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1569
(
MDLXIX
)
was a
common year starting on Saturday
of the
Julian calendar
, the 1569th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 569th year of the
2nd millennium
, the 69th year of the
16th century
, and the 10th and last year of the
1560s
decade. As of the start of 1569, the Gregorian calendar was
10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.