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• Cornelis Christiaansz. van Dijk, Veur, ZH, Nederland († 1854)
• Alida Fortunata Teunissen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1815)
• Aeltjen (Aaltje) Holtvoogd (Houtvoogd), Borculo (Berkelland) († 1860)
• Anna Grete Nanckmann, Düthe, Fresenburg
• Dorothea Magdalena Eleonora Priesterjahn, Halberstadt, Sachsen-Anhalt († 1834)
• Antonia Nieuwesteeg
• Cornelius Suykens, Hingene, 2880, Bornem, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Claas Vingerling, Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Ariën Jans Geerhof, Oene (gem.Epe) († 1865)
• Aarien Geerhof (Jans), Oene (Gem.Epe) († 1865)

• Janneke Korse van den Anker (83), Drimmelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jannetje Corstiaansdr van den Ancker (83), drimmelen (noord brabant)
• Cornelis Brooijmans, Princenhage
• Dominicus Kruijf (50), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Janneke Corstiaansd van den Akker (Anker) (80), ,, Drimmelen, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
• Hendrik Bavink, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Edwards (45), St Just, Cornwall
• Janneke Corstiaansd van den Akker (80), Drimmelen
• Catharina van Achten, Den Haag
• Hilletje Fulps Eijgenhuijs (77), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1737 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician († 1794)
• 1745 » Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer († 1801)
• 1753 » Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and rebel leader († 1811)
• 1786 » John Vianney, French priest and saint († 1859)
• 1815 » Edward Tompkins, American lawyer and politician († 1872)
• 1818 » Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician, 3rd Premier of New Brunswick († 1896)
• 1821 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist († 1885)
• 1824 » William Walker, American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary († 1860)
• 1825 » George Bruce Malleson, English-Indian colonel and author († 1898)
• 1828 » Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and activist, co-founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate († 1910)

• 1766 » Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693)
• 1773 » Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
• 1781 » Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)
• 1782 » Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
• 1785 » Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
• 1785 » Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)
• 1788 » Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
• 1794 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)
• 1819 » Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands
• 1822 » John Stark, American general (b. 1728)

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)
• January 7 » The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 30 » American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).

The temperature on May 8, 1782 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken.