3 June 1769
Transit of Venus
Le Gentil reaches Pondicherry for the 1769 transit but clouds prevent him from observing the event after years of travel.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Pondicherry in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Le Gentil reaches Pondicherry for the 1769 transit but clouds prevent him from observing the event after years of travel.
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