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 |
| 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
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