January 5 » American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold.
February 18 » Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: Captain Thomas Shirley opens his expedition against Dutch colonial outposts on the Gold Coast of Africa (present-day Ghana).
June 3 » Jack Jouett begins his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.
September 8 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
October 19 » American Revolutionary War: The siege of Yorktown comes to an end.
November 29 » The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
Day of death October 8, 1782
The temperature on October 8, 1782 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
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.
March 16 » American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán.
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 19 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks: The last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown.
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