1782

Year 1782 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 11-day slower ).

January - June

 * - The first  opens.
 * -  goes before the  to recommend establishment of a national  and decimal age.
 * defeat forces and capture.
 * - In, the of  takes place in which 29 men, 27 women, and 34 children were killed by white militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by another Native American group.
 * - becomes.
 * - succeeded   of  who was overthrown in an.
 * - : A fleet under    defeats a  fleet under the  in the.
 * - : A fleet under    defeats a  fleet under the  in the.
 * - In, is sentenced to death for  - the last legal witchcraft sentence.
 * - The bald eagle was chosen as the emblem of the United States of America.

July - December

 * July -, receives a visit from.
 * - s attack,.
 * - orders the creation of the  or the  to honor soldiers' merit in battle. Reinstated later by Franklin D. Roosevelt and renamed to the more poetic "" to honor soldiers wounded in action.
 * - : In, representatives from the and the  sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized in the ).

Undated

 * creates for public security.
 * In the summer of 1782 the Dutch banker led discussions with John Adams over a loan to the United States of five million guilder, at that time a considerable sum.
 * extends 's for the  to the year.
 * The incorporates,.
 * In, the is completed, the largest literary compilation in China's history (surpassing the  of the 15th century). The books were bound in 36,381 volumes (册) with more than 79,000 chapters (卷), comprising about 2.3 million pages, and approximately 800 million s.

Births

 * -, Scottish Protestant missionary to China (d. )
 * -, American statesman (d. )
 * -, Swiss writer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, French geologist (d. )
 * -, Irish composer (d. )
 * -, Italian violinist and composer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, 8th (d. )
 * date unknown
 * , English author (d. )
 * , American preacher (d. )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, French architect (b. )
 * -, Syrian orientalist (b. )
 * -, German theologian (b. )
 * -, Dutch-born mathematical physicist (b. )
 * -, Italian poet and librettist (b. )
 * -, English politician (b. )
 * -, Portuguese prime minister (b. )
 * -, Swedish botanist (b. )
 * -, English mathematician (b. )
 * May -, Welsh painter (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Italian castrato (b. )
 * -, American colonist
 * -, Scottish advocate and philosopher (b. )
 * December -, Indian general and Sultan of Mysore


 * See also .