List of 1782 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1782
Date | Event |
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January 7, 1782 | The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens. |
January 15, 1782 | Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris addresses the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. |
February 27, 1782 | American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America. |
March 8, 1782 | Gnadenhutten massacre: Ninety-six Native Americans in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, who had converted to Christianity, are killed by Pennsylvania militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by other Indian tribes. |
March 27, 1782 | The Second Rockingham ministry assumes office in Great Britain and begins negotiations to end the American War of Independence. |
April 6, 1782 | King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) establishes the Chakri dynasty. |
April 19, 1782 | John Adams secures Dutch recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague becomes the first American embassy. |
April 21, 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. |
May 6, 1782 | Construction begins on the Grand Palace, the royal residence of the King of Siam in Bangkok, at the command of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke. |
June 10, 1782 | King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned. |
June 20, 1782 | The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States. |
July 1, 1782 | Raid on Lunenburg: American privateers attack the British settlement of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. |
August 7, 1782 | George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. |
August 19, 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. |
August 23, 1782 | American Revolutionary War: British forces under Edward Despard complete the reconquest of the Black River settlements on the Mosquito Coast from the Spanish. |
September 13, 1782 | American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. |
September 14, 1782 | American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York. |
November 30, 1782 | American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris). |
December 14, 1782 | The Montgolfier brothers first test fly an unmanned hot air balloon in France; it floats nearly 2.5 km (1.6 mi). |
December 16, 1782 | British East India Company: Muharram Rebellion: Hada and Mada Miah lead the first anti-British uprising in the subcontinent against Robert Lindsay and his contingents in Sylhet Shahi Eidgah. |