Historical Events In 1769

Jan 05   Jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)   

Jan 10   Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo).   

Jan 17   Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer   

Jan 18   Hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan.   

Feb 02   Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75   

Feb 04   Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer   

Mar 02   DeWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY).   

Mar 07   Josef Alois Ladurner, composer.   

Mar 23   William Smith, geologist (Strata Identified by Organized Fossils)   

Mar 25   Salvatore Vigano, composer   

Mar 27   Josef Antonin Gurecky, composer, dies at 60   

Apr 03   Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71   

Apr 11   Johann Georg Lickl, composer   

Apr 12   Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer.   

Apr 20   In Cahokia Illinois, Pontiac, Chief of the Ottawas, murdered by an Illinois Indian; six years earlier he helped lead the Ottawa, Hurons (Wyandots), Potawatomis and Ojibwas in a rising against the British garrisons on the Great Lakes   

Apr 20   Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered   

Apr 22   Madame du Barry is recorded as becoming King Louis XV's "official" mistress.   

Apr 24   Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington   

Apr 25   Mark Isambard Brunel, engineer/inventor   

May 01   Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British PM (C) (1828-30).   

May 01   Arthur Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington is born.   

May 04   Charles Hague, composer.   

May 06   Ferdinand III, archduke of Austria/ruler of Toscane   

May 07   Giuseppe Farinelli, composer.   

May 10   Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France   

Jun 01   Joseph Antoni Frantiszek Elsner, composer.   

Jun 04   A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in history   

Jun 07   Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky   

Jun 07   Daniel Boone begins exploring the Bluegrass State of Kentucky   

Jun 14   Dominique Della-Maria, composer.   

Jul 04   Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer.   

Jul 14   The de Portolá Expedition establishes a base in California, and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).   

Jul 16   Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in Calif   

Jul 16   Father Serra founds Mission San Diego, inaugural mission in Calif   

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste Say, French economist (Political Economics)   

Jan 10   Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of ole Andreas Lindeman, composer   

Feb 04   In the year 1769 birth of samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer   

Feb 09   On this day in history birth of susette Gontard, the beloved of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin (d. 1802)   

Feb 13   In the year 1769 birth of ivan Krylov, Russian fabulist (d. 1844)   

Mar 02   DeWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Josef Alois Ladurner, composer was born in the year 1769.   

Jan 18   In the year 1769 hakuin Ekaku, Zen teacher (reformer of Rinzai school), dies in Japan   

Jan 24   In the year 1769 death of françois de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)   

Feb 02   In the year 1769 clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75   

Mar 27   On this day in history josef Antonin Gurecky, composer, dies at 60   

Apr 03   In the year 1769 gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (in blood), dies at 71   

Apr 20   On this day in history death of pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered   

Jun 01   Edward Holyoke, President of Harvard University (b. 1689) died in the year 1769.   

Aug 02   In the year 1769 death of daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (b. 1689)