What happened in 1782?

Battle of Blue Licks

Wars & Conflicts

1782 battle

Siege of Brimstone Hill

Wars & Conflicts · Saint Kitts and Nevis

1782 siege

Battle of Roatán

Wars & Conflicts · Roatán

1782 battle in the American Revolutionary War

Battle of the Black River

Wars & Conflicts · Mosquitia

Battles between April and August 1782

Capture of Trincomalee

Wars & Conflicts · Trincomalee

1872 battle in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War

Siege of Fort Henry

Wars & Conflicts · Wheeling

1782 in the same place in Virginia

Battle of Mokuohai

Wars & Conflicts · Kona District

1782 battle during the unification of Hawaiʻi

Battle of the Delaware Capes

Wars & Conflicts · Delaware Bay

1782 battle

Battle of Videau's Bridge

Wars & Conflicts · Berkeley County

1782 battle

Battle of Little Mountain

Wars & Conflicts · Montgomery County

1782 battle in the American Revolutionary War in the Kentucky frontier

Battle of the Combahee River

Wars & Conflicts · Beaufort

1782 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of Wambaw

Wars & Conflicts · Berkeley County

Battle in the American Revolutionary War

Second Battle of Tucson

Wars & Conflicts · Tucson

1782 battle during the Mexican Apache Wars

Battle of James Island

Wars & Conflicts · James Island

1782 battle in the American Revolution

Battle off Halifax

Wars & Conflicts · Halifax

1780 battle

Battle of the Saintes

Wars & Conflicts · Dominica

1782 naval battle between British and French navies

Battle of Negapatam

Wars & Conflicts · Bay of Bengal

1782 naval battle

Battle of Providien

Wars & Conflicts · Trincomalee

1782 naval battle

Battle of Saint Kitts

Wars & Conflicts

1782 battle

Battle of Sadras

Wars & Conflicts · Bay of Bengal

1782 naval battle

Battle of Trincomalee

Wars & Conflicts · Trincomalee

1782 battle of the Anglo-French War

Hudson Bay expedition

Wars & Conflicts · Hudson Bay

1782 expedition, part of the American Revolutionary War

Battle of the Mona Passage

Wars & Conflicts · Mona Passage

On 19 April 1782

Battle of Cape Spartel

Wars & Conflicts · Cape Spartel

1782 naval battle

Action of 18 October 1782

Wars & Conflicts

1782 naval battle

Action of 16 March 1782

Wars & Conflicts · Strait of Gibraltar

1782 naval battle

Third Battle of Ushant

Wars & Conflicts · Bay of Biscay

1782 naval battle

Action of 6 December 1782

Wars & Conflicts

1782 naval battle

Battle of Delaware Bay

Wars & Conflicts · Delaware Bay

1782 naval battle of the American Revolutionary War

Capture of Demerara and Essequibo

Wars & Conflicts · Demerara

1782 naval battle

Naval battle off Halifax

Wars & Conflicts

Battle that took place in 1782 in Americal Revolutionary War

1782 Saigon massacre

Wars & Conflicts · Ho Chi Minh City

Capture of the Bahamas

Wars & Conflicts · Nassau

Capture of islands by Spanish forces under Juan de Cagigal during the American War of Independence

Raid on Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

Wars & Conflicts · Nova Scotia

1782 battle of the American Revolutionary War

Treaty of Salbai

Politics & Government

Treaty between representatives of the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company

Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal died

People · Pombal

Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)

Daniel Bernoulli died

People · Basel

Swiss mathematician and physicist (1700-1782)

Farinelli died

People · Bologna

Italian singer (1705-1782)

Andreas Sigismund Marggraf died

People · Berlin

German chemist (1709-1782)

Jacques de Vaucanson died

People · Paris

French inventor of mechanical automata

Joan Crespí died

People · Carmel-by-the-Sea

Franciscan missionary and explorer of Las Californias

Christine Kirch died

People · Berlin

German astronomer

Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau died

People · Paris

French naval engineer, botanist and agronomist (1700-1782)

