* 1782 – King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke ( Rama I ) of Siam ( modern day Thailand ) founded the Chakri dynasty.

* 1714 – Richard Wilson, Welsh painter ( d. 1782 )

* 1782 – 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.

* 1782 – American War of Independence: Battle of the Saintes begins.

* 1734 – Taksin, King of Thailand ( d. 1782 )

* 1782 – John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government.

* 1782 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician ( b. 1710 )

* 1782 – The city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, is founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke.

* 1863 – Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish nobility ( b. 1782 )

* 1782 – Taksin, King of Thailand ( b. 1734 )

# Maria Annunziata Caroline Bonaparte ( 1782 – 1839 ) married Joachim Murat, Marshal of France

* 1782 – Martin Van Buren, President of the United States ( d. 1862 )

* 1782 – Filaret Drozdov, Metropolitan of Moscow ( d. 1867 )

* 1782 – The Montgolfier brothers ' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight.

In 1782, Mary Sr ( the governess ) married Joseph Day ( 1745 – 1811 ), a Birmingham merchant, and moved away.

In 1782 Antoine Beauvilliers, pastry chef to the future Louis XVIII, opened one of the most popular restaurants of the time – the Grande Taverne de Londres – in the arcades of the Palais-Royal.

* 1709 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor ( d. 1782 )

* 1732 – Charles Lee, British-born American Revolutionary War figure ( d. 1782 )

* 1782 – Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca.

* 1782 – Henri de Rigny, French admiral and statesman ( d. 1835 )

* 1782 – Joseph Aloysius Assemani, Lebanese orientalist ( b. 1710 )

The French army and navy departed, so the Americans were on their own in 1782 – 83.

File: Colonel George K. H. Coussmaker, Grenadier Guards by Joshua Reynolds 1782. jpeg | Captain George K. H. Coussmaker, 1782

The original Purple Heart, designated as the Badge of Military Merit, was established by George Washington — then the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army – by order from his Newburgh, New York headquarters on August 7, 1782.

The well-known English Masonic writer, Dr. George Oliver ( 1782 – 1867 ), in his " Historical Landmarks ", 1846, carried the story forward and even claimed that King Charles II was active in his attendance at meetings — an obvious invention, for if it had been true, it would not have escaped the notice of the historians of the time.

Although his older brother Jakob had received his dismissal from the Hannoverian Guard, Wilhelm was accused of desertion ( for which he was pardoned by George III in 1782 ).

The Order of the Purple Heart was established by George Washington in Newburgh, NY ( 1782 )

It was first used by Thomson on September 16, 1782, to verify signatures on a document which authorized George Washington to negotiate an exchange of prisoners.

In 1782, according to the tax list, Henry owned 64 slaves, his son-in-law John Fontaine owned 18 ( he and Henry's daughter were living there as well ), and his cousin's husband George Waller also owned 18 slaves, making 100 total among the three men.

The area was named for U. S. Senator George Augustus Waggaman ( 1782 – 1843 ).

During the 1782 campaign of General George Rogers Clark, Col. Benjamin Logan led an attack on the trading post, and it was burned to the ground.

* George Smith ( architect ) ( 1782 – 1869 ), southeast London architect

* 1782: Badge of Military Merit: The first formal system for rewarding acts of individual gallantry by American soldiers was established by George Washington when he issued a field order on August 7, 1782, for a Badge of Military Merit to recognize those members of the Continental Army who performed " any singular meritorious action ".

* George Bridgetower ( 1782 – 1860 ), West Indian-Polish violin virtuoso and friend of Beethoven

1760 – 1782 ( George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1975 ).

The Act was repealed in 1782, having been largely successful, and a few decades later, " romantic " Highland Dress was enthusiastically adopted by George IV on a Walter Scott-inspired visit to Scotland in 1822.

In 1782, William accepted the office of King's Astronomer to George III and moved to Datchet and subsequently to Observatory House near Slough ( then in Buckinghamshire, now in Berkshire ).

Opie was introduced, prior to March 1782, at the court of King George III, who purchased one of his pictures and commissioned him to produce a portrait of Mary Delaney.

* George Townshend, 4th Viscount Townshend 1772 – 1782

He painted the Stars and Stripes over a ship in the background of Elkanah Watson's portrait on December 5, 1782, after listening to George III's speech formally acknowledging American independence.

Image: George Romney-Lady Hamilton as Circe. jpg | Emma as Circe by George Romney, 1782