Fnd Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s
Years: 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 - 1774 - 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779
Events
- May 10 - Louis XVI becomes King of France.
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa III (1757-1774) to Abd-ul-Hamid I (1774-1789)
- The British pass the Quebec Act setting out rules of governance for the colony of Quebec in British North America
Births
- February 11 - Hans Jarta, Swedish political activist/administrator/publicist.
- February 17 - Raphael Peale, painter
- August 12 - Robert Southey, English Romantic poet, biographer
Deaths
- April 4 - Oliver Goldsmith, playwright
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