In history, year 1769 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1769.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1769:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 04 march | French astronomer Charles Messier first noted the Orion Nebula, a bright nebula situated south of Orion's Belt, later cataloguing it as Messier 42 in his list of Messier objects. |
| 14 july | Spanish soldier Gaspar de Portolà led the first European landexpedition to present-day California. |
| 16 july | Spanish friar Junípero Serra founded Mission San Diego deAlcalá, the first Franciscan mission in the Alta California region ofNew Spain. |
| 13 december | Dartmouth College in present-day Hanover, New Hampshire, US,was established by a Royal Charter and became the last universityfounded in the Thirteen Colonies before the American Revolution. |
| 22 december | Having been soundly defeated in battle, the Qing dynasty agreed to terms of the truce, ending the Sino-Burmese War. |
| 18 May | The East India Company imposed several restrictions on the weavers of Bengal. |
| 08 October | Captain Cook stepped into New Zealand. |
| 16 January | The first planned horse racing was organized in Accra, Calcutta (now Kolkata). |
| 16 February | The first planned horse racing was organized in Accra, Calcutta (now Kolkata). |
| 17 March | The British East India Company banned the weavers of Bengal. |
| 17 March | The East India Company imposed a variety of restrictions on the weavers to ruin Bengal's textile industry. |
| 22 April | Madame du Barry became the "official" mistress of King Louis XV. |
| 19 May | Pope Clement XIV was elected as the 249th Pope in place of Pope Clement XIII. |
| 07 June | Daniel Boon begins his search for the Bluegrass State of Kentucky. |
| 16 July | Father Junipero Serra found the first mission in California, Mission San Diego. |
| 15 August | On 15 August 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in the Abyss. He was a French military officer and political leader. |
| 18 September | John Harris of Boston, Massachusetts created the first spinet piano. |
| 08 October | Captain James Cook New Zealand Poverty Bay) reached. |
| 22 December | Sino-Burmese War 1765–69) ended by conflict. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1769:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 March | François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers / General / France |
| 01 January | Marie Lachapelle / Obstetrician / France |
| 01 November | Garlieb Merkel / Author / Germany |
| 03 April | Christian Günther von Bernstorff / Politician / Prussia |
| 05 September | John Shortland / Commander / United Kingdom |
| 06 February | Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn / General / Austria |
| 06 May | Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette / Academic / France |
| 07 October | Solomon Sibley / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 09 February | George W. Campbell / Politician / United States of America |
| 10 March | Joseph Williamson / Business Man / United Kingdom |
| 10 April | Jean Lannes / Marshal / France |
| 13 April | Thomas Lawrence / Painter / United Kingdom |
| 13 December | James Scarlett Abinger / Judge / United Kingdom |
| 13 February | Ivan Krylov / Poet / Russia |
| 15 August | Napoleon / General / France |
| 20 May | Andreas Vokos Miaoulis / Politician / Greece |
| 23 August | Georges Cuvier / Academic / France |
| 23 March | William Smith / Geologist / United Kingdom |
| 26 December | Ernst Moritz Arndt / Poet / Germany |
| 29 March | Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult / Politician / France |