1769

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1730s  1740s  1750s  – 1760s –  1770s  1780s  1790s
Years:	1766 1767 1768 – 1769 – 1770 1771 1772

1769 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1769 MDCCLXIX
Ab urbe condita	2522
Armenian calendar	1218 ԹՎ ՌՄԺԸ
Assyrian calendar	6519
Balinese saka calendar	1690–1691
Bengali calendar	1176
Berber calendar	2719
British Regnal year	9 Geo. 3 – 10 Geo. 3
Buddhist calendar	2313
Burmese calendar	1131
Byzantine calendar	7277–7278
Chinese calendar	戊子年 (Earth Rat) 4465 or 4405     — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 4466 or 4406
Coptic calendar	1485–1486
Discordian calendar	2935
Ethiopian calendar	1761–1762
Hebrew calendar	5529–5530
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1825–1826
- Shaka Samvat	1690–1691
- Kali Yuga	4869–4870
Holocene calendar	11769
Igbo calendar	769–770
Iranian calendar	1147–1148
Islamic calendar	1182–1183
Japanese calendar	Meiwa 6 (明和６年)
Javanese calendar	1694–1695
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4102
Minguo calendar	143 before ROC 民前143年
Nanakshahi calendar	301
Thai solar calendar	2311–2312
Tibetan calendar	阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1895 or 1514 or 742     — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1896 or 1515 or 743

1769 (MDCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1769th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 769th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1760s decade. As of the start of 1769, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• James Watt invents an engine driven by steam

Births

• August 15 – Napoleon