This Year in History:
1769
Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
On May 17, 1769, George Washington launches a legislative salvo at Great Britain’s fiscal and judicial attempts to maintain its control over the American colonies. With his sights set on…
Father Junípero Serra, a Spanish Franciscan missionary, founds the first Catholic mission in California on the site of present‑day San Diego. After Serra blessed his new outpost of Christianity in…
