1769 in France
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Events from the year 1769 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XV
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 (died 1815).
- 31 January – André-Jacques Garnerin, inventor of the frameless parachute (died 1823).
- 1 March – François Séverin Marceau-Desgraviers, general (died 1796).
- 29 March – Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Marshal General of France and three times Prime Minister of France (died 1851).
- 11 April – Jean Lannes, General (mortally wounded in battle) (died 1809).
- 13 April – Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen, general (died 1832).
July to December
- 29 July – Louis-Benoît Picard, playwright (died 1828).
- 15 August – Napoleon Bonaparte, military and political leader (died 1821).
- 23 August – Georges Cuvier, naturalist and zoologist (died 1832).
- 28 December – Auguste Hilarion, comte de Kératry, poet, novelist, historian and politician (died 1859).
Full date unknown
- Augustin Alexandre Darthé, Revolutionary, executed (died 1797).
- Alexandre-Antoine Hureau de Sénarmont, Artillery General (died 1810)
- Barthelemy Lafon, Louisiana Creole architect, engineer, city planner, surveyor and smuggler (died 1820 in the United States)