History
1769
General
Population: 862 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Charles Bonnet (philosophy), Egidio Forcellini (Latin lexicon - posthumous), Johann Gottfried von Herder,
Letters of Junis attacks public corruption, William Robertson History of Charles V
French dramatist Jean-François Ducis produces Shakespeare's Hamlet in Paris
Art includes Fragonard "The Study", Artist Joshua Reynolds knighted
Music includes Mozart
- Religion: Death of Pope Clement XIII – Giovani Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli Sant'Arcangelo di Romagna becomes Pope Clement XIV
- Technology: N.J. Cugnot creates first steam carriage - unsteerable and he crashes and is arrested in France
First lightning conductors on high buildings
Richard Arkwright invents "Spinning Jenny" textile water spinning machine frame
James Watt invents steam engine
- Deaths: Author Christian Gellert, Pope Clement XIII
Africa
Asia
- India: Drought and famine kills 1.3 million
French East India company dissolved
- Mysore: End of first Mysore War
Europe
- General: Frederick II and Joseph II meet at Neisse in Silesia to discuss partition of Poland
- France: Mme. Du Barry becomes mistress to Louis XV
Johann Friedrich Oberlin opens first crèche at Steintal in Alsace
France annexes Corsican Republic which left Italy in 1755
Famine kills five percent of France
- Great Britain: Privy council in London decides to retain tea duty in American colonies
Dartmouth University founded,
Adam brothers create Adelphi in London
Old Blackfriars Bridge in London built
"The Morning Chronicle" issued in London
- Italian States: Lightning ignites powder stored in church in Brescia exploding – one quarter of the city and 3000 people gone
- Poland: Austria occupies Lwow and Zips region of Poland
- Russia: Russian troops occupy Moldavia and enter Bucharest
Middle East
Pacific
- General: Captain James Cook voyage in Pacific begins
- New Zealand: Circumnavigated by James Cook
South
- Kentucky: Daniel Boone visits
- Virginia: Virginian Assembly dissolved after protesting against colonial treason trials held in Westminster
West and Pacific
- California: Spanish sends priests, explorers to California
First reported earthquake