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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.

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

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)

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