1769 in France

1769
in
France

Decades:
  • 1740s
  • 1750s
  • 1760s
  • 1770s
  • 1780s
See also:Other events of 1769
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Events from the year 1769 in France.

Incumbents

  • Monarch: Louis XV

Events

  • 16 March – Louis Antoine de Bougainville returns to Saint-Malo, following a three-year circumnavigation of the world with the ships La Boudeuse and Étoile, with the loss of only seven out of 330 men; among the members of the expedition is Jeanne Baré, the first woman known to have circumnavigated the globe (she returns to France some time after Bougainville and his ships).
  • 8 May – Battle of Ponte Novu begins between royal French forces and the native Corsicans.
  • 9 May – Battle of Ponte Novu ends, marking the end of the Corsican War and paving the way for French dominance over the island.
  • 23 October – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot demonstrates a steam-powered artillery tractor (or 'automobile').[1]

Births

January to June

July to December

Full date unknown

Deaths

See also

References

  1. "A Concise History of the Traction Engine". Steam Up. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
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