1571

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Year 1571 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents 1 Events of 1571 1.1 Undated 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events of 1571

• January 11 - The Austrian nobility are granted freedom of religion.
• January 23 - The Royal Exchange opens in London.
• October 7 - Battle of Lepanto: Spanish, Venetian, and Papal naval forces under Don John of Austria defeat the Turkish fleet of Ali Monizindade Pasha.

[edit] Undated

• Moscow is burnt by the Crimean army under Devlet I Giray.
• Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is founded in Horncastle.
• Saint Olave's Grammar School is founded in Tooley Street, London.
• Cyprus is conquered by the Ottoman Empire; the first Turkish colony moves into Cyprus.
• The Spanish occupy Manila, Philippines.
• Idris Alooma starts to rule the Kanem-Bornu Empire.

[edit] Births

1571 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1571 MDLXXI
Ab urbe condita	2324
Armenian calendar	1020 ԹՎ ՌԻ
Bahá'í calendar	-273 – -272
Berber calendar	2521
Buddhist calendar	2115
Burmese calendar	933
Byzantine calendar	7079 – 7080
Chinese calendar	庚午年十二月初六日 (4207/4267-12-6) — to — 辛未年十二月十五日 (4208/4268-12-15)
Coptic calendar	1287 – 1288
Ethiopian calendar	1563 – 1564
Hebrew calendar	5331 – 5332
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1626 – 1627
- Shaka Samvat	1493 – 1494
- Kali Yuga	4672 – 4673
Holocene calendar	11571
Iranian calendar	949 – 950
Islamic calendar	978 – 979
Japanese calendar	Genki 2 (元亀2年)
Korean calendar	3904
Thai solar calendar	2114
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• January 9 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)
• January 27 - Abbas I of Safavid, Shah of Iran (d. 1629)
• February 15 - Michael Praetorius, German composer and writer on music (d. 1621)
• May 11 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)
• September 29 - Caravaggio, Venetian artist (d. 1610)
• October - Tirso de Molina, Spanish dramatist and poet (d. 1648)
• October 18 - Wolfgang Ratke, German educationist (d. 1635)
• December 9 - Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
• December 27 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)
• date unknown
  • Henry Ainsworth, English Nonconformist clergyman and scholar (d. 1622)
  • William Bedell, Anglican churchman (d. 1642)
  • Willem Blaeu, Dutch cartographer (d. 1638)
  • Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of Henri IV of France (d. 1599)
  • Frederick de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1627)
  • Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Irish chieftain and rebel (d. 1603)
  • Aleksander Ostrogski, Polish nobleman (d. 1603)
  • Alessandro Peretti di Montalto, Venetian cardinal (d. 1623)
  • Thomas Storer, English poet (d. 1604)
  • Thomas Wintour, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (d. 1606)

[edit] Deaths

• January 3 - Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1505)
• January 9 - Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510)
• February 12 - Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)
• February 13 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (b. 1500)
• February 14 - Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant (b. 1517)
• March 21 - Hans Asper, Swiss painter (b. 1499)
• April 6 - John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician (b. 1511)
• June 1 - John Story, English Catholic (martyred) (b. 1504)
• July 15 - Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514)
• July 17 - Georg Fabricius, German poet (b. 1516)
• September 4 - Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (b. 1516)
• October 7 - Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, consort of Christian III of Denmark (b. 1511)
• date unknown
  • Tsukahara Bokuden, Japanese swordsman (b. 1489)
  • Titu Cusi, Incan ruler (b. 1529)
  • Mori Motonari, Japanese warlord (b. 1497)
  • Jan Tarło, Polish nobleman
  • Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian (b. 1511)