Editing 1782 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 10]] &ndash; Welsh actress [[Sarah Siddons]], the pre-eminent star of the English stage, makes a triumphant return to the theatre in the title role of [[David Garrick]]'s new play, ''Isabella, or The Fatal Marriage''.<ref>"Drury-Lane Theatre, 1809", in ''The Nic-nac; or, Oracle of Knowledge'' (November 15, 1823) p393</ref>
* [[October 18]]
** The first [[franking privilege]] is granted for official correspondence to be sent at no charge to and from members of the Confederation Congress, at government expense, during periods when the Congress is in session.<ref>William T. Hutchinson, et al., eds. ''Correspondence of Edmund Burke'' (University of Chicago Press, 1970) p242</ref>
** [[John Adams]] returns to [[Paris]] as the first United States Minister to France.<ref>Charles Francis Adams, ''The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States'', Volume 1 (Little, Brown and Company, 1856) p354</ref>
* [[November 4]] &ndash; [[Elias Boudinot]] of New Jersey is elected the new President of the Congress of the Confederation.<ref name="Harper"/>
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: In Paris, representatives from the United States and the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized in the [[Treaty of Paris (1783)|Treaty of Paris]]).
* [[December 12]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Action of 12 December 1782]]: A naval engagement off [[Ferrol, Spain]], in which the British ship {{HMS|Mediator|1782|6}} commanded by [[James Luttrell]] successfully attacks a convoy of French and American ships attempting to supply the United States.
* [[December 14]] &ndash; The [[Montgolfier brothers]] first test fly a [[hot air balloon]] in France; it floats nearly {{convert|2|km|mi|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite book|first=Charles Coulston|last=Gillispie|title=The Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation, 1783-1784|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=1983|isbn=0-691-08321-5|page=21}}</ref>
* [[December 16]] &ndash; [[East India Company]]: Hada and Mada Miah lead a rebellion in the [[Indian subcontinent]] against [[East India Company]] officer [[Robert Lindsay (Sylhet)|Robert Lindsay]] and his [[Presidency armies|troops]] in [[Sylhet Shahi Eidgah]].<ref name="shirsha">{{cite news|last=Ahmed|first=M Shamim|url=https://www.sheershakhobor.com/sylhet-news/2018/06/12/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%88%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE/|title=সিলেটের শাহী ঈদগাহ ইতিহাস ঐতিহ্য|location=Sylhet|publisher=Sheersha Khobor|date=12 June 2018|language=bn|access-date=1 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402194508/https://www.sheershakhobor.com/sylhet-news/2018/06/12/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%88%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9-%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE/|archive-date=April 2, 2019|url-status=usurped}}</ref>