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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 |
| 1571 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
This article is about the year 1571, not the BT Answerphone service accessible by dialling 1-5-7-1.
Year 1571 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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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.
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.
Births
| 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 |
- 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)
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)
