1571

Events

### January

* 11 January: The Austrian nobility are granted freedom of religion.
* 23 January: Royal Exchange opens in London, England.

### March

* 18 mars: The Order of the Knights of Saint John transfers the capital of Malta from Birgu to Valletta.

### April

* 2 April: The 3rd Parliament of Elizabeth I assembles in England at Westminster.
* 12 avril: Le complot de Ridolfi pour assassiner la reine Elizabeth I d'Angleterre est déjoué par la capture du messager de Ridulfi, Charles Baillie.

### May

* 25 Mai: 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 Dukey of Urbino, the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom Of Sicily.
* 24 mai: 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.

### June

* 27 