February 13 » Parliament of Negrete between Mapuche and Spanish authorities in Chile bring an end to the Mapuche uprising of 1723–26.
February 19 » The Supreme Privy Council is established in Russia.
May 9 » Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
October 28 » The novel Gulliver's Travels is published.
Day of death August 14, 1782
The temperature on August 14, 1782 was about 14.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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.
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 27 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
April 9 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of the Saintes begins.
December 14 » The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2km (1.2mi).
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