Calendar year
October 7 : Battle of Lepanto Year 1571 (MDLXXI common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar .
Events
April 2
April 12 – The Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England is foiled by the capture of Ridolfi's messenger, Charles Baillie .April 17 – Pope John XIV of Alexandria begins a 15-year reign as leader of the Coptic Christian Church.April 21
May 24 – Moscow is burnt by the Crimean army, under Devlet I Giray .[ 2] May 25 – The Holy League is established as an alliance of the Papal States , the Republic of Venice , the Republic of Genoa , the Grand Duchy of Tuscany , the Duchy of Savoy , the Duchy of Urbino , the Kingdom of Naples and Kingdom of Sicily (under the rule of the Spanish Empire and the Knights of Malta for mutual defense against attacks by the Ottoman Empire on ships in the Mediterranean Sea .[ 3] May 29 – Queen Elizabeth I of England gives royal assent to laws that had been passed by the 3rd Parliament, including the Bulls from Rome Act 1571 to prevent the publication in England of papal bulls as well as "writings or instruments and other superstitious things from the See of Rome"June 3 – Following the Battle of Bangkusay Channel , the conquest of the Kingdom of Maynila is complete; Spanish Conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi makes Manila a city, and the capital of the Philippines .June 24 – On the island of Luzon in the Philippines , Miguel López de Legazpi of Spain establishes a Spanish fortress at Manila Bay and, after making a peace pact with the Crown Prince of Luzon, Rajah Sulayman declares Manila to be the administrative capital of the Spanish East Indies.[ 4] June 25 – Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle , is founded in Lincolnshire , England.June 27 – Jesus College is established "within the City and University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth 's foundation" in England, by Welsh cleric and lawyer Hugh Price .[ 5]
July 14 – In what is now the state of Kerala in India , the Siege of Chaliyam begins as the Zamorin of Kozhikode , Mana Vikrama, sends troops to starve out the Portuguese Empire's Chale fortress.[ 6] [ 7] Goa .July 25 – St Olave's Grammar School is founded in Tooley Street , London.August 1 – The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta . Cyprus is established as an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire , and the first Turkish colony moves into the island.August 29 – Liliw, Laguna , Philippines is founded by Gat Tayaw, followers and residents as a municipality of Laguna .September 5 – John Erskine, Earl of Mar is selected by the Scottish royal family to be the new Regent of Scotland to rule on behalf of the 5-year-old King James VI .[ 8] Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox , the King's grandfather, who was assassinated the day before by supporters of his daughter-in-law the imprisoned Mary, Queen of Scots .September 28 – The House of Commons of England introduces the first pro forma bill, symbolizing its authority over its own affairs.[ 9] September 30 (12th day of 9th month of Genki ) – In Japan , the Siege of Mount Hiei is carried out by Oda Nobunaga at Ōmi Province (now the Shiga Prefecture ). After Nobunaga's 30,000 troops overwhelm the monks of the 4,000 warriors of the Sōhei , Nobunaga orders the massacre of more than 1,500 survivors.[ 10]
October 7 – Battle of Lepanto : Spanish, Venetian, and Papal naval forces, under Don John of Austria , defeat the Ottoman fleet of Müezzinzade Ali Pasha .[ 11] November 4 – The Mexican Inquisition , for investigation and punishment of heresy against the Roman Catholic Church in the New World, begins with the first session of the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in New Spain.[ 12] November 16 – Michele Bonelli is sent as the legate a latere Pope Pius V to work directly with King Charles IX of France . From June 18 until his new assignment, Bonelli had been the legate to the King of Spain and the King of Portugal.November 20 – Clan Gordon defeats Clan Forbes in the Battle of Craibstone , fought near Aberdeen in Scotland . Clan Forbes sustains 300 deaths and 200 men are taken prisoner out of its original contingent of 900, while Clan Gordon suffers 200 deaths of its 800 men.[ 13] December 24 – Henry XI , Duke of the German Duchy of Liegnitz (now part of Poland), who had increased the Duchy's debts from 80,000 thalers to 700,000 thalers over 11 years, attempts to get the representatives of the Congress of Estates to pledge their own goods and valuables as collateral for refinancing the debt. When the representatives of the different parts of the Duchy refuse, he has them jailed until they agree to pay taxes for 10 percent of the debt owed.
Date unknown
Using mercury in the silver extraction process dramatically increases the output of the Potosí mine; thus begins the great silver flow that links the New and Old Worlds.[ 14]
The Swedish Church Ordinance 1571 creates the first complete order of the Protestant Swedish church. The church ordinance also includes a chapter about schooling, in which all children in the cities, regardless of sex, are to be given elementary schooling.[ 15]
Taipalsaari is founded.
