1571
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 15th century – 16th century – 17th century |
| Decades: | 1540s 1550s 1560s – 1570s – 1580s 1590s 1600s |
| Years: | 1568 1569 1570 – 1571 – 1572 1573 1574 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1571 MDLXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2324 |
| Armenian calendar | 1020 ԹՎ ՌԻ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6321 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -273–-272 |
| Bengali calendar | 978 |
| Berber calendar | 2521 |
| English Regnal year | 13 Eliz. 1 – 14 Eliz. 1 |
| 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 | 1627–1628 |
| - 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 |
| Minguo calendar | 341 before ROC 民前341年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2114 |
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Year 1571 (MDLXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] January–June
- January 11 – The Austrian nobility are granted freedom of religion.
- January 23 – The Royal Exchange opens in London, England.
- May 24 – Fire of Moscow: Moscow is burnt by the Crimean army under Devlet I Giray.
- June 25 – Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle, is founded in Lincolnshire, England.
- June 27 – Establishment of Jesus College "within the City and University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth's foundation" in England by Welsh cleric and lawyer Hugh Price.[1]
[edit] July–December
- July 25 – St Olave's Grammar School is founded in Tooley Street, London.
- August 1 – Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded by the surrender of Famagusta. Cyprus is established as an Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire and the first Turkish colony moves into the island.
- August 29 – Foundation of Liliw, Laguna, Philippines, by Gat Tayaw, followers and residents as a municipality of Laguna.
- September 28 – The House of Commons of England introduces the first pro forma bill, symbolizing its authority over its own affairs.[2]
- 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] Date unknown
- Following conquest of the Kingdom of Maynila, Spanish Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi makes Manila capital of the Philippines.
- Spanish silver mines open in Latin America; thus begins the great silver flow that links the New and Old Worlds.[citation needed]
[edit] Births
- January 9 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, soldier in Habsburg service (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 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 Henry 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)
[edit] References
- ^ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). The Encyclopædia of Oxford. London: Macmillan. p. 198. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
- ^ "The Library of Parliament's research tool for finding information on legislation". Library of Parliament. 2010-01-28. Archived from the original on 02 February 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20100202015730/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E&list=faq. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
