What happened in 1782?
81 recorded events in 1782, including 41 in people, 15 in wars & conflicts and 7 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 15
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Battle of Blue Licks
1782 battle
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Siege of Brimstone Hill
1782 siege
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Battle of Roatán
1782 battle in the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of the Black River
Battles between April and August 1782
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Capture of Trincomalee
1872 battle in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
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Siege of Fort Henry
1782 in the same place in Virginia
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Battle of Mokuohai
1782 battle during the unification of Hawaiʻi
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Battle of the Delaware Capes
1782 battle
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Battle of Videau's Bridge
1782 battle
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Battle of Little Mountain
1782 battle in the American Revolutionary War in the Kentucky frontier
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Battle of the Combahee River
1782 battle of the American Revolutionary War
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Battle of Wambaw
Battle in the American Revolutionary War
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Second Battle of Tucson
1782 battle during the Mexican Apache Wars
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Battle of James Island
1782 battle in the American Revolution
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Battle off Halifax
1780 battle
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Salbai
Treaty between representatives of the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company
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People 41
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Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal died
Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)
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Daniel Bernoulli died
Swiss mathematician and physicist (1700-1782)
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Farinelli died
Italian singer (1705-1782)
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Andreas Sigismund Marggraf died
German chemist (1709-1782)
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Jacques de Vaucanson died
French inventor of mechanical automata
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Joan Crespí died
Franciscan missionary and explorer of Las Californias
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Christine Kirch died
German astronomer
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Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau died
French naval engineer, botanist and agronomist (1700-1782)
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William Emerson died
British mathematician
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Eustachio Zanotti died
Italian astronomer and engineer
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Christian Gärtner died
German astronomer
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Giovanni Maria Della Torre died
Italian naturalist and scientist (1710-1782)
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Étienne Mignot de Montigny died
French engineer and geographer
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Jean-Charles Perrinet d'Orval died
French engineer
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Benjamin Martin died
English lexicographer and scientific instrument maker
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Wojciech Bystrzonowski died
Polish priest and educator
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Jacques Montet died
French chemist
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Christophe Gadbled died
French mathematician
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Matonabbee died
Canadian explorer
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Josef Seger died
Czech violinist, composer and organist
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Giovanni Manzuoli died
Italian singer
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Françoise Hus died
French actress and playwright
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John Parry Ddall died
Welsh musician
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Joseph Vernon died
English singer and actor
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Martin Van Buren born
Born in Kinderhook. President of the United States from 1837 to 1841.
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John C. Calhoun born
Born in Abbeville. Vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832 (1782–1850).
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Friedrich Fröbel born
Born in Oberweißbach. German educator.
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Félicité de La Mennais born
Born in Saint-Malo. French priest, philosopher and political theorist (1782–1854).
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Vicente Guerrero born
Born in Tixtla de Guerrero. Leading revolutionary generals of the tortilla War of Independence and President of Mexico (1782-1831).
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Esaias Tegnér born
Born in By parish. Swedish poet, professor and bishop (1782–1846).
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Ivan Paskevich born
Born in Poltava. Russian military leader (1782–1856).
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John Field born
Born in Dublin. Irish pianist, composer, and teacher.
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Archduke John of Austria born
Born in Florence. Member of the Austrian dynasty; imperial regent of the German Empire (1848 to 1849).
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Steen Steensen Blicher born
Born in Vium. Danish writer (1782-1848).
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Marcellin Marbot born
Born in Altillac. French general (1782–1854).
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Baron Wilhelm von Biela born
Born in Roßla. Austrian astronomer.
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Mikhail Vorontsov born
Born in Saint Petersburg. Russian prince and Field Marshal (1782-1856).
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Georgios Karaiskakis born
Born in Mavrommati. Greek revolutionary (1782–1827).
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Charles James Napier born
Born in Palace of Whitehall. Major General, Governor of Sindh, and Commander-in-Chief in British India (1782-1853).
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James Tod born
Born in Islington. 1782-1835, English officer of the British East India Company and an Oriental scholar.
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Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este born
Born in Modena. Austrian archduke (1782-1863).
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Science & Technology 1
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Linköping University Hospital
Hospital in Sweden
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Religion & Belief Systems 5
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Mahakal temple
Temple in West Bengal
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Synagogue in Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Religious building in Hrtadec Králové Region, Czechia
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Church of All Saints (Nizhny Novgorod)
Church in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Synagogue in Łaszczów
Synagogue in Łaszczów (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Former synagogue in Modliborzyce
Synagogue in Modliborzyce, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland
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Economy & Trade 3
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Gebrüder Alexander, Rheinische Musikinstrumentenfabrik
German instrument manufacturer
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Shelikhov-Golikov Company
1782–1799 Russian fur trading venture
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Phoenix Fire Office
Fire insurance company
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1782 Mendoza earthquake
Earthquake
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Geneva Revolution of 1782
Short-lived revolution in the Republic of Geneva
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Architecture & Engineering 7
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Holy Trinity Church, Warsaw
Church
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Norddal Church
Parish (lutheran) church in Norddal municipality, Norway
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Lyngen Church
Church in Lyngen, Norway
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Vallø Church
Church in Tønsberg, Norway
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Pihlajavesi Wilderness Church
Church building in Keuruu, Finland
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Seymour Tower
Coastal defence tower
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Holy Rood Church, Ossington
Church in Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
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Sports & Entertainment 4
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Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe
Theatre in Paris, France
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Hermitage Theatre
Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Royal Park Theatre
Theatre building in Brussels, Belgium
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Gustavianska operan
Building in Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
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Empires & Countries 2
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Thonburi Kingdom dissolved
Thonburi Kingdom ceased to exist, having been centered at Thonburi Province.
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Rattanakosin Kingdom founded
Rattanakosin Kingdom was founded, with its capital at Bangkok.
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