1571
1571 was a common year.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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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 |
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)