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Born on Tuesday January 24, 1769
- Dimpna Bertels, Geel
- Damasse Thimothée BASQUIN, Wasmes, 99, Belgique († 1831)
- Catharina Teunisse († 1851)
- Adam Poole Mabry, Fairfield County, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1817)
- Doekle Annes Albertsma, Swichum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1833)
- bastina rooij, brouwershaven (zeeland) († 1836)
- Anna Catherine Riegel, Albany Twn.Berks Co.Pennsylvania
- Catharina Hoen, Zutphen
- Franciscus Joannes Meuter, Swalmen
- Adriana Slots, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1839)
Died on Tuesday January 24, 1769
- Christina SMEETS (58), Maasbree,, Limburg, Nederland
- Joannes Franciscus Lauwers (1), Weerde
- Jan Mehault (70), Saint-Thurial, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
- Beissel (0), Sulzfeld, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany
- christina smets (smeets) (58), maabree
- Elisabeth Beeckmans (73), Boom, Antwerpen, België
- Christina Smeets (58), Maasbree
- Christina (Cath) Smeets (58), Bree
- Geesken Post (79), Varsseveld, Gelderland, Netherlands
- (45), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 24, 1769 at Delpher
Born on January 24
- 1732 » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier († 1799)
- 1739 » Jean Nicolas Houchard, French General of the French Revolution († 1793)
- 1746 » Gustav III of Sweden († 1792)
- 1749 » Charles James Fox, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs († 1806)
- 1754 » Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor († 1820)
- 1761 » Louis Klein, French general († 1845)
- 1763 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician († 1831)
- 1776 » E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer († 1822)
- 1787 » Christian Ludwig Brehm, German pastor and ornithologist († 1864)
- 1804 » Delphine de Girardin, French author († 1855)
Died on January 24
- 1626 » Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)
- 1639 » Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)
- 1666 » Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (b. 1588)
- 1709 » George Rooke, English admiral and politician (b. 1650)
- 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
- 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
- 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
- 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
- 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
- 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1769
- Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- July 14 » An expedition led by Gaspar de Portolá leaves its base in California and sets out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California).
- July 16 » Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
- December 13 » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III, on land donated by Royal governor John Wentworth.
- December 22 » Sino-Burmese War: The war ends with an uneasy truce.
Weather January 24, 1769
The temperature on January 24, 1769 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: donker zeer betrokken.