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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 1769 AD
April
April 22: Madame du Barry becomes King Louis XV's "official" mistress
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June
June 7: Daniel Boone begins exploring Bluegrass State of Kentucky
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July
July 16: Father Junipero Serra founds Mission San Diego, 1st mission in California
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August
August 18: Gunpowder in Brescia Italy church explodes, killing 3,000
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September
September 18: John Harris builds 1st spinet piano (U.S.)
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December
December 12: Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee
December 13: Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter
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