Timeline April 1769

Events in April 1769 6

• 1769 Treaty of Madras End of the First Anglo-Mysore War Hyder Ali of Mysore made peace with the East India Company after his army threatened Madras. Both sides returned the territory they had taken and agreed to help each other if either was attacked.
• 1769 Treaty of Madras End of the First Anglo-Mysore War Hyder Ali of Mysore made peace with the East India Company after his army threatened Madras. Both sides returned the territory they had taken and agreed to help each other if either was attacked.
• 1769 – 1809 Jean Lannes (1769-1809) Died 31 May 1809, aged 40 One of Napoleon's most trusted marshals, mortally wounded by cannon fire at the Battle of Aspern-Essling. He died ten days later, and Napoleon reportedly wept at the loss of a close friend and able commander.
• 1769 – 1830 Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) Died 7 January 1830, aged 60 Lawrence was the leading English portrait painter of his generation and president of the Royal Academy from 1820. He painted many of the era's monarchs and statesmen, including a celebrated series of portraits of European leaders after the Napoleonic Wars. He died suddenly in London in 1830.
• 1769 First Royal Academy exhibition Annual London art show begins The Royal Academy of Arts, founded the previous year with Joshua Reynolds as president, held its first exhibition in London. The annual Summer Exhibition has run every year since.
• 1769 First Royal Academy exhibition Annual London art show begins The Royal Academy of Arts, founded the previous year with Joshua Reynolds as president, held its first exhibition in London. The annual Summer Exhibition has run every year since.