Timeline June 1769

Events in June 1769 4

• 1769 Transit of Venus observed from Tahiti Cook's expedition times the planet crossing the Sun Astronomers around the world observed Venus passing across the face of the Sun to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun. James Cook's Endeavour expedition made its observations from Point Venus in Tahiti, alongside observers in Europe, North America and Siberia.
• 1769 Transit of Venus observed from Tahiti Cook's expedition times the planet crossing the Sun Astronomers around the world observed Venus passing across the face of the Sun to calculate the distance between the Earth and the Sun. James Cook's Endeavour expedition made its observations from Point Venus in Tahiti, alongside observers in Europe, North America and Siberia.
• 1769 Wedgwood opens the Etruria works Purpose-built pottery factory in Staffordshire Josiah Wedgwood opened his new Etruria factory near Stoke-on-Trent, and on the first day he threw vases there himself. The works became a model of industrial organisation and division of labour.
• 1769 Wedgwood opens the Etruria works Purpose-built pottery factory in Staffordshire Josiah Wedgwood opened his new Etruria factory near Stoke-on-Trent, and on the first day he threw vases there himself. The works became a model of industrial organisation and division of labour.