Timeline September 1769

Events in September 1769 3

• 1769 Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford Garrick's festival honouring Shakespeare The actor David Garrick staged a three-day festival in Stratford-upon-Avon to celebrate William Shakespeare. Heavy rain ruined much of it, but it set the pattern for Shakespeare tourism and his status as Britain's national poet.
• 1769 Shakespeare Jubilee at Stratford Garrick's festival honouring Shakespeare The actor David Garrick staged a three-day festival in Stratford-upon-Avon to celebrate William Shakespeare. Heavy rain ruined much of it, but it set the pattern for Shakespeare tourism and his status as Britain's national poet.
• 1769 – 1859 Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) Died 6 May 1859, aged 89 Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian naturalist and explorer whose extensive travels in the Americas and writings on geography, botany, and climate laid foundations for modern earth science. His work influenced Darwin, Bolivar, and generations of scientists, and numerous places and species bear his name. He died in Berlin at age 89.