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• Anna Catharina Melders, Antwerpen († 1845)
• Aaltje KLOS, Oude Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen van Ginkel, Amerongen
• Aaltje Gerrits Heining, Hollum, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland († 1828)
• Adam Adolfs ter Cock, Bellingwolde (gem. Westerwolde) († 1844)
• Aalbert Hellenberg, Katwijk aan Zee († 1841)
• Adrianus Smolderen, Tielen, België († 1850)
• Albertine Joseph FAUCONNIER, Gosselies,6041,Hainaut,Wallonie, België († 1856)
• Albert Hellenberg, Katwijk († 1842)
• Anna Maria Possemiers, Niel, 2845, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1861)

• Bart Derksen Looijs (57), Beekbergen
• Gerrit Pietersz. Krijgsman (71), Ouderkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Bruns (Braun) (81), Schaesberg, Limburg, Nederland
• François DELAFOSSE (70), Thérouldeville, 76, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, FRANCE
• Anna Mikkelsdatter Eitorn (29), Tjugum, Balestrand, Sogn, Norway
• Gerrit Krijgsman (71), Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Klos (3)
• Anna Mkkjelsatr Eiturn (29), Ulvestad, Leikanger, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
• Gerardus Gulikers (57), Bunde, Limburg, Nederland
• Dingena Jansen Arion (72), Oudenbosch

• 1748 » Joseph Schuster, German composer († 1812)
• 1778 » Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician († 1852)
• 1794 » James B. Longacre, American engraver († 1869)
• 1807 » David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician († 1886)
• 1808 » William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician († 1892)
• 1816 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania († 1882)
• 1833 » Kido Takayoshi, Japanese samurai and politician († 1877)
• 1833 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 1899)
• 1836 » Warren Brown, American historian and politician († 1919)
• 1837 » Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1894)

• 1725 » Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (b. 1723)
• 1774 » Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French physician and author (b. 1722)
• 1813 » Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (b. 1745)
• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)

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.
• January 15 » Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
• February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
• June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
• August 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
• December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).

The temperature on August 11, 1782 was about 15.0 °C. There was 88 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken.