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1769 Historical Event(s)
July 14, 1769
– An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolà establishes a base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
July 16, 1769
– Father Junipero Serra founds California’s first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego.
November 2, 1769
– Don Gaspar de Portolà leads the first documented European visit to San Francisco Bay.
December 13, 1769
– Dartmouth College is founded by the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, with a Royal Charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal Governor John Wentworth.
December 22, 1769
– Sino-Burmese War (1765–1769) ends with an uneasy truce.
Who Were Born On 1769?
February 9, 1769
– Susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. 1802)
March 1, 1769
– François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, French general (d. 1796)
March 10, 1769
– Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist (d. 1840)
March 23, 1769
– Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (d. 1832)
April 3, 1769
– Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat (d. 1835)
April 5, 1769
– Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet Royal Navy Vice-Admiral and First Lord of the Admiralty (d. 1839)
May 6, 1769
– Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (d. 1834)
August 15, 1769
– Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsican-born French military officer and Emperor of France (d. 1821)
September 5, 1769
– John Shortland, English naval officer (d. 1810)