Famous Deaths
- Carlo Giovanni Testori, Italian violinist, composer, pedagogue, and musicologist (La musica raggionata), dies at 68
- Christoph Gottlieb Schröter, German organist (St Nikola Church, Nordhausen, 1732-82), composer, and inventor of the tangent piano, dies at 82
- William Emerson, British mathematician (b. 1701)
Died in 1782 1782 Highlights
About May 20, 1782
Day of the Week: Monday
How Long Ago? 241 years, 11 months and 16 days
Leap Year: No
Star Sign: Taurus
