WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1782
Find out what all happened January to May 1782

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (27. March 1782)

Gnadenhütten 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 Indians. (8. March 1782)

American War of Independence: Battle of the Saintes begins. (9. April 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. (21. April 1782)

John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government. The house which he had purchased in The Hague, Netherlands becomes the first American embassy. (19. April 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. (6. May 1782)

American Revolutionary War: Spanish troops capture the British-held island of Roatán. (16. March 1782)

Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the U.S. Congress to recommend establishment of a national mint and decimal coinage. (15. January 1782)

Battle of Wuchale: Emperor Tekle Giyorgis pacifies a group of Oromo near Wuchale. (14. March 1782)

King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) founded the Chakri dynasty. (6. April 1782)

Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca. (5. February 1782)

American Revolutionary War: French troops begin a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts. (11. January 1782)

The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens. (7. January 1782)

American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America. (27. February 1782)