1571

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1540s 1550s 1560s – 1570s – 1580s 1590s 1600s
Years:	1568 1569 1570 – 1571 – 1572 1573 1574

This article is about the year 1571. For the BT calling features service, see 1-5-7-1.

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

[edit] Events of 1571

January 11 – The Austrian nobility are granted freedom of religion.
January 23 – The Royal Exchange opens in London.
June 27 – Jesus College, Oxford was founded by Elizabeth I.
October 7 – Battle of Lepanto: Spanish, Venetian, and Papal naval forces under Don John of Austria defeat the Turkish fleet of Ali Monizindade Pasha.

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.

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 – 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 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)

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)