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| 1769 |
| | | Captain Cook's distinguished passengers, Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander, collect valuable specimens of Pacific flora | |
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| 1769 |
| | | Franciscan missionary Junipero Serra begins work at San Diego de Cala, the first of his nine California missions | |
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| 1769 |
| | | Captain Cook observes in Tahiti the transit of Venus, the primary purpose of his voyage to the Pacific | |
|  | Hodges Tahiti Revisited (detail)
National Maritime Museum
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| 1769 |
| | | Napoleon Bonaparte is born a French citizen in Ajaccio, in Corsica, the son of a local lawyer | |
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| 1769 |
| | | Captain Cook reaches New Zealand and sets off to chart its entire coastline | |
|  | Hodges Dusky Bay, New Zealand (detail)
National Maritime Museum
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| 1769 |
| | | French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot successfully tests a steam wagon, probably the first working mechanical vehicle | |
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| 1769 |
| | | Robert Mylne completes his new bridge at Blackfriars | |
|  | Blackfriars Bridge, by James Black, 1802
Guildhall Library
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| c. 1770 |
| | | The triangular trade, controlled from Liverpool, ships millions of Africans across the Atlantic as slaves | |
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| 1770 |
| | | Walpole adds the Great North Bedchamber to Strawberry Hill. | |
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| 1770 |
| | | British troops fire into an unruly crowd in Boston, Massachusetts, killing five | |
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