Year by year · 18th century

1769

1769 in world history: 12 events, 8 births, 8 deaths, 2 states founded and 3 that came to an end. 1,293 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 15 August

    Napoleon Bonaparte is born in Corsica

    Napoleone Buonaparte was born in Ajaccio, a year after France acquired Corsica from Genoa. He rose to become Emperor of the French and redrew the map and laws of Europe.

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  2. Battle

    Battle of Ponte Novu

    The Battle of Ponte Novu was fought on 8–9 May 1769 at a bridge over the Golo river in northern Corsica, between the forces of Pasquale Paoli's Corsican Republic and a French army under the Comte de Vaux.

  3. Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of Madras

    The Treaty of Madras was concluded on 4 April 1769 between Hyder Ali of Mysore and the British East India Company, ending the First Anglo-Mysore War after Hyder's cavalry appeared near Madras.

  4. Battle

    Battle of Kaungton

    The Battle of Kaungton was the final campaign of the Sino-Burmese War, fought in late 1769 around Kaungton on the Irrawaddy near Bhamo.

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In the profiles

  • Ethiopian EmpireThe Zemene Mesafint, the Era of the Princes, begins as regional lords eclipse the emperors
  • Ahom kingdomThe Moamoria rebellion breaks out
  • Konbaung dynastyThe last of four Qing invasions ends in the peace of Kaungton

Wars and longer events

Born in 1769 8

Died in 1769 8

States founded 2

States that came to an end 3

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