1782

Events in 1782 5

• 1699 – 1782 Marquis of Pombal The Reformer The powerful Prime Minister who rebuilt Lisbon after the earthquake and modernized the Portuguese state.
• 1782 – 1852 Daniel Webster (1782-1852) Died 24 October 1852, aged 70 Daniel Webster was a US senator and secretary of state renowned as one of the era's greatest orators, notably in debates over slavery and the Union. He died at his home in Marshfield, Massachusetts.
• 1782 – 1850 John C. Calhoun (1782-1850) Died 31 March 1850, aged 68 Calhoun served as US Vice President, Secretary of State, and a senator from South Carolina, becoming the leading political theorist and defender of slavery and states' rights in the antebellum South. His final Senate speech, read aloud as he was too ill to deliver it, warned against the compromise measures then before Congress. He died in Washington weeks before the Compromise of 1850 was passed.
• 1782 – 1840 Niccolò Paganini Violin virtuoso & composer Italian violinist and composer whose dazzling technique revolutionised violin playing. His 24 Caprices remain among the most challenging violin works ever written.
• 1782 – 1862 Martin Van Buren 8th President — first born as US citizen Martin Van Buren (Dec 5, 1782 – Jul 24, 1862) was the 8th President 1837-1841, the first born after American independence. His presidency was dominated by the economic Panic of 1837.