1470 in France
Events from the year 1470 in France.
Incumbents
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.
- 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.
- 13 August: An invasion force under the Earl of Warwick and Duke of Clarence leaves Angers, sailing for England.
Date Unknown
- Johann Heynlin and Guillaume Fichet privately establish the first printing press at the Sorbonne University. They print Gasparino Barzizza's Epistolarum Liber, the first book printed in France.
Births
- 30 June - Charles VIII of France
Full date missing
- Estienne de La Roche, mathematician
- Francis, Count of Vendôme, prince
- Guillaume de Marcillat, painter and stained glass artist
- Jacques de La Palice, nobleman