What happened in 1769?

Battle of Ponte Novu

Wars & Conflicts · Ponte Nuovo

1769 battle

Battle of Bhaktapur

Wars & Conflicts · Bhaktapur

1769 battle

First Carib War

Wars & Conflicts · Saint Vincent

British Colonial War

Battle of Orzechowo

Wars & Conflicts · Arechava

War of the Bar Confederation battle

Siege of Mazagan

Wars & Conflicts · Mazagan

1769 siege

Siege of Tanjore

Wars & Conflicts · Thanjavur

Series of battles in India, between the British East India Company, the Arcot state and the Rajah of Tanjore

First Archipelago Expedition

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

Siege of Khotyn

Wars & Conflicts · Khotyn

1769 battle

Presidio of San Diego

Wars & Conflicts

fort in San Diego, California

Pennamite-Yankee War

Wars & Conflicts · Susquehanna River

Series of conflicts along the Susquehanna River

Treaty of Madras

Politics & Government · Chennai

1769 peace agreement between Mysore and the British East India Company

Clement XIII died

People · Rome

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1758 to 1769

Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly died

People · Paris

French astronomer (1714–1769)

Daniel-Charles Trudaine died

People · Paris

French civil engineer (1703-1769)

Gabriel Jars died

People · Clermont-Ferrand

French explorer and chemist (1732-1769)

Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche died

People · San José del Cabo

French astronomer

Faustina Pignatelli died

People · Naples

Italian mathematics and physics

Johann Friedrich Endersch died

People · Elbląg

German mathematician and cartographer (1705-1769)

Gottfried Heinsius died

People · Leipzig

German and Russian astronomer (1709-1769)

Andreas Elias Büchner died

People · Halle (Saale)

Physician and university teacher (1701-1769)

Giambattista Lolli died

People · Nonantola

Italian chess player

Gottfried Prehauser died

People · Vienna

Austrian writer

Ann Elliot died

People · Greek Street

(1743–1769), courtesan and actress

Charles Holland died

People · Chiswick

English actor

Napoleon born

People · Ajaccio

Born in Ajaccio. French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821).

Alexander von Humboldt born

People · Berlin

Born in Berlin. Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer (1769-1859).

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington born

People · Dublin

Born in Dublin. British Field Marshal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1828–1830, 1834 (1769-1852).

Ivan Krylov born

People · Moscow

Born in Moscow. Russian writer (1769–1844).

Georges Cuvier born

People · Montbéliard

Born in Montbéliard. French naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832).

Michel Ney born

People · Saarlouis

Born in Saarlouis. French general (born 1769–1815).

Jean Lannes born

People · Lectoure

Born in Lectoure. Marshal of France (1769-1809).

Ivan Kotliarevskyi born

People · Poltava

Born in Poltava. Ukrainian writer.

Jean-de-Dieu Soult born

People · Saint-Amans-Soult

Born in Saint-Amans-Soult. Prime Minister of France (1832–1834, 1834–1839, 1840–1847) and French Marshal (born 1769–1851).

Ernst Moritz Arndt born

People · Gross Schoritz

Born in Gross Schoritz. German historian, writer and politician (1769-1860).

Mahmud Shah Durrani born

People · Kabul

Born in Kabul. 1801 to 1803 and 1809 to 1818.

Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg born

People · Nizhyn

Born in Nizhyn. Russian army officer in the Napoleonic wars (1769–1843).

Barthélémy Catherine Joubert born

People · Pont-de-Vaux

Born in Pont-de-Vaux. French general (1769–1799).

Garlieb Merkel born

People · Lēdurga

Born in Lēdurga. Baltic German writer and publicist (1769-1850).

François Séverin Marceau born

People · Chartres

Born in Chartres. French general (1769-1796).

Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg born

People · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

Born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. German general (1769-1829).

Isaac Brock born

People · Saint Peter Port

Born in Saint Peter Port. British army officer and administrator, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada.

Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany born

People · Florence

Born in Florence. Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769-1824).

Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud born

People · Diriyah

Born in Diriyah. 5th King of the Saudi State.

