What happened in 1769?
63 recorded events in 1769, including 30 in people, 11 in architecture & engineering and 7 in wars & conflicts.
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Wars & Conflicts 7
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Battle of Ponte Novu
1769 battle
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Battle of Bhaktapur
1769 battle
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First Carib War
British Colonial War
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Battle of Orzechowo
War of the Bar Confederation battle
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Siege of Mazagan
1769 siege
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Siege of Tanjore
Series of battles in India, between the British East India Company, the Arcot state and the Rajah of Tanjore
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First Archipelago Expedition
First Archipelago Expedition (Wars & Conflicts).
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Madras
1769 peace agreement between Mysore and the British East India Company
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People 30
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Clement XIII died
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1758 to 1769
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Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly died
French astronomer (1714–1769)
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Daniel-Charles Trudaine died
French civil engineer (1703-1769)
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Gabriel Jars died
French explorer and chemist (1732-1769)
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Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche died
French astronomer
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Faustina Pignatelli died
Italian mathematics and physics
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Johann Friedrich Endersch died
German mathematician and cartographer (1705-1769)
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Gottfried Heinsius died
German and Russian astronomer (1709-1769)
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Andreas Elias Büchner died
Physician and university teacher (1701-1769)
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Giambattista Lolli died
Italian chess player
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Gottfried Prehauser died
Austrian writer
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Ann Elliot died
(1743–1769), courtesan and actress
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Charles Holland died
English actor
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Napoleon born
Born in Ajaccio. French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821).
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Alexander von Humboldt born
Born in Berlin. Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859).
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington born
Born in Dublin. British Field Marshal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1828–1830, 1834 (1769-1852).
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Ivan Krylov born
Born in Moscow. Russian writer (1769–1844).
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Georges Cuvier born
Born in Montbéliard. French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832).
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Michel Ney born
Born in Saarlouis. French general (born 1769–1815).
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Jean Lannes born
Born in Lectoure. Marshal of France (1769-1809).
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Ivan Kotliarevskyi born
Born in Poltava. Ukrainian writer.
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Jean-de-Dieu Soult born
Born in Saint-Amans-Soult. Prime Minister of France (1832–1834, 1834–1839, 1840–1847) and French Marshal (born 1769–1851).
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Ernst Moritz Arndt born
Born in Gross Schoritz. German historian, writer and politician (1769-1860).
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Mahmud Shah Durrani born
Born in Kabul. 1801 to 1803 and 1809 to 1818.
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Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg born
Born in Nizhyn. Russian army officer in the Napoleonic wars (1769–1843).
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Barthélémy Catherine Joubert born
Born in Pont-de-Vaux. French general (1769–1799).
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Garlieb Merkel born
Born in Lēdurga. Baltic German writer and publicist (1769-1850).
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François Séverin Marceau born
Born in Chartres. French general (1769-1796).
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Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg born
Born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. German general (1769-1829).
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Isaac Brock born
Born in Saint Peter Port. British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada.
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Exploration & Discovery 6
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Raiatea
Island part of the group of Leeward Islands in the Society Islands, French Polynesia; subdivided in three municipalities
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Huahine
Island in French Polynesia
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Tupai
Island in French Polynesia
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Rurutu
Island in French Polynesia
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Point Arguello
Landform
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Ardaburio Aspare's missorium
Silver missorium from 434 that celebrates the election of Ardaburio Aspare
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Religion & Belief Systems 5
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Zeynep Sultan Mosque
Mosque
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1769 papal conclave
Papal conclave
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Khan's Mosque
Mosque in Shaki, Azerbaijan
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Nizhnyaya Bereske Mosque
Mosque in Russia
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Church of the Protection of the Theotokos
Temple in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia
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Economy & Trade 1
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Dubuisson Brewery
Brewery in Hainaut, Belgium
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Architecture & Engineering 11
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Mission San Diego de Alcalá
Spanish mission in San Diego, California
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Anne’s Church
Church building in Dresden, Germany
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Lunde Church
Church building in Nordre Land, Innlandet, Norway
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Misión San Fernando Rey de España de Velicatá
Spanish mission in Baja California, Mexico
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San Celestino
Church building in Cadelbosco di Sopra, Italy
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Church of Saint Alexander
Church in Brescia, Italy
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St Mary's and St Michael's Church, Burleydam
Church in Burleydam, Cheshire, England, UK
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St. Peter's Kierch
Church in Middletown, Pennsylvania
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St Andrew's Church, Gunton
Church in Gunton, Norfolk, England, UK
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Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Montserrat, Buenos Aires
Church building in Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Fortkerk
Church in Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad, Curaçao
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Sports & Entertainment 2
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Teatro Bibiena
Theatre in Mantua, Italy
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Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique
Former theatre on Boulevard Saint-Martin in Paris, France, 1828-1966
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