1782 deaths

Swiss mathematician (1700-1782)

German composer (1735–1782)

Italian poet and librettist (1698–1782)

Taksin the Great or the King of Thonburi (17 April 1734 – 7 April 1782) was a Thai Chinese general who became the only King of Thonburi that ruled Siam from 1767 to 1782.

British Prime Minister (1730-1782)

Farinelli (; 24 January 1705 – 16 September 1782) was the stage name of Carlo Maria Michelangelo Nicola Broschi (), a celebrated Italian castrato singer of the 18th century and one of the greatest singers in the history of opera, composer, and musician. Farinelli was a soprano castrato, with a range from approximately F3-D6.

Military commander, de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (1720-1782)

Portuguese noble and diplomat (1699–1782)

Swedish queen (1720-1782)

French cartographer and geographer (1697–1782)

French architect

German chemist (1709-1782)

Swedish botanist (1733–1782)

First lady of Virginia, wife of Thomas Jefferson (1748-1782)

French inventor of mechanical automata

last European to be executed for witchcraft

German noble (1752-1782)

Welsh landscape painter (1714-1782)

French princess; daughter of Louis XV of France and Marie Leszczyńska

Hessian-Darmsradter Royal (1722-1782)

Princess of Savoy (1764-1782)

vagabundo de los 7 mares

British military diplomat and general of the Continental Army during the American War of Independence (1731-1782)

French naval engineer, botanist and agronomist (1700-1782)

German astronomer

Scottish philosopher, judge and agricultural improver (1696–1782)

British architect (1736–1782)

Scottish physician

Metropolitan of Cetinje

Bolivian revolutionary

Danish princess, daughter of King Frederick IV of Denmark and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1706-1782)

painter from Prussia (1721-1782)

German prince

Member of the British Royal Family; 14th child and 9th son of King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Swedish botanist (1744-1782)

Princess of Saxony and an Abbess

Polish noble (1697–1782)

Princess of Anhalt-Dessau by birth and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Italian architect (1699–1782)

Royal Navy vice admiral (1714-1782)

Swiss artist (1706-1782)

Count of Lippe (1727-1782)

British Army general

French composer, musette player and musette maker

Italian architect and engraver (1710–1782)

Granddaughter of the Great Elector and the daughter of Philip William of Brandenburg-Schwedt

astronomer and botanist (1724-1784)

Indigenous leader in 18th century Bolivia

Lebanese orientalist

Duchess consort of Courland (1748-1782)

German theospher

French composer and violist; son of Antoine Forqueray (1699-1782)

Austrian pianist and composer (1759-1782)

Czech violinist, composer and organist

Prussian general (1712-1782)

Catholic archbishop

Russian peasant, father of 87 children

King of Burma

Fourth king of the Konbaung dynasty of Myanmar

Russian general (1722-1782)