13th » Dartmouth College is founded by the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock, with a royal charter from King George III of the United Kingdom George III, on land donated by Governor-General British colonialism and the Governors-General Royal governor Sir John Wentworth,
22nd » Sino-Burmese War (1765–1769) ends with an uneasy truce.
Famous Deaths for December 1769
13th » Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and hymn-writer (b. 1715)
30th » Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Irish-Austrian soldier and courtier (b. 1685)