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The 1760s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1769 BC to December 31, 1760 BC. 1766 BC: The Shang dynasty in China conquers the Xia dynasty. Hammurabi...

by his son, Ignacio Mullán. The ship was launched in March 1769 and completed in August 1769 as a 116-gun three-decker. She was considerably larger than...

Events from the year 1769 in Canada. Monarch: George III Governor of the Province of Quebec: Guy Carleton Governor of Nova Scotia: Michael Francklin Commodore-Governor...

The year 1769 in architecture involved some significant events. Second Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm in Sweden, designed by Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1769. January 21 – The first of the Letters of Junius criticising the government...

under the Qianlong Emperor launched four invasions of Burma between 1765 and 1769, which were considered one of his Ten Great Campaigns. Nonetheless, the war...

its rank from the Sun, not on the parallax effect as used by the 1761 and 1769 and following experiments.[citation needed] In 1663, the Scottish mathematician...

composer (died 1827) July 29 – Louis-Benoît Picard, librettist and writer (died 1769) August 14 Richard Barry, composer and English rake (died 1793) Friedrich...

during his observation of a solar eclipse, and then Joseph Banks during the 1769 Transit of Venus observed from Tahiti. After which, Tupaia "attached himself...

Thomas Hope (30 August 1769 – 2 February 1831) was a Dutch-British interior and Regency designer, traveler, author, philosopher, art collector, and partner...

Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1760, and ended on December 31, 1769. Marked by great upheavals on culture, technology, and diplomacy, the 1760s...

James Agar was an Irish politician. He was a litigious and hot-tempered man, whose bitter feud with a rival political faction led to his being killed in...

Toulon 1    Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military...

This is a list of notable events from the year 1769 in Russia. Monarch – Catherine II Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russian forces take the Ottoman fortress...

Russian Theatre was a historic theatre in Moscow in Russia, active in 1766–1769. It was the second public theater in the city of Moscow after the Maiden...

The 1769 census was the first census covering the Oldenburg State: the Kingdom of Denmark, the Kingdom of Norway (including the Faroese Islands and Iceland)...

C/1769 P1 (Messier) is a long-period comet that was visible to the naked eye at its last apparition in 1769. The comet is classified as a great comet...

Teochew merchant-pirates of the eastern Siamese shores of the Gulf of Siam. In 1769 or 1770, Mạc Thiên Tứ sent Cantonese forces from Hà Tiên to attack Chanthaburi...

Gorges Lowther (1768 – 23 February 1854) was an Irish Member of Parliament. He represented Ratoath in the Irish House of Commons from 1790 to 1798. He...

The year 1769 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. March 4 – French astronomer Charles Messier first records the Orion...

book in history, almost all such printings presenting the standard text of 1769, and nearly always omitting the books of the Apocrypha. Today the unqualified...

December 2019. Private Act, Kingston upon Thames (Surrey) Vicarage Division Act 1769 (9 Geo. 3. c. 65) Kew and Petersham Vicarage Acts 1891 Local Act, 12 & 13...

for Mission Vieja was found in the expedition of Portolá in the summer of 1769. Gaspar de Portolá, Miguel Costansó and Father Juan Crespí recorded the expedition...

Henry Bingham was an Irish politician. Bingham was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He sat in the Irish House of Commons from 1750 to 1768 as a Member...

Edmond Hoyle (1672 – 29 August 1769) was an English writer best known for his works on the rules and play of card games. The phrase "according to Hoyle"...

Commissioners were a local government body, created in Birmingham, England in 1769, with powers to manage matters such as streets, markets, and policing. Subsequent...

Events from the year 1769 in Austria Monarch – Maria Theresa Monarch – Joseph II The education under the Imperial Austria reformed the curriculum and somewhat...

the political satire Demagogue. In 1767 he was purser of the Swiftsure. In 1769 he published An Universal Dictionary of the Marine. William Falconer was...

was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 May 1769 to his death in September 1774. At the time of his election, he was the only...