July.E2.80.93December 1769

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october 23: cugnot s steam-wagon.



july 3 – richard arkwright patents spinning frame in england, able weave fabric mechanically.
july 16 – father junípero serra founds mission san diego de alcalá, first of 21 california missions.
august 3 – party of gaspar de portolà becomes first white group set foot in area known santa monica, california.
august 18 – brescia explosion: city of brescia, italy devastated when church of san nazaro struck lightning. resulting fire ignites 200,000 lb (90,000 kg) of gunpowder being stored there, causing massive explosion, destroys 1/6 of city , kills 3,000 people. disaster prompts roman catholic church abandon religious objection using lightning rods protect property.
september – massive droughts in bengal lead bengal famine of 1770, in ten million people, third of population, die, worst natural disaster in human history (in terms of lives lost). maharajah of mysore forces british agree treaty of mutual assistance in view of famine, british east india company increases demands on bengali people keep profits up.
september 6–9 – david garrick holds shakespeare jubilee festival @ stratford-upon-avon in england.
september 10 – russo-turkish war (1768–74): russian forces take ottoman fortress of chocim in bukovina.
october 7– james cook lands in new zealand, @ poverty bay.
october 23 – nicolas-joseph cugnot demonstrates steam-powered artillery tractor (see drawing) in france.


mechanical turk chess machine.



december 13

dartmouth college in hanover, new hampshire established, john wentworth, royal governor, conveys charter king george iii of england.
(or december 22) – sino-burmese war (1765–69) ended truce.






^ williams, hywel (2005). cassell s chronology of world history. london: weidenfeld & nicolson. p. 325. isbn 0-304-35730-8. 






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