WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO AUGUST 1782
Find out what all happened April to August 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)

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)

The U.S. Congress adopts the Great Seal of the United States. (20. June 1782)

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

George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It is later renamed to the more poetic Purple Heart. (7. August 1782)

First performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail. (16. July 1782)

American privateers attack Lunenburg, Nova Scotia see Raid on Lunenburg (1782). (1. July 1782)

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Blue Licks – the last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the British commander Charles Cornwallis following the Siege of Yorktown. (19. August 1782)

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