Events in History in 1569

World’s First National State Lottery

Jan 11 First recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul's Cathedral in London. First prize was £5,000, other prizes included silver plate, tapestries and high quality linen cloth.

The world-famous Sydney Opera House cost $102 million to build, largely paid for by a state lottery

Spanish Inquisition

Feb 7 King Philip II forms Inquisition in South America

Mar 13 Battle of Jarnac, Count of Anjou defeats Huguenots
Mar 20 Duke of Alva leads "tenth penning" in Les Ponts de Cé
Jul 1 Latvian Parliament accepts Union of Lublin, incorporating it into Poland
Jul 10 Coronation of John III, King of Sweden

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Jul 19 Albert Frederick becomes Duke of Prussia

Aug 27 Pope Pius names Cosimo I de Medici as grand duke of Tuscany
Sep 28 Istanbul experiences its greatest fire of the century after a blaze that starts in a Jewish bakery goes on to destroy 36,000 buildings over eight days

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Oct 1 Duke of Norfolk arrested by Queen Elizabeth I for conspiring to marry Mary Queen of Scots

Oct 3 Battle of Montcontour: Duke of Anjou beats Huguenots
Nov 9 Catholic uprising under the Dukes of Northumberland & Westmoreland
Nov 28 Duke of Alva forces bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign
Dec 15 Hunted by Queen Elizabeth I for treason in "The Rising of the North", Charles Neville, Earl of Westmorland, escapes to Scotland.

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Events in History in 1569

World’s First National State Lottery

Spanish Inquisition

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