See also: 1768 in France, other events of 1769, 1770 in France.

Events from the year 1769 in France.

Events

• 8 May - Battle of Ponte Novu 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.

Full date unknown

• Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot demonstrates a steam-powered artillery tractor.

Births

January to June

• 10 January - Michel Ney, Marshal of France (d.1815).
• 31 January - Andr -Jacques Garnerin, inventor of the frameless parachute (d.1823).
• 1 March - Fran ois S verin Marceau-Desgraviers, general (d.1796).
• 29 March - Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Marshal General of France and three times Prime Minister of France (d.1851).
• 11 April - Jean Lannes, General (mortally wounded in battle) (d.1809).
• 13 April - Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen, general (d.1832).

July to December

• 29 July - Louis-Beno t Picard, playwright (d.1828).
• 15 August - Napoleon I of France, military and political leader (d.1821).
• 23 August - Georges Cuvier, naturalist and zoologist (d.1832).
• 28 December - Auguste Hilarion, comte de K ratry, poet, novelist, historian and politician (d.1859).

Full date unknown

• Augustin Alexandre Darth , Revolutionary, executed (d.1797).
• Alexandre-Antoine Hureau de S narmont, Artillery General (d.1810)

Deaths

References

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