, Bedford, Virginia, United States († 1858)
• Alle Sipkes Veenstra, Marum, Groningen, Nederland († 1813)
• Arnoldus van Tuil (Tuel), Huissen († 1791)
• Anneke Verschuur, Woudrichem,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1848)
• Abraham Pebley (MO) Collett, Washington County, TN († 1859)
• Albert Harms Warries, .......
• Adrianus MUILWIJK, Giessendam
• Adriana Maartensdr van Baaren, Stolwijk († 1817)
• Anna Verschuur, Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Adrien de l'Ecluse (76), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland (Netherlands)
• Jacob Vriend (57), Venhuizen
• Barent Hendricksen (van Galen) (57), Harderwijk
• Estienne Horis (75), Jemappes, Hainaut, Belgique
• Grietje Jans Jansen
• Isabella Clara Cuvelier (57), Hooglede West Vlaanderen België
• Hiltje (Hitje) Murks (32)
• Henricus VAN ROY (40), Meerhout,Provincie Antwerpen,Flanders,Belgi
• Adrianus Lecluse (76), Leiden
• Gertrud Ernestine von der Schulenburg (54)

• 1747 » Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1792)
• 1749 » Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer († 1794)
• 1764 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician († 1812)
• 1800 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher († 1864)
• 1813 » Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author († 1855)
• 1818 » Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist († 1883)
• 1826 » Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III († 1920)
• 1830 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company († 1906)
• 1832 » Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian († 1918)
• 1833 » Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic († 1905)

• 1705 » Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
• 1760 » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)
• 1766 » Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1808 » Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)
• 1821 » Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)
• 1827 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 » Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)

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 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
• April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
• 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.
• 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 5, 1782 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.