May 18 » The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
June 20 » A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
July 30 » In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
August 29 » Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
September 8 » French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
Day of marriage May 19, 1782
The temperature on May 19, 1782 was about 9.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly north-northwest. 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.
April 6 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty.
June 10 » King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
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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