William Emerson died

People · Hurworth-on-Tees

British mathematician

Eustachio Zanotti died

People · Bologna

Italian astronomer and engineer

Christian Gärtner died

People · Leuben

German astronomer

Giovanni Maria Della Torre died

People · Naples

Italian naturalist and scientist (1710-1782)

Étienne Mignot de Montigny died

People · Paris

French engineer and geographer

Jean-Charles Perrinet d'Orval died

People · Paris

French engineer

Benjamin Martin died

People · Worplesdon

English lexicographer and scientific instrument maker

Wojciech Bystrzonowski died

People · Lublin

Polish priest and educator

Jacques Montet died

People · Montpellier

French chemist

Christophe Gadbled died

People · Caen

French mathematician

Matonabbee died

People · Prince of Wales Fort

Canadian explorer

Josef Seger died

People · Prague

Czech violinist, composer and organist

Giovanni Manzuoli died

People · Florence

Italian singer

Françoise Hus died

People · rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs

French actress and playwright

John Parry Ddall died

People · Nefyn

Welsh musician

Joseph Vernon died

People · London

English singer and actor

Martin Van Buren born

People · Kinderhook

Born in Kinderhook. President of the United States from 1837 to 1841.

John C. Calhoun born

People · Abbeville

Born in Abbeville. Vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832 (1782–1850).

Friedrich Fröbel born

People · Oberweißbach

Born in Oberweißbach. German educator.

Félicité de La Mennais born

People · Saint-Malo

Born in Saint-Malo. French priest, philosopher and political theorist (1782–1854).

Vicente Guerrero born

People · Tixtla de Guerrero

Born in Tixtla de Guerrero. Leading revolutionary generals of the tortilla War of Independence and President of Mexico (1782-1831).

Esaias Tegnér born

People · By parish

Born in By parish. Swedish poet, professor and bishop (1782–1846).

Ivan Paskevich born

People · Poltava

Born in Poltava. Russian military leader (1782–1856).

John Field born

People · Dublin

Born in Dublin. Irish pianist, composer, and teacher.

Archduke John of Austria born

People · Florence

Born in Florence. Member of the Austrian dynasty; imperial regent of the German Empire (1848 to 1849).

Steen Steensen Blicher born

People · Vium

Born in Vium. Danish writer (1782-1848).

Marcellin Marbot born

People · Altillac

Born in Altillac. French general (1782–1854).

Baron Wilhelm von Biela born

People · Roßla

Born in Roßla. Austrian astronomer.

Mikhail Vorontsov born

People · Saint Petersburg

Born in Saint Petersburg. Russian prince and Field Marshal (1782-1856).

Georgios Karaiskakis born

People · Mavrommati

Born in Mavrommati. Greek revolutionary (1782–1827).

Charles James Napier born

People · Palace of Whitehall

Born in Palace of Whitehall. Major General, Governor of Sindh, and Commander-in-Chief in British India (1782-1853).

James Tod born

People · Islington

Born in Islington. 1782-1835, English officer of the British East India Company and an Oriental scholar.

Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este born

People · Modena

Born in Modena. Austrian archduke (1782-1863).

Daoguang Emperor born

People · Forbidden City

Born in Forbidden City. Qing-dynasty Chinese emperor (1782–1850).

Taksin died

People · Thon Buri

Died in Thon Buri. King of Siam.

Louisa Ulrika of Prussia died

People · Svartsjö Palace

Died in Svartsjö Palace. Swedish queen (1720-1782).

