About the day » Thursday August 29, 1782Calender converter

• Cornelia Kool, Land van Steijn
• Christina Oostrom, van, Werkhoven, Nederland († 1848)
• Dorothy "Dolly" Wells, Goshen, Orange, NY
• Anna Catharina Jansen Smith, Poeldijk
• Cornelis Jacobus van den Meer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anje Bruins, Zeerijp, Nederland
• Antoine Joseph DUMONCEAU, Longchamps,5310,Namur,Wallonië,BELGIË
• Etje Drewis de Vries, Twijzel, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis van der Linde, Dreischor († 1850)
• Aldegundis VERSTRAATEN, Mill (N-Br.)

• Henricus BIJLOES, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Anna Catharina ( Van Caillie ) Vancoillie (45), Rumbeke
• Barbe PAYET (69), Saint-Louis,97421,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE
• Gerarda Alsemgeest, Poeldijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jans de Boer (40), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Isaac Dirks Hogendoorn (Hoogendoorn) (31), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anton Bercken, Dankern
• Cornelis Straver (65), Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland
• cornelis straver (65), Cabauw, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agnieta Bouten (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1756 » Count Heinrich von Bellegarde, Austrian general and politician († 1845)
• 1756 » Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer († 1830)
• 1773 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer († 1858)
• 1777 » Hyacinth, Russian religious leader, founded Sinology († 1853)
• 1780 » Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator († 1867)
• 1792 » Charles Grandison Finney, American minister and author († 1875)
• 1805 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English priest, theologian, and author († 1872)
• 1809 » Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author († 1894)
• 1810 » Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian theorist and diplomat († 1884)
• 1811 » Henry Bergh, American activist, founded the ASPCA († 1888)

• 1712 » Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
• 1749 » Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
• 1769 » Edmond Hoyle, English author and educator (b. 1672)
• 1780 » Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713)
• 1799 » Pius VI, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)
• 1844 » Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founded the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 » Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (b. 1778)
• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)

• 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.
• June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
• September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
• 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).
• December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).
• 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 August 29, 1782 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.