Events from the year 1769 in Austria
Incumbents Monarch – Maria Theresa Monarch – Joseph II State Chancellor - Wenzel Anton
Events
The education under the Imperial Austria reformed the curriculum and somewhat decentralized the administration of the whole system. 1769 Austrian annexation of Spis Count Lymar presented to Frederick the Great the plan of a partition of Poland. In February 1769, Austria occupied the county of Zips. In August 1769, a meeting was held between Joseph II and Frederick the Great at Neisse. In November 1769, fearing Russian gains in the Russo-Turkish War (1766-1774), Austria sends two infantry and two cavalry regiments to Transylvania to deter further Russian aggression. Austria received back Dalmatia in accordance with the Treaty of Campo-Formio.
Births
Deaths
December 30 – Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian soldier (b. 1685)
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