Dartmouth College

Science & Technology

Private university in Hanover, New Hampshire, US

University of Malta

Science & Technology · Msida

University in Malta

Raiatea

Exploration & Discovery

Island part of the group of Leeward Islands in the Society Islands, French Polynesia; subdivided in three municipalities

Huahine

Exploration & Discovery

Island in French Polynesia

Tupai

Exploration & Discovery

Island in French Polynesia

Rurutu

Exploration & Discovery

Island in French Polynesia

Point Arguello

Exploration & Discovery

Landform

Ardaburio Aspare's missorium

Exploration & Discovery · Manciano

Silver missorium from 434 that celebrates the election of Ardaburio Aspare

Zeynep Sultan Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque

1769 papal conclave

Religion & Belief Systems

Papal conclave

Khan's Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Shaki, Azerbaijan

Nizhnyaya Bereske Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Tübän Bäräskä

Mosque in Russia

Church of the Protection of the Theotokos

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia

Church of St. Mary Draperis

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic Church in Istanbul

Basilica Minore dei Santi Filippo e Giacomo

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Church of Protection of the Holy Virgin in Talačyn

Religion & Belief Systems

Saint Joseph church

Religion & Belief Systems · Seregno

Church building in Seregno, Italy

Saint Anne church in Ustroń

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic wooden church in Ustroń, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Lubanski family tomb chapel in Lošyca

Religion & Belief Systems

Catholic parish church of St. Martin

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building and part of the church district of Schwyz in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland

Stations of the Cross in Slanica

Religion & Belief Systems · Slanický ostrov

Stations of the Cross, Slanický island, Slovakia

Sint-Hubertuskapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Thorn

Chapel in Thorn, Netherlands

Cathedral of the Holy Mandylion, Kirov

Religion & Belief Systems

Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Kirov, Russia

St John's Church, Manchester

Religion & Belief Systems · Manchester

Church in Manchester, United Kingdom, demolished in 1931

San Rocco

Religion & Belief Systems

Former church and auditorium in Senigallia, Italy

Chichester Friends Meetinghouse

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ebenezer Baptist Churches

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Virginia, United States of America

Lamb's Creek Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Virginia, United States of America

Indian Castle Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Christ Church (Episcopal), Shrewsbury

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New Jersey, United States of America

Newtown Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Old Probst Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in West Virginia, United States of America

St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Louisiana, United States of America

Stone cross at the Church of Saint Lawrence in Jilemnice

Religion & Belief Systems

Cross in Jilemnice

Catholic Rectory

Religion & Belief Systems · Bichelsee

Church residential building in Bichelsee in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland

Dubuisson Brewery

Economy & Trade · Pipaix

Brewery in Hainaut, Belgium

Brescia Explosion

Disasters & Pandemics · Brescia

Disaster in Italy in 1769

1769 Wayuu uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Guajira Peninsula

Mission San Diego de Alcalá

Architecture & Engineering

Spanish mission in San Diego, California

Anne’s Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Dresden, Germany

Lunde Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Nordre Land, Innlandet, Norway

Misión San Fernando Rey de España de Velicatá

Architecture & Engineering

Spanish mission in Baja California, Mexico

San Celestino

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Cadelbosco di Sopra, Italy

Church of Saint Alexander

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Brescia, Italy

St Mary's and St Michael's Church, Burleydam

Architecture & Engineering · Burleydam

Church in Burleydam, Cheshire, England, UK

St. Peter's Kierch

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Middletown, Pennsylvania

St Andrew's Church, Gunton

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Gunton, Norfolk, England, UK

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Montserrat, Buenos Aires

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Fortkerk

Architecture & Engineering · Fort Amsterdam

Church in Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad, Curaçao

Rakya Monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Rakya Monastery, China

Fort George

Architecture & Engineering

Fort in Mumbai

The Old Manse

Architecture & Engineering

Museum in the U.S. state of Massachusetts

Palace in Stara Pryluka

Architecture & Engineering

San Francisco Bay Discovery Site

Architecture & Engineering

site at which Europeans first saw the San Francisco Bay

Town Hall and Prison of Santo Amaro

Architecture & Engineering

Town hall in Santo Amaro, Bahia

Teatro Bibiena

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Mantua, Italy

Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique

Sports & Entertainment

Former theatre on Boulevard Saint-Martin in Paris, France, 1828-1966

Shakespeare Jubilee

Sports & Entertainment · Stratford-upon-Avon

1769 jubilee celebrating William Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon

Rangpur founded

Empires & Countries

Rangpur was founded.

Republic of Paulava founded

Empires & Countries

Republic of Paulava was founded.