Historical Events In 1569
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Jan 11 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul's Cathedral 


Jan 11 The inaugural recorded lottery in England is drawn at St Paul's Cathedral. 


Jan 20 Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80 


Feb 07 King Philip II forms inquistion in South America. 


Feb 20 Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50 


Mar 13 Battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots. 


Mar 13 Lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies 


Mar 20 Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Cé 


Apr 03 Giovanni Battista Massarengo, composer. 


Apr 10 Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange and Anna of Saxon. 


May 10 Juan the Avila, Spanish minister/writer. 


May 16 Dirk Willems, Anabaptist Martyr. 


May 27 Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies 


Jul 01 Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland 


Aug 27 Pope Pius names Cosimo I de' Medici, grand duke of Toscane. 


Aug 31 Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India. 


Sep 05 Pieter Bruegel, South Netherlands painter, dies at about 44 


Oct 01 Duke of Norfolk arrested 


Oct 03 Battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots 


Nov 09 Catholic uprising under Northumberland and Westmoreland. 


Nov 16 Paul Sartorius, composer. 


Nov 27 Ottavio Vernizzi, composer. 


Nov 28 Duke of Alva forces bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign 


Dec 15 Westmoreland flees to Scotland 


Dec 18 Jakob Hassler, composer 


Dec 23 St Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible. 


Dec 23 St Philip, metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible. 


Dec 30 Georg Quitschreiber, composer 


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