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

Events

• January 11 – Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion.
• October 7 Spanish, Venetian, and Papal naval forces under Don John of Austria defeat the Turkish fleet of Ali Monizindade Pasha.
• The Ottoman Empire captured the city of Nicosia on the island of Cyprus.

Births

• February 15 – Michael Praetorius, German composer (d. 1621)
• October – Tirso de Molina, Spainish dramatist and poet (d. 1648)
• December 27 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)