1782 in the United States

1782 in the United States
Years:	1779 1780 1781 – 1782 – 1783 1784 1785
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Events from the year 1782 in the United States.

Events

January 7 – The first American commercial bank (Bank of North America) opens.
January 15 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage.
March 8 – American Revolutionary War: In Ohio, the Gnadenhutten massacre of Native Americans takes place in which 29 men, 27 women, and 34 children are killed by white militiamen in retaliation for raids carried out by another Native American group.
March 22 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Little Mountain

June 11:Crawford expedition: Native Americans burning Colonel William Crawford at the stake.

May 25–June 12 – American Revolutionary War: Crawford expedition
June 20 – Congress accepts Charles Thomson's design for the Great Seal of the United States. The bald eagle becomes the national bird of the United States.^[1]

November 30 – American Revolutionary War: In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized in the Treaty of Paris).
December 12 – American Revolutionary War: Action of 12 December 1782: A naval engagement off Ferrol, Spain, in which the British ship HMS Mediator (1782) successfully attacks a convoy of French and American ships attempting to supply the United States.

In the summer of 1782 the Dutch banker Nicolaas van Staphorst leads discussions with John Adams over a loan to the United States of five million guilders, at that time a considerable sum.
The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates Washington, North Carolina.

January 18 – Daniel Webster, United States Senator from Massachusetts (died 1852)
January 22 – Philip Hamilton, first son of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (died 1801)
March 14 – Thomas Hart Benton, United States Senator from Missouri from 1821 till 1851. (died 1858)
March 18 – John C. Calhoun, seventh Vice President of the United States from 1825 till 1832. (died 1850)
May 14 – Gordon Cartwright Jennings, Oldest Alamo Defender, was born 1782 in Windham, CT to Joseph and Ruth (Cartwright) Jennings. (died 6 Mar, 1836)
October 9 – Lewis Cass, United States Senator from Michigan from 1845 till 1848 and from 1849 till 1857. (died 1866)
November 4 – John Branch, United States Senator from North Carolina from 1817 till 1820. (died 1863)
November 12 – William Hendricks, United States Senator from Indiana from 1825 to 1837. (died 1850)
December 5 – Martin Van Buren, eighth President of the United States from 1837 till 1841, eighth Vice President of the United States from 1833 till 1837. (died 1862)
Date Unknown – George A. Waggaman, United States Senator from Louisiana from 1831 till 1835. (died 1843)

August 27 – John Laurens, American soldier and statesman during the Revolutionary War, best known for his efforts to emancipate slaves (killed fighting the British in South Carolina). (born 1754)

Years in the United States (1776–present)

1782 in Europe

Sovereign states	Andorra Austria Denmark–Norway Denmark Norway France Great Britain Holy Roman Empire Hungary Ireland Malta Monaco Netherlands Ottoman Empire Papal States Portugal Prussia Russia San Marino Spain Sweden Switzerland

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

1782 in North America

Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

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