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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 1569 AD
January
January 11: 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St. Paul's Cathedral
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February
February 7: King Philip II forms inquistion in South America
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March
March 13: Battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots
March 20: Duke van Alva leads "tenth penning" in Ponts the Ce
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July
July 1: Latvia Parliament accept Union of Lublin, incorporate into Poland
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August
August 27: Pope Pius names Cosimo I de' Medici, grand duke of Toscane
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October
October 1: Duke of Norfolk arrested
October 3: Battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots
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November
November 9: Catholic uprising under Northumberland and Westmoreland
November 28: Duke of Alva forces bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign
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December
December 15: Westmoreland flees to Scotland
December 23: St. Philip of Moscow martyred by Ivan the Terrible
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