- 1571
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common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .Events of 1571
*January 11 - The Austrian nobility are grantedfreedom of religion .
*January 23 - The Royal Exchange opens inLondon .
*October 7 - Battle of Lepanto: Spanish, Venetian, and Papal naval forces underDon John of Austria defeat the Turkish fleet of Ali Monizindade Pasha.Undated
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Moscow is burnt by the Crimean army underDevlet I Giray .
* Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School is founded in Horncastle.
*Saint Olave's Grammar School is founded inTooley Street ,London .
*Cyprus is conquered by theOttoman Empire ; the first Turkish colony moves into Cyprus.
* The Spanish occupyManila ,Philippines .
*Idris Alooma starts to rule theKanem-Bornu Empire .Births
*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 ofHenri 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 , EnglishGunpowder 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 ofChristian 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 )
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