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Events from the year 1769 in Great Britain. This year sees several key events in the Industrial Revolution. Incumbents- Monarch – George III
- Prime Minister – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (Whig)
- Parliament – 13th
Events- 21 January – first of the Letters of Junius, criticising the government, appears in the Public Advertiser.[1]
- February–April – John Wilkes is expelled from Parliament three times.
- 8 April – the Theatre Royal, York, reopens under this title having been granted a Royal Patent.[2] (The manager, Tate Wilkinson, also obtains a patent for his theatre in Hull.)
- 13 April – first voyage of James Cook: James Cook arrives in Tahiti on the ship HM Bark Endeavour, preparing to observe the transit of the planet Venus, which takes place on 3 June.[3] After the voyage, the data is found to be inaccurate in determining the distance between the Sun and Earth.
- 25 April–27 May – first Royal Academy summer exhibition held.
- 29 April – James Watt is granted a British patent for "A method of lessening the consumption of steam in steam engines" – the separate condenser,[4] a key improvement (first devised by Watt in 1765) which stimulates the Industrial Revolution.[1]
- 3 & 29 May – Eclipse runs his first races, giving rise to the phrase "Eclipse first and the rest nowhere."
- 13 June – Josiah Wedgwood opens his Etruria Works for the manufacture of pottery.
- 28 June – The Morning Chronicle newspaper begins publication in London.
- 3 July – Richard Arkwright patents a spinning frame able to weave fabric mechanically.[5]
- 5–7 September – actor-manager David Garrick stages a Shakespeare Jubilee festival in Stratford-upon-Avon, disrupted by rain and with no performances of Shakespeare's works.[6]
- 7 October – James Cook reaches New Zealand.[1]
- 19 November – Blackfriars Bridge across the River Thames in London opens to traffic.[7]
Undated- Gordon's London dry gin first produced.[8]
- Work on Syon House, Middlesex, to the design of Robert Adam, ceases.[9]
Publications- Authorized King James Version of the Bible in the Oxford standard text edited by Benjamin Blayney.
- Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage first published as The New Peerage.[5]
- Elizabeth Raffald's cookbook The Experienced English Housekeeper.
- William Robertson's The History of the Reign of Charles V.[10]
Births- 1 January – Jane Marcet, science writer (died 1858)
- 6 January – Lord Charles Townshend, Member of Parliament (died 1796)
- 2 March – Walter Fawkes, writer and Member of Parliament (died 1825)
- 23 March – William Smith, geologist and cartographer (died 1839)
- 3 April – Josiah Wedgwood II, Member of Parliament (died 1843)
- 5 April – Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet, naval officer (died 1839)
- 13 April – Thomas Lawrence, painter (died 1830)
- 1 May – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, general and Prime Minister (died 1852)
- 2 May – John Malcolm, soldier, statesman and historian (died 1833)
- 21 May – John Hookham Frere, diplomat and author (died 1846)
- 18 June – Viscount Castlereagh, statesman, diplomat, and soldier (died 1822)
- 14 August – Richard Barry, 7th Earl of Barrymore, noble (died 1793)
- 10 September – Charles Bullen, admiral (died 1853)
- 19 September – George Raper, naval officer and illustrator (died 1797)
- 28 September – John Jackson, boxer (died 1845)
- 6 October – Isaac Brock, general and administrator (died 1812)
- 23 October – James Ward, painter and engraver (died 1859)
- 7 November – William Sturges Bourne, politician (died 1845)
- 12 November – Amelia Opie, author (died 1853)
- 13 December – James Scarlett Abinger, judge (died 1844)
- 23 December
- William Henry Clinton, general (died 1846)
- Martin Archer Shee, portrait painter (died 1850)
- date unknown
- Maria Bland, singer (died 1838)
- Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness Conyngham, mistress of George IV (died 1861)
- James Dadford, English canal engineer (year of death unknown)
- Charles Ewart, soldier (died 1846)
- Francis Gore, officer and colonial administrator (died 1852)
- Robert Hetrick, poet (died 1849)
- William Rae, Member of Parliament (died 1842)
- Ellen Sharples, painter (died 1849)
Deaths- 25 February – Henry Flitcroft, architect (born 1697)
- 2 August – Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, politician (born 1689)
- 29 August – Edmond Hoyle, game expert (born 1672)
- date unknown
- Matthew Brettingham, architect (born 1699)
- William Falconer, poet (born 1732)
References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=224–225|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Theatre Royal – Tate Wilkinson as Manager |url=http://www.yorkguides.co.uk/theatre-royal-history/tatewilkinsonasmanager.html |work=York Guides |accessdate=2011-02-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226000718/https://www.yorkguides.co.uk/theatre-royal-history/tatewilkinsonasmanager.html |archivedate=2012-02-26 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/cook/17690413.html|title=Cook's Journal: Daily Entries, 13 April 1769|accessdate=2007-08-10|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920062657/http://southseas.nla.gov.au/journals/cook/17690413.html|archivedate=20 September 2007}}
4. ^Patent 913; specification accepted January 5.
5. ^1 {{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=325}}
6. ^{{cite book|last=Pierce|first=Patricia|title=The Great Shakespeare Fraud: the Strange, True Story of William-Henry Ireland|location=Stroud|publisher=Sutton Publishing|year=2004|isbn=0-7509-3393-3}}
7. ^{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.gordons-gin.co.uk/History.aspx|title=Gordon's Gin|accessdate=2010-11-15}}
9. ^{{cite book|last=Field|first=D. M.|title=The World's Greatest Architecture Past & Present|page=207}}
10. ^{{cite book|first=Robert|last=Birley|authorlink=Robert Birley|title=Sunk without Trace: some forgotten masterpieces reconsidered|location=London|publisher=Rupert Hart-Davis|year=1962}}
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