1782 in Austria

Incumbents

• List of [Austrian monarchs|Monarch] – Joseph II, [Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II]
• List of [foreign ministers of Austria-Hungary|State Chancellor] - Wenzel Anton, [Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg|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