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1782 was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (see link for calendar).
Events
Unknown dates
Births
- January 18 - Daniel Webster , American statesman (d. 1852 )
- March 4 - Johann Rudolf Wyss , Swiss folklorist/writer, Swiss Family Robinson (d. 1830 )
- March 18 - John Calhoun , Vice President Of The United States (d. 1850 )
- July 3 - Pierre Berthier , French geologist (d. 1861 )
- July 26 - John Field , Irish composer (d. 1837 )
- October 27 - Nicolo Paganini , Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840 )
- December 5 - Martin Van Buren , 8th President Of The United States (d. 1862 )
- Charlotte Dacre , English author (d. 1842 )
- William Miller , American preacher (d. 1849 )
Deaths
- January 1 - Johann Christian Bach , German composer (b. 1735 )
- January 4 - Ange-Jacques Gabriel , French architect (b. 1698 )
- February 9 - Joseph Aloysius Assemani , Syrian orientalist (b. 1710 )
- February 10 - Friedrich Christoph Oetinger , German theologian (b. 1702 )
- March 17 - Daniel Bernoulli , Dutch-born mathematical physicist (b. 1700 )
- April 12 - Metastasio , Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698 )
- April 27 - William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot , English politician (b. 1710 )
- May 15 - Marquis Of Pombal , Portuguese prime minister (b. 1699 )
- May 16 - Daniel Solander , Swedish botanist (b. 1736 )
- May 20 - William Emerson , English mathematician (b. 1701 )
- May - Richard Wilson , Welsh painter (b. 1714 )
- July 1 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess Of Rockingham , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1730 )
- July 15 - Farinelli , Italian castrato (b. 1705 )
- August 31 - George Croghan , American colonist
- December 27 - Henry Home, Lord Kames , Scottish advocate and philosopher (b. 1697 )
- December - Hyder Ali , Indian general and Sultan of Mysore
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