Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1782
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Literature
- Frances Burney, Cecelia
- William Cowper, Poems
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions (posthumous) ???
Theatre
Art
- ??? Fuseli, The Nightmare exhibited
- Sir William Chambers, architect, becomes head of the Office of Works
Music
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- James Watt invents the double-acting rotary steam engine
Politics & Law
- March: North resigns, and Rockingham becomes Lord Treasurer; on
Rockingham's death, Shelburne becomes Lord Treasurer
- William Pitt becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Fox and Shelburne become Secretaries of State, but quarrel over peace
negotiations
- Thomas Townshend becomes Secretary of State
- Burke becomes Paymaster General
- 30 November: End of American War of Independence
- Gilbert's Act establishes outdoor poor relief
- Henry Grattan's Parliament
Philosophy & Theology
Milestones
- July: Death of Rockingham
- Death of Richard Wilson, painter
- Death of John Wood the Younger, architect
Miscellaneous
- The last witch-burning in Europe, in Kanton Glarus,
Switzerland.
- Royal Irish Academy established
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