1769 in France

1769 in France

"See also:"
1768 in France,
other events of 1769,
1770 in France.

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Events from the year 1769 in France.

Events

*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.

Full date unknown

*Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot demonstrates a steam-powered artillery tractor.

Births

January to June

*10 January - Michel Ney, Marshal of France (d.1815).
*31 January - André-Jacques Garnerin, inventor of the frameless parachute (d.1823).
*1 March - François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, general (d.1796).
*29 March - Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Marshal General of France and three times Prime Minister of France (d.1851).
*11 April - Jean Lannes, General (mortally wounded in battle) (d.1809).
*13 April - Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen, general (d.1832).

July to December

*29 July - Louis-Benoît Picard, playwright (d.1828).
*15 August - Napoleon I of France, military and political leader (d.1821).
*23 August - Georges Cuvier, naturalist and zoologist (d.1832).
*28 December - Auguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry, poet, novelist, historian and politician (d.1859).

Full date unknown

*Augustin Alexandre Darthé, Revolutionary, executed (d.1797).
*Alexandre-Antoine Hureau de Sénarmont, Artillery General (d.1810)

Deaths

References


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