Linköping University Hospital

Science & Technology · Linköping

Hospital in Sweden

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Science & Technology

University in Hungary

St. Patrick's, Carlow College

Science & Technology

College in Carlow, Ireland

Old Wadena Historic District

Exploration & Discovery

historical archaeology sites in Wadena County, Minnesota, US

Mahakal temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in West Bengal

Synagogue in Rychnov nad Kněžnou

Religion & Belief Systems

Religious building in Hrtadec Králové Region, Czechia

Church of All Saints (Nizhny Novgorod)

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Synagogue in Łaszczów

Religion & Belief Systems

Former synagogue in Modliborzyce

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Modliborzyce, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

St. Louis Cathedral, Port-Louis

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Mauritius

Mission San Buenaventura

Religion & Belief Systems

Spanish mission located in Ventura, California

Lutheran Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Sopron, Hungary

Reformed Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Trogen in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland

Tamsui Fuyou Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Belyov Trinity Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Belyov, Russia

St. James church in Wisła Mała

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic wooden church in Wisła Mała, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Rectory in Šonov

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapelle de la Visitation de Nancy

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Meurthe-et-Moselle, in France

Chapel of Saint Anne

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Studénka, Czech Republic

chapelle Sainte-Godeleine de Wierre-Effroy

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Pas-de-Calais, in France

St. Pankratius

Religion & Belief Systems · Unterhausen

Parish church in Unterhausen, Oberhausen, Landkreis Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Germany

Amida-in Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Shikahama, Adachi-ku

Saint Nikita Church, Volgograd

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Kirovsky District, Volgogra, Russia

Crucifix at Saint Catherine chapel in Česká Třebová

Religion & Belief Systems

Rectory (1781/82)

Religion & Belief Systems

Church residential building in Diemtigen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Gebrüder Alexander, Rheinische Musikinstrumentenfabrik

Economy & Trade · Mainz

German instrument manufacturer

Shelikhov-Golikov Company

Economy & Trade · Irkutsk

1782–1799 Russian fur trading venture

Phoenix Fire Office

Economy & Trade · London

Fire insurance company

1782 Mendoza earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake

Gnadenhutten massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Gnadenhutten

Massacre

Geneva Revolution of 1782

Social Movements & Revolutions · Geneva

Short-lived revolution in the Republic of Geneva

Holy Trinity Church, Warsaw

Architecture & Engineering

Church

Norddal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Parish (lutheran) church in Norddal municipality, Norway

Lyngen Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Lyngen, Norway

Vallø Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Tønsberg, Norway

Pihlajavesi Wilderness Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Keuruu, Finland

Seymour Tower

Architecture & Engineering

Coastal defence tower

Holy Rood Church, Ossington

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Grand Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Official residence of the King of Thailand since 1782

Mission San José

Architecture & Engineering

Historic place in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Saint Andrew's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Stolne, Ukraine

Fountain of Cybele

Architecture & Engineering · plaza de Cibeles

Monumental fountain in Madrid

Halveti Teqe

Architecture & Engineering · Berat

Cultural Monument in Albania

Aqueduct of Noáin

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural property in Noáin (Valle de Elorz), Subiza (Galar) y Tajonar (Aranguren), Spain

Church of St. Martin the Confessor

Architecture & Engineering

Moscow church

Budwethen Kirche

Architecture & Engineering

Church ruins in Kaliningrad oblast

Sadyba Lopukhinykh

Architecture & Engineering

Clermont State Historic Site

Architecture & Engineering

New York, location of Clermont Manor, home of Robert Livingston

Mary Magdalene church in Tychy

Architecture & Engineering

Historic church in Tychy, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Sint-Petruskerk

Architecture & Engineering · Wezembeek-Oppem

Church building in Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium

Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe

Sports & Entertainment · 6th arrondissement of Paris

Theatre in Paris, France

Hermitage Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Royal Park Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Royal Quarter

Theatre building in Brussels, Belgium

Gustavianska operan

Sports & Entertainment

Building in Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden

Thonburi Kingdom dissolved

Empires & Countries · Thonburi Province

Thonburi Kingdom ceased to exist, having been centered at Thonburi Province.

Rattanakosin Kingdom founded

Empires & Countries · Bangkok

Rattanakosin Kingdom was founded, with its capital at Bangkok.