1769 in France
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1768 in France,
other events of 1769,
1770 in France.
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Events from the year 1769 in France
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1768 in France,
other events of 1769,
1770 in France.
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Events from the year 1769 in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Events
- 8 May - Battle of Ponte NovuBattle of Ponte NovuThe Battle of Ponte Novu took place on May 8 and 9 1769 between royal French forces under the Comte de Vaux, a seasoned professional soldier with an expert on mountain warfare on his staff, and the native Corsicans under Carlo Salicetti...
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.
January to June
- 10 January - Michel NeyMichel NeyMichel Ney , 1st Duc d'Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of France created by Napoleon I...
, Marshal of FranceMarshal of FranceThe Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
(d.18151815 in FranceSee also:1814 in France,other events of 1815,1816 in France.----Events from the year 1815 in France.-Events:*3 January - Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia....
). - 31 January - André-Jacques GarnerinAndré-Jacques GarnerinAndré-Jacques Garnerin was the inventor of the frameless parachute. He was born in Paris.His early experiments were based on umbrella-shaped devices...
, inventor of the frameless parachuteParachuteA parachute is a device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere by creating drag, or in the case of ram-air parachutes, aerodynamic lift. Parachutes are usually made out of light, strong cloth, originally silk, now most commonly nylon...
(d.18231823 in FranceSee also:1822 in France,other events of 1823,1824 in France.----Events from the year 1823 in France.-Events:*17 April - French forces, authorised by the Congress of Verona, enter Spain following the capture of Ferdinand VII of Spain by armed revolutionary liberals.*23 May - Rebel government...
). - 1 March - François Séverin Marceau-DesgraviersFrançois Séverin Marceau-DesgraviersFrançois Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers was a French general of the Revolutionary Wars.-Early life:Desgraviers was born at Chartres, Eure-et-Loir. His father served as a legal officer, and Marceau received an education for a legal career, but at the age of sixteen he enlisted in the regiment of...
, general (d.17961796 in FranceSee also:1795 in France,other events of 1796,1797 in France.----Events from the year 1796 in France.-Events:*9 March - Widow Joséphine de Beauharnais marries General Napoléon Bonaparte....
). - 29 March - Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Marshal General of FranceMarshal General of FranceThe title Marshal General of France or more exactly "Marshal General of the King's camps and armies" was given to signify that the recipient had authority over all the French armies in the days when a Marshal governed only one army usually...
and three times Prime Minister of FrancePrime Minister of FranceThe Prime Minister of France in the Fifth Republic is the head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France. The head of state is the President of the French Republic...
(d.18511851 in FranceSee also:1850 in France,other events of 1851,1852 in France.----Events from the year 1851 in France.-Events:*1 March - Victor Hugo uses the phrase United States of Europe in a speech to the French national assembly....
). - 11 April - Jean LannesJean LannesJean Lannes, 1st Duc de Montebello, was a Marshal of France. He was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals. Napoleon once commented on Lannes: "I found him a pygmy and left him a giant"...
, General (mortally wounded in battle) (d.18091809 in FranceSee also:1808 in France,other events of 1809,1810 in France.----Events from the year 1809 in France.-Events:*13 January - Battle of Uclés, French victory over Spanish....
). - 13 April - Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen, general (d.18321832 in FranceSee also:1830 in France,other events of 1832,1833 in France.----Events from the year 1832 in France.-Events:*5 June - Anti-monarchist June Rebellion briefly breaks out in Paris....
).
July to December
- 29 July - Louis-Benoît PicardLouis-Benoît PicardLouis-Benoît Picard was a French playwrightAfter having begun to study law, he first became an actor before producing his first play, Le Badinage dangereux, in 1789....
, playwright (d.18281828 in FranceSee also:1827 in France,other events of 1828,1829 in France.----Events from the year 1828 in France.-Events:*4 January - Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle as Prime Minister of France....
). - 15 August - Napoleon I of FranceNapoleon I of FranceNapoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
, military and political leader (d.18211821 in FranceSee also:1820 in France,other events of 1821,1822 in France.Events from the year 1821 in France.-Events:*5 May - Napoléon dies in exile at Saint Helena...
). - 23 August - Georges CuvierGeorges CuvierGeorges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
, naturalistNatural historyNatural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
and zoologistZoologyZoology |zoölogy]]), is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct...
(d.18321832 in FranceSee also:1830 in France,other events of 1832,1833 in France.----Events from the year 1832 in France.-Events:*5 June - Anti-monarchist June Rebellion briefly breaks out in Paris....
). - 28 December - Auguste Hilarion, comte de KératryAuguste Hilarion, comte de KératryAuguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry , was a French poet, novelist, short story writer, literary critic, historian, and politician. He was the father of Emile de Kératry.-Life:...
, poet, novelist, historian and politician (d.18591859 in FranceSee also:1858 in France,other events of 1859,1860 in France.----Events from the year 1859 in France.-Events:*26 March - A French amateur astronomer claims to have noticed a planet closer to the Sun than Mercury - later named Vulcan....
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Full date unknown
- Augustin Alexandre DarthéAugustin Alexandre Darthé-Revolutionary:Born in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, he became administrator of the département of Pas-de-Calais after the outbreak of the French Revolution, and, as an admirer of Maximilien Robespierre, became a public agitator....
, Revolutionary, executed (d.17971797 in FranceSee also:1796 in France,other events of 1797,1798 in France.----Events from the year 1797 in France.-Events:*14 January-15 January - Battle of Rivoli, decisive French victory over Austria....
). - Alexandre-Antoine Hureau de SénarmontAlexandre-Antoine Hureau de SénarmontAlexandre-Antoine Hureau de Sénarmont was a French artillery general.He was born at Strasbourg, and educated at the Metz school for engineer and artillery cadets. In 1785 he was commissioned in the artillery, in which he served as a regimental officer for fifteen years...
, ArtilleryArtilleryOriginally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
(d.18101810 in FranceSee also:1809 in France,other events of 1810,1811 in France.----Events from the year 1810 in France.-Events:*6 January - Treaty of Paris ends war between France and Sweden....
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