About the day » Friday August 9, 1782Calender converter

• Anna Barbara Rens, Herselt, België († 1854)
• Abraham Verkruijssen, Haarlem († 1838)
• Henderina Euwen, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina DEGRENDELE, Gits
• Caroline VAN LAERE, Boekhoute, 9961, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1872)
• Abraham HOLLAND, Laurens, Laurens, South Carolina, United States († 1858)
• Dirk Bouwes Sikkema, Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1844)
• Aart Hendriksz Veerman, Huizen, Nederland († 1824)
• Catharina Nilsdotter NN († 1867)
• Andries Johansz Langebent, Monster († 1836)

• Dominicus De Pelsmaeker (0), Kerksken
• Johann Theodor Clostermann (0), Mündelheim, Duisburg, Duitsland
• Jannes Bloemendaal (37), Het Bosch (Lichtenvoorde)
• Henricus Smouts (62), Rijkevorsel
• Cornelis LOHMEIJER, Cura√ßao
• Jacob Walton (49), New York City
• Jannetje Wigmans, Alkmaar
• Aagje van der Zwet (57), Rijnsaterwoude
• Adriana Abrahamse
• Elizabeth Post (33)

• 1722 » Prince Augustus William of Prussia († 1758)
• 1726 » Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician († 1778)
• 1748 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher († 1809)
• 1757 » Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, American humanitarian; wife of Alexander Hamilton († 1854)
• 1757 » Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and engineer, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge († 1834)
• 1776 » Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist and chemist († 1856)
• 1783 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia († 1801)
• 1788 » Adoniram Judson, American missionary and lexicographer († 1850)
• 1797 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and surveyor († 1855)
• 1805 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician († 1860)

• 1634 » William Noy, English lawyer and judge (b. 1577)
• 1720 » Simon Ockley, English orientalist and academic (b. 1678)
• 1744 » James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1673)
• 1816 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)

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)
• 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.
• March 16 » Anglo-Spanish War (1779): Action of 16 March 1782.
• September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• September 14 » American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
• 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 9, 1782 was about 15.0 °C. There was 70 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken regen.