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• Elisabeth SCHILT, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1849)
• Gerrit van der Hoeven, Schiedam († 1841)
• Gerrit ten Hoopen, Neede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1869)
• Anna Catharina Funcken, Wijlre,, Limburg, Nederland
• Everardus van Reeken, Arnhem († 1864)
• Gerrit Rotgans, West-Terschelling, Friesland, Nederland († 1870)
• Digna van den Hoogenhof, Megen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1837)
• Anna Catharina Goetschalckx, Meer, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België († 1847)
• Cornelis de Jong, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Gerrit Siebens Rotgans, West-Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands († 1870)

• Aldegonda NYS (62), Viersel, Zandhoven, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Joanna Geelen (69), Keesel
• Hendrik Wesseldijk (41)
• Aldegonda Nys (62), Viersel (Antwerpen), Nederland
• Anna Gesina Borgmann (40), Altharen, Haren (Ems)
• Jacques Albert THONART, Luik, Luik, België
• Jacob Molenaar (4), Winkel, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrik Meijer - Klein Wesseldijk (41), Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Gesina Borgmann (40), Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Gese Giesbers (48), Bad Bentheim, Bad Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Duitsland

• 1714 » Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, German philosopher and academic († 1762)
• 1744 » Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States († 1814)
• 1763 » John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman and philanthropist († 1848)
• 1774 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian († 1856)
• 1797 » Paul Delaroche, French painter and academic († 1856)
• 1823 » Leander Clark, American businessman, judge, and politician († 1910)
• 1831 » Xianfeng Emperor of China († 1861)
• 1837 » Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 7th Secretary of State for Canada († 1886)
• 1839 » Ephraim Shay, American engineer, invented the Shay locomotive († 1916)
• 1853 » Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and academic († 1920)

• 1704 » Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, French fur trader and explorer (b. 1657)
• 1709 » Robert Bolling, English planter and merchant (b. 1646)
• 1725 » Thomas King, English and British soldier, MP for Queenborough, lieutenant-governor of Sheerness (b. before 1660?).
• 1762 » Peter III of Russia (b. 1728)
• 1790 » Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher (b. 1723)
• 1791 » Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian missionary and author (b. 1717)
• 1793 » Charlotte Corday, French murderer (b. 1768)
• 1794 » John Roebuck, English chemist and businessman (b. 1718)
• 1845 » Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1764)
• 1871 » Karl Tausig, Polish virtuoso pianist, arranger and composer (b. 1841)

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)
• February 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
• March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
• April 6 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
• April 19 » John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy.
• June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
• 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 July 17, 1782 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.