Editing 1782 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 6]] &ndash; [[Rama I]] overthrows King [[Taksin]] of [[Thonburi Kingdom|Siam]] (now [[Thailand]]) in a [[coup d'état]], and moves the political capital from [[Thonburi]], across the [[Chao Phraya River]] to [[Rattanakosin Island]], the historic center of [[Bangkok]].
[[File:The battle of the Saints 12 avril 1782.jpg|thumb|right|[[April 12]]: [[Battle of the Saintes]].]]
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Battle of the Saintes]]: A British fleet under [[George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney|Admiral Sir George Rodney]] defeats a French fleet under the [[Comte de Grasse]], in the [[West Indies]].
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[John Adams]] secures recognition of the United States as an independent government by the [[Dutch Republic]]. During this visit, he also negotiates a loan of five million [[guilder]]s, financed by [[Nicolaas van Staphorst]] and [[Wilhelm Willink]].
* [[April 21]] &ndash; A [[Lak Mueang]] (city pillar) is erected on [[Rattanakosin Island]], located on the eastern bank of the [[Chao Phraya River]], by order of King [[Rama I]], an act considered the founding of the capital city of [[Bangkok]].
* [[May 17]] &ndash; The Parliament of Great Britain passes the [[Repeal of Act for Securing Dependence of Ireland Act 1782|Repeal of Act for Securing Dependence of Ireland Act]], a major component of the reforms collectively known as the ''[[Constitution of 1782]]'', which restore legislative independence to the [[Parliament of Ireland]].<ref name="Costin">{{cite book|title=The Law and Working of the Constitution: Documents 1660-1914|editor=Costin, W. C. |editor2=Watson, J. Steven|location=London|publisher=A. & C. Black|year=1952|volume=I (1660-1783)|page=147}}</ref><ref name="Cassell's Chronology334335">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/334|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/334 334–335]}}</ref>
* [[June 18]] &ndash; In Switzerland, [[Anna Göldi]] is sentenced to death for [[witchcraft]] (the last legal witchcraft sentence).
* [[June 20]] &ndash; The [[Bald eagle#National bird of the United States|bald eagle]] is chosen as the emblem of the United States of America.  On the same day, the Confederation Congress adopts the design for the [[Great Seal of the United States]].<ref name="Harper">''Harper's Encyclopaedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909'', ed. by Benson John Lossing and, Woodrow Wilson (Harper & Brothers, 1910) p167</ref>