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• Domenicus van Landeghem, Kemzeke (B)
• Jan Rensen, Steenderen († 1834)
• Anna Catharina Claessens, Westmalle
• Anna Catharina Vanbael, Oostham, Limburg, België († 1851)
• Gerarda de Wit, Hoogland
• Harmen Tob, Barchem
• Daniel Cannon Webb, Charleston, South Carolina († 1850)
• Jacob Joeker, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1850)
• Gerardus Christiaansz. Paerels, Delft († 1822)
• Anthonij Hendriks van 't Land, Zwolle, Overijssel, NL († 1854)

• Augustin Baudry (2), Veillevigne, 44116, France
• Cornelia Pelkmans (0), Baarle-Nassau
• Anna Aerts (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie van Bemmel (69), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Arnoldus Mattheusse (26), Tilburg
• Jan Meesz. Witteman (10), Wassenaar aangifte
• Anna Crandall (1)
• Eurbert Gillisz Kloos (69), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Eurbert Gillisz Kloos (69), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Hendrikjen TIGGELAAR (31), Hattem

• 1765 » Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greece († 1848)
• 1766 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist († 1828)
• 1768 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general and politician († 1813)
• 1775 » Daniel O'Connell, Irish lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin († 1847)
• 1809 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet († 1892)
• 1826 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author († 1915)
• 1835 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist († 1900)
• 1844 » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1900)
• 1844 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer († 1896)
• 1846 » Anna Haining Bates, Canadian-American giant († 1888)

• 1694 » Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
• 1695 » François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
• 1753 » Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711)
• 1757 » Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
• 1794 » Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
• 1815 » James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)

• 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 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
• March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
• July 1 » Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
• September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• 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 6, 1782 was about 17.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.