1571
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| Years: 1568 1569 1570 - 1571 - 1572 1573 1574 | |
| Decades: 1540s 1550s 1560s - 1570s - 1580s 1590s 1600s | |
| Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century | |
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Events
- January 11 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion.
- January 23 - The Royal Exchange opens in London.
- Crimean army under Devlet I Giray seize and burn Moscow.
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School founded in Horncastle
- October 7 Battle of Lepanto - Spanish, Venetian, and Papal naval forces under Don John of Austria defeat the Turkish fleet of Ali Monizindade Pasha.
- Conquest of Cyprus by the Ottoman Empire. First Turkish colony moves into Cyprus.
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Births
- January 9 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)
- January 27 - Abbas I of Safavid, Shah of Iran (died 1629)
- February 15 - Michael Praetorius, German composer and writer on music (died 1621)
- May 11 - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (died 1637)
- October 18 - Wolfgang Ratke, German educationist (died 1635)
- December 9 - Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
- December 27 - Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (died 1630)
- Henry Ainsworth, English Nonconformist clergyman and scholar (died 1622)
- William Bedell, Anglican churchman (died 1642)
- Willem Blaeu, Dutch cartographer (died 1638)
- Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of Henri IV of France (died 1599)
- Frederick de Houtman, Dutch explorer (died 1627)
- Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Irish chieftain and rebel (died 1603)
- Aleksander Ostrogski, Polish nobleman (died 1603)
- Alessandro Peretti di Montalto, Venetian cardinal (died 1623)
- Thomas Storer, English poet (died 1604)
- Thomas Wintour, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator (died 1606)
- Tirso de Molina, Spanish dramatist and poet (died 1648)
See also Category: 1571 births.
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Deaths
- January 9 - Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (born 1510)
- February 12 - Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)
- February 13 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (born 1500)
- April 6 - John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician (born 1511)
- June 1 - John Story, English Catholic (martyred)
- July 15 - Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (born 1514)
- July 17 - Georg Fabricius, German poet (born 1516)
- September 23 - John Jewel, English bishop (born 1522)
- Hans Asper, Swiss painter (born 1499)
- Tsukahara Bokuden, Japanese swordsman (born 1489)
- Joachim II of Brandenburg (born 1505)
- Titu Cusi, Incan ruler (born 1529)
- Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, consort of Christian III of Denmark (born 1511)
- Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (born 1516)
- Mori Motonari, Japanese warlord
- Jan Tarlo, Polish nobleman
- Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian (born 1511)
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