29 Dec 1769 Boston, MA The Committee of Boston Merchants send a letter to Benjamin Franklin, regarding the expiration of the non-importation agreement, and working to reimplement it among the colonies.

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🐟 Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773:
Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ruthven, for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, London, 1790.
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Field marshal of England🇬🇧
(Born 1 May 1769 – Death 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister.

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These boots were made for walking... in Wellington's army at Waterloo! Major General Sir Richard Hussey Vivian (Later 1st Lord Vivian) (1775–1842) by Martin Archer Shee (1769–1850) is in collection. Vivian studied .

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Born on this day: Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1769-1818)

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22 October 1797. First use of a silk parachute was made by Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin (31 January 1769 - 18 August 1823) at Parc Monceau, Paris. He jumped from a hydrogen balloon at a height of approximately 3,000 feet.

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Doing the Laundry by the Well Curb, by Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825)

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Grazie mille cara Marijke!

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"Rebecca Admires the Clothes and Jewellery Given to Her by Abraham's Servant"
Juliana (Lady) Howard (1769–1833)
Wellcome Collection

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Cherry Blossoms in the Wind, by Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825)

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Ichikawa Komazō III in the Role of Kameō with Iwai Kumesaburō in the Role of Kameō's Wife, Oyasu, from the Play Shunkan futatsu omokage, by Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769–1825)

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Thomas Lawrence (British, 1769-1830)

Irish poet, Catherine Grey, Lady Manners, 1794.

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"Everything is interconnected": Happy birthday, Alexander von 🎉🥳Born in 1769, the intrepid world traveller, visionary explorer & climate-change pioneer, saw as an interconnected living web & warned of human-made over 200 years ago.

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Geographer, naturalist and explorer Friedrich Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt was 1769. Scroll through his amazing books: https://t.co/xUacO4CHCs

These illustrations come from 'Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland', botanique III, 1807-1829

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Alexander von Humboldt was born in 1769. Polymath, explorer & naturalist. These birds are just a few examples of species named after him - Humboldt's penguin, aracari & hummingbird.
Penguin by J. Smit.
Aracari & hummingbird from volumes of John Gould.

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