1570 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch - Charles IX of France

Events

• June- Huguenot Protestant army defeats the royal army at Arnay-le-Duc.
• August 8 - King Charles IX signs the Peace of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, ending the third war of the French wars of religion.
• November 26 - King Charles IX marries Elisabeth of Austria in the town of Mézières in Champagne.

Deaths

• January 8 - Philibert de l'Orme, French architect and writer