Born in 1769:
Died in 1769:
Events of 1769:
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Exploration and colonization
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Invention
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Foundings
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Conflict
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The French invade their new possession, Corsica. The last armed resistance of the "Corsican Republic" is their defeat at the battle of Ponte-Novo on May 8. The Republic's leader, Pasquale Paoli, flees to London in June.
Of course, they didn't realiz what came with the package.
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Giovanni Vincenzo elected Pope Clement XIV. Noting what happened
to his predecessor in 1768, he accedes to Bourbon demands and begins
suppression of the Jesuit Order.
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The Cherokee Indians, being pushed west by settlers, try to conquer the
Chickasaw but are defeated at the Battle of Chickasaw Oldfields.
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A Spanish army enters New Orleans, quelling the rebellion of the
previous year and installing new governor Alejandro O'Reilly.
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King Frederick of Prussia tries to interest
Empress Catherine of Russia in a partition of Poland.
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The British East India Company gains control of all European trade
in India.
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A Chinese army invades Burma, but is repulsed.
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The Gurkhas conquer Nepal. Their leader, Prithvi Narayan Shah,
becomes king.
1768 - 1769 - 1770
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