1571

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

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

Events [edit]

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]

Battle of Lepanto, 1571

October 7 – Battle of Lepanto: Spanish, Venetian, and Papal naval forces under Don John of Austria defeat the Turkish fleet of Ali Monizindade Pasha.

Spanish silver mines open in Latin America; thus begins the great silver flow that links the New and Old Worlds.^{[citation needed]}

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)
- 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)
- Paulus Moreelse, Dutch painter (d. 1638)

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 6 – Tsukahara Bokuden, Japanese swordsman (b. 1489)
March 21 – Hans Asper, Swiss painter (b. 1499)
April 6 – John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician (b. 1511)
May 4 – Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian (b. 1511)
June 1 – John Story, English Catholic (martyred) (b. 1504)
July 6 – Mori Motonari, Japanese warlord (b. 1497)
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
- Titu Cusi, Incan ruler (b. 1529)
- Jan Tarło, Polish nobleman

^ 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. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

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