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Events from the year 1470 in France.
Incumbents
King of France – Louis XIHourihane Colum The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture 2012 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-539536-5 226 https://books.google.com/books?id=FtlMAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA5-PA226 31 May 2022 en
Duke of Burgundy - Charles the Bold
Duke of Brittany - Francis II
Events
January–December
April: After the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Losecoat Field, the Earl of Warwick and Duke of Clarence land at Calais. Despite being Captain of Calais, Warwick was refused access to the stronghold and was subsequently forced to flee to Honfleur.Angers Agreement, July 1470 https://www.historyofwar.org/articles/treaty_angers_agreement.html#:~:text=The%20Angers%20Agreement%20of%20July%201470%20saw%20the,for%20the%20short-lived%20%27readeption%20government%27%20of%20Henry%20VI. 11 October 2023 History of War
22 July: In the Angers Agreement, Louis XI reconciles the Earl of Warwick and Margaret of Anjou. Both agree to restore Henry VI to the English throne.Angers Agreement https://war_of_roses.en-academic.com/10/Angers_Agreement 2023-11-18 Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias en
13 August: An invasion force under the Earl of Warwick and Duke of Clarence leaves Angers, sailing for England.2020-08-13 Clarence and Warwick’s Invasion of 1470 Schoolshistory.org.uk https://schoolshistory.org.uk/topics/british-history/wars-of-the-roses/clarence-and-warwicks-invasion-of-1470/ 2023-11-18 en-GB
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Johann Heynlin and Guillaume Fichet privately establish the first printing press at the Sorbonne University.Heynlin & Fichet Establish the First Press in France : History of Information https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=367 2023-11-18 www.historyofinformation.com They print Gasparino Barzizza's Epistolarum Liber, the first book printed in France.
Births
thumb|right |150 px |Charles VIII, King of France 1483–1498
30 June – Charles VIII of France (died 1498)Karl VIII, Konge af Frankrig Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon 13 1922 2 Blangstrup, Chr. Christian Blangstrup J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel Copenhagen da https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/13/0613.html 5 October 2015
Full date missing
Estienne de La Roche, mathematician (died 1530)
Francis, Count of Vendôme, prince (died 1495)
Guillaume de Marcillat, painter and stained glass artist (died 1529)
Jacques de La Palice, nobleman (died 1525)
Deaths
Full date missing
Richard Olivier de Longueil, bishop (born 1406)
Guigone de Salins (born 1403)
See also
France History Lists
References
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