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• Allegonda TOONEN, Cuijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1853)
• Adrianus Franciscus VERVOORT, Lille, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1866)
• Berlindis De Gent, Mere in de Sint-Bavokerk († 1854)
• Bernardus Knockaert, Jabbeke
• Anne Marie MEYER, Oberdorf (68960, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1786)
• Anna Catharina Van Camp, Mechelen, België († 1862)
• Annigje (Antje) van den Berg, Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1857)
• Cornelis Versijde, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1795)
• Bernardus Knockaert, Jabbeke (WVL)
• Anna Macpherson, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1831)

• Adrianus Adrianssens, Rijkevorsel, Antwerpen, België
• Antonius POELS (41), Oirlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Helena Beijsens (70), Hoogeloon
• Jacobus Jansz van Eck (61), Driebergen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Helena Lenaerts BEIJSENS (88), Hoogeloon, 3766, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annitje van Somere, Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• Allegonda Antonij de MEIJER (44), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Corstiaen van Casteren (53), Esch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ADRIEN SCHUERMANS, Arendonk
• Heinrich Cremers

• 1743 » Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and political scientist († 1794)
• 1771 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author († 1816)
• 1773 » Jonathan Alder, American captain and farmer († 1849)
• 1783 » Nadezhda Durova, Russian soldier († 1866)
• 1797 » Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist († 1821)
• 1817 » Herman Adolfovich Trautscohold, German geologist and paleontologist († 1902)
• 1819 » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic († 1901)
• 1820 » Émile Augier, French playwright († 1889)
• 1820 » Earl Van Dorn, Confederate general († 1863)
• 1821 » Arthur Saint-Léon, French choreographer († 1870)

• 1721 » Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, French princess (b. 1645)
• 1762 » Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1687)
• 1771 » Tobias Smollett, Scottish-Italian author and poet (b. 1721)
• 1803 » Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer and director (b. 1766)
• 1808 » Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (b. 1755)
• 1817 » Jacques Bernard d'Anselme, French general (b. 1740)
• 1836 » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (b. 1748)
• 1852 » Francisco Javier Echeverría, Mexican businessman and politician. President (1841) (b. 1797)
• 1858 » Dred Scott, American slave (b. 1795)
• 1863 » Charles Robert Cockerell, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1788)

• 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 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.
• April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
• June 20 » The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States.
• August 7 » George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart.
• September 13 » American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

The temperature on September 17, 1782 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.