Births
Abbas I of Safavid Johannes Kepler January 9 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy , French soldier in Habsburg service (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 )[ 16] March 31 – Pietro Aldobrandini , Italian cardinal, archbishop (d. 1621 )April 17 – Adam Contzen , German economist (d. 1635 )April 22 – Giovanni Branca , Italian architect and engineer (d. 1645 )April 24 – Sur Singh , Ruler of Marwar (d. 1619 )May 11 – Niwa Nagashige , Japanese warlord (d. 1637 )June 17 – Thomas Mun , English writer on economics (d. 1641 )July 16 – Theodoor Galle , Flemish engraver (d. 1633 )August 2 – Charles, Duke of Guise , son of Henry I (d. 1640 )August 14 – Anders Bure , founder of Swedish cartography (d. 1646 )September 12 – Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquis of Santa Cruz (d. 1646 )September 21 – Giovanni Battista Magnani , Italian architect (d. 1653 )September 29 – Caravaggio , Venetian artist (d. 1610 )[ 17] October 7
October 15 – Jacob Matham , Dutch artist (d. 1631 )October 18 – Wolfgang Ratke , German educational reformer (d. 1635 )November 18 – Hippolytus Guarinonius , Italian physician and polymath (d. 1654 )December 3 – Lakshmi Kumara Thathachariar , Indian saint (d. 1643 )December 4 – Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias , Spanish prince (d. 1578 )December 9 – Metius , Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635 )December 20
December 27 – Johannes Kepler , German astronomer (d. 1630 )[ 18] December 31 – Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (d. 1617 )date unknown
Henry Ainsworth , English Nonconformist clergyman and scholar (d. 1622 )William Bedell , Anglican churchman (d. 1642 )Willem Blaeu , Dutch cartographer (d. 1638 )Charles Butler , English beekeeper and philologist (d. 1647 )Inés de Hinojosa , Venezuelan hacendada (b. 1540 )Frederick de Houtman , Dutch explorer (d. 1627 )Esther Inglis , French (?British-born) calligrapher (d. 1624 )Lucrezia Marinella , Italian poet and author (d. 1653 )Paulus Moreelse , Dutch painter (d. 1638 )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
Hans Asper January 3
January 9 – Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon , French naval officer (b. 1510 )January 13 – John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (b. 1513 )January 19 – Paris Bordone , Venetian painter (b. 1495 )February 12 – Nicholas Throckmorton , English diplomat and politician (b. 1515 )February 13 – Benvenuto Cellini , Italian artist (b. 1500 )[ 19] March 6 – Tsukahara Bokuden , Japanese swordsman (b. 1489 )March 14 – John Sigismund Zápolya , King of Hungary (b. 1540 )March 21
April 6 – John Hamilton , Scottish prelate and politician (b. 1511 )May 4 – Pierre Viret , Swiss theologian (b. 1511 )May 29 – Joachim Mörlin , German Lutheran bishop (b. 1514 )June 1 – John Story , English Catholic (martyred) (b. 1504 )June 3 – Tarik Sulayman , Filipino chieftainJune 7 – Francesco Corteccia , Italian composer (b. 1502 )July 6 – Mōri Motonari , Japanese warlord (b. 1497 )July 15 – Shimazu Takahisa , Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514 )July 17 – Georg Fabricius , German poet (b. 1516 )[ 20] August 17 – Marco Antonio Bragadin , Venetian lawyer and military officer (b. 1523 )September 4 – Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox (b. 1516 )September 23 – John Jewel , English Anglican bishop (b. 1522 )October 7
November 24 – Jan Blahoslav , Czech writer (b. 1523 )December 14 – Lorenzo Strozzi , Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1513 )date unknown
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^ "Battle of Craibstone/Battles in Aberdeenshire" . mcjazz.f2s.com . Retrieved March 11, 2012 .^ "Epic World History: Potosí (Silver Mines of Colonial Peru)" . epicworldhistory.blogspot.com . 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015 . In 1571, after numerous trials, the Spanish perfected the techniques for refining Potosí's silver ore with Huancavelica's mercury, prompting Viceroy Francisco de Toledo to gush that the union of the two mines would create the world's greatest marriage. ^ Du Rietz, Anita, Kvinnors entreprenörskap: under 400 år, 1. uppl., Dialogos, Stockholm, 2013
^ Raymond Russell (1965). The Harpsichord and Clavichord: An Introductory Study ^ Gilles Neret. Caravaggio ISBN 978-3-8365-3685-1 ^ Acta universitatis palackianae olomucensis ^ Sir John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy (1963). An Introduction to Italian Sculpture ^ Chisholm, Hugh , ed. (1911). "Fabricius, Georg" Encyclopædia Britannica ....where he died on the 17th of July 1571
