In 1782 William gave her a small telescope and she began 'comet hunting'. In her sweeps of the sky she found nebulae, new clusters and a total of eight comets.

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"Hercules Burning Himself on the Pyre in the Presence of His Friend Philoctetes" (1782).
Art by Russian painter Ivan Akimovich Akimov

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Portrait of Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1782)

François-André Vincent

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True Light, Digital, 2000 x 1782:https://t.co/FmGMMciECB

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"On Tuesday, the 27th (august 1782) Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens was killed in a gunfight against British troops in South Carolina. As you may know, Lieutenant Colonel Laurens was engaged in recruiting three thousand men for the first all-black military regiment."

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Anglo-American painter John Singleton Copley was born in 1738 - Singleton Coply is perhaps most famous for his portrait paintings, one of which is depiction of Richard Heber from 1782, part of the Paul Mellon art collection at https://t.co/YyEYqDkXtA

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Around 40–50,000 people were executed on charges of in Europe between 1482 and 1782… https://t.co/cNRy3Wizm1

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Orest Kiprensky.1782-1836. Standing Male Study.1802.

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Day 1782 - Gomamon/Gaomon Kirby

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20 May 1782
Robert Shurtliff enlisted as a Private in the 4th Mass. Regt. of the Continental Army at Bellingham. This would not be of much note except that Robert was actually Deborah Samson

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J Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) by James Kerr (1738-1782), part of the John Fleming Collection. This fruit is native to India & bears large, heavy fruits that are related to the mulberry. It is grown throughout Southeast Asia & used in different regional cuisines

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in 1782, the Battle of Les Saintes takes place. The British fleet commanded by Admiral George Rodney defeats the French under de Grasse and prevents a Franco-Spanish invasion of Jamaica. Naval illustration by Charles Dixon. Cartoon by James Gillray

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Thomas Patch (Mar 13, 1725, Exeter – Apr 30, 1782, Florence) was an English painter, caricaturist, engraver, physiognomist and art historian.

A stormy coastal landscape, with figures on rocks in the foreground, 1770

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Watson And The Shark by John Singleton Copley in 1782

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