Events from the year 1569 in
France
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Monarch
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Charles IX of France
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* September – A Royalist army under the
Duc d'Anjou and Marshal Tavannes forces Coligny to abandon the siege of Poitiers.
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October 3
Events Pre-1600
* 2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day.
* 52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Juliu ...
– Battle of Moncountour: The Royalist forces of Tavannaes and Anjou defeat Coligny's Huguenots.
* The trade compact of
1536
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Year 1536 ( MDXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January – King Henry VIII of England suffers a leg injury during a jou ...
is renewed, exempting French merchants from
Ottoman law and allowing them to travel, buy and sell throughout the
sultan
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's dominions and to pay low customs duties on French imports and exports.
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March 13
Events Pre-1600
*624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh.
*1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
*1591 – At the Battle of Tond ...
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Louis, Prince of Condé, French Protestant general (b.
1530
Year 1530 ( MDXXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1530th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 530th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30t ...
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References
{{Year in Europe, 1569
1560s in France