1571 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1571?
- January 11, 1571 – Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
- January 23, 1571 – The Royal Exchange opens in London.
- June 24, 1571 – Miguel Lopez de Legazpi founds Manila, the capital of the Republic of the Philippines.
- October 7, 1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) destroys the Turkish fleet.
Who Were Born In The Year 1571?
- January 9, 1571 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, soldier in Habsburg service (d. 1621)
- February 15, 1571 – Michael Praetorius, German composer (d. 1621)
- May 11, 1571 – Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)
- September 29, 1571 – Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)
- December 9, 1571 – Metius (Adriaan Adriaanszoon), Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
- December 27, 1571 – Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)
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