1782 in Austria

Incumbents

• Monarch – Joseph II
• State Chancellor - Wenzel Anton

Events

• 16 July - Premiere of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Burgtheater, Vienna
• 1782 Edict of Tolerance

Births

• 7 March – Franz Sartori, Austrian writer
• 13 October – Joseph Nigg, Austrian painter and porcelain artist

Deaths

• 25 August – Marianna Auenbrugger, Austrian pianist and composer
• 20 July – Karl Joseph von Firmian, Austrian nobleman and Plenipotentiary of Lombardy