Important Historical Events of the year 1782, Year 1782 in History

List of 1782 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1782

What happened in the year 1782?

Date Event
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.