8 events found for 1782
The States General of the Dutch Republic received John Adams, and the house he had purchased in The Hague became the fir
Construction began on the Grand Palace in Bangkok, the official residence of the king of Thailand
American Revolutionary War: US Colonel William Crawford began a failed expedition to destroy British-allied American Ind
King Rama I moved into the Grand Palace in Bangkok, which has remained the royal residence of Siam and Thailand since th
The Congress of the Confederation adopted the Great Seal of the United States (obverse pictured), used to authenticate d
American Revolutionary War: Five American privateer vessels raided the British settlement at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna, after which Emperor Joseph II…
The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military…