Editing 1769 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement XIII]] dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]].<ref name=DeLucca>Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture in the Baroque Age'' (BRILL, 2012) pp315-316</ref> 
* [[February 17]] &ndash; The British House of Commons votes to not allow MP [[John Wilkes]] to take his seat after he wins a by-election.<ref>"The Ethics and Philosophy of By-Elections", by J.G. Swift MacNeill, in ''The Fortnightly Review'' (April 1, 1920) p557</ref>
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] [[Mozart in Italy|departs Italy]], after the last of his three tours there.<ref>{{Cite book|last= Gutman|first= Robert W.|title= Mozart: A Cultural Biography|publisher= Harcourt|location= San Diego|year=1999|page=309|isbn=0-15-601171-9}}</ref>
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Louis Antoine de Bougainville]] returns to [[Saint-Malo]], following a three-year [[circumnavigation]] of the world with the ships ''[[French frigate La Boudeuse (1766)|La Boudeuse]]'' and ''[[French fluyt Étoile (1767)|Étoile]]'', with the loss of only seven out of 330 men; among the members of the expedition is [[Jeanne Baré]], the first woman known to have circumnavigated the globe.  She returns to France some time after Bougainville and his ships.