The temperature on August 8, 1782 was about 15.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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 5 » Spanish defeat British forces and capture Menorca.
February 27 » American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
April 21 » The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.
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.
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