1769

events

• 5. January: James Watt receives a patent for first directworking low pressure steam engine
• 13. April: James Cook reaches Tahiti, in order to observe the transit of the Venus before the sun, thatat the 3. June takes place. A goal is about it to determine the distance between the sun and the earth. After the journey it turns out however that the measured data are too inaccurate

• Nicholas Joseph Cugnot place its „steam cars “in Parisbefore
• the inventors baron Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734-1804) designs one „chess automats “, in which however a kleinwüchsiger chess player hid itself. This occurence is a possible interpretation for the idiom „something Turks “and/or „a Turk builds “

born

• 10. January: Michel Ney, marshal of France († 1815)
• 17. January: Ludwig Adolph Peter count Wittgenstein, Russian general field marshal († 1843)
• 30. January: Dietrich von Miltitz (general), Prussian general and founder of the ScharfenbergerCircle († 1853)
• 6. February: Ludwig von Wallmoden Gimborn, Austrian general of the Kavallerie († 1862)
• 9. February: Susette Gontard, large love of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin († 1802)
• 13. February: Iwan Andrejewitsch Krylow,Russian fable poet († 1844)
• 1. March: François Desgraviers Marceau, general of the French republic († 1796)
• 12. March: Archie soon Campbell, British general († 1843)
• 19. March: François Joseph Bosio, French sculptor († 1845)
• 23. March: Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general († 1832)
• 23. March: William Smith, English engineer and geologist († 1839)
• 28. March: Adolph William Schack of Staffeldt, first romantic poets in Denmark(† 1826)
• 29. March: Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French general, marshal of France († 1851)
• 2. April, Georg walter Vincent of meadow, vice-chancellor of the prince house Reuss to Gera († 1824)
• 5. April: Thomas Masterman Hardy, British naval officer, admiral († 1839)
• 11. April: Jean Lannes, French general, marshal of France († 1809)
• 13. April: Thomas Lawrence, British painter († 1830
• 14. April: Barthélemy Catherine Joubert,French general († 1799)
• 6. May: Ferdinand III. (Toskana), Grand Duke of Toskana († 1824)
• 6. May: Jean Nicolas Pierre hook-rushed, French mathematician († 1834)
• 7. May: Franz Gerhard Wegeler, German physicianand youth friend Ludwig van Beethovens († 1848)
• 1. June: Józef Elsner, Polish composer († 1854)
• 5. June: Edward Daniel Clarke, English Mineraloge († 1822)
• 15. June: Jean Baptiste Berton, French general
• 18. June: Robert Stewart, 2. Marquess OF Londonderry, English statesman († 1822)
• 24. June: August Ferdinand Bernhardi, German language researcher and writer († 1820)
• 25. June: Ferdinand Friedrich (notion Köthen), duke of notion Köthen († 1830)
• 1. July: Giovanni Salucci, Italian architect († 1845)
• 28. July: Hudson lion, British general, governor von St. Helena († 1844)
• 4. August: Wassili Petrowitsch Stassow, Russian building master († 1848)
• 15. August: Napoléon Bonaparte, French emperor († 1821)
• 17. August: Peter Alois Gratz, catholic Bible scientist († 1849)
• 25. August: Georges Cuvier, French natural scientist († 1832)
• 8. September: Johann Horkel,Physician and plant physiologist († 1846)
• 9. September: Cornelis Felix van Maanen, Netherlands statesman († 1846)
• 9. September: Iwan Kotljarewskyj, Ukrainian poet († 1838)
• 11. September: Johann earthling Hummel, German painter († 1852)
• 14. September: Alexander of Humboldt, German natural scientist and discoverer († 1859)
• 16. September: Carl Albert Christoph Heinrich of Kamptz, Prussian Minister of Justice and state († 1849)
• 22. September: Johann Hüsgen, priestand Generalvikar († 1841)
• 6. October: Isaac into break, British general († 1812)
• 23. October: James Ward, British painter († 1859)
• 28. October: Simón Rodríguez, paedagogue, philosopher, utopian socialist and house teacher († 1854)
• 1. November: Dear Helwig Merkel, GermanBaltic journalist and writer († 1850)
• 19. November: Elise citizen, Dichterin, third wife of Gottfried August citizen († 1833)
• 17. December: Christian Friedrich of Cochenhausen,Lieutenant general and war Minister under cure prince William II. of Hessen, library founder († 1839)
• 24. December: Franz Alexander of Kleist, poet († 1797)
• 26. December: Ernst Moritz Arndt, German scholar and national poet († 1860)

• Daniil Nikititsch Kaschin, Russian composer († 1841)

died

• 20. January: Friedrich Christian (Brandenburg Bayreuth), Mark count of Brandenburg Bayreuth (* 1708)
• 2. February: Clemens XIII., Pope from 1758 to 1769 (* 1693)
• 13. February: Johann Hildebrand Withof, professor for Beredsamkeit and history in Duisburg (* 1694)
• 3. April: Gerhard Tersteegen, German Mystiker and poet of church songs (* 1697)
• 24. April: Philipp Friedrich Hiller, GermanMinister and church song poet (* 1699)
• 4. June: Giambattista Lolli, Italian chess player (* 1698)
• 17. June: Gustav Friedrich of roses, livländischer general in Swedish services (* 1688)
• 29. July: Andreas Elias Büchner,German physician (* 1701)
• 18. October: Yohannes II., Emperors of Ethiopia
• 13. December: Christian fear God Gellert, German poet (* 1715)