Events 1769

1 events

1.1 january–june
1.2 july–december
1.3 date unknown

events

april 13: cook in tahiti on endeavour.


january–june

march 16 – louis antoine de bougainville returns saint-malo, following three-year circumnavigation of world ships la boudeuse , Étoile, loss of 7 out of 330 men; among members of expedition jeanne baré, first woman known have circumnavigated globe. returns france time after bougainville , ships.
april 13 – james cook arrives in tahiti, on ship hm bark endeavour, preparing 1769 transit of venus observed tahiti on june 3. after voyage, data found inaccurate in determining distance between sun , earth.
april 29 – james watt granted british patent method of lessening consumption of steam in steam engines – separate condenser, key improvement (first devised watt in 1765) stimulates industrial revolution.
may 9 – france conquers corsica.
may 14 – charles iii of spain sends spanish missionaries, found california missions in san diego, santa barbara, san francisco , monterey, , begin settlement of california.
may 19 – pope clement xiv succeeds pope clement xiii, 249th pope.
june 3 (o.s.) – transit of venus followed 5 hours later total solar eclipse, shortest such interval in historical times. transit viewed king george iii of great britain, @ kew observatory.


june 7: daniel boone in kentucky.



june 7 – frontiersman daniel boone first begins explore modern-day kentucky.

july–december

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.



date unknown

the authorized king james version of bible, in oxford standard text edited benjamin blayney, published in england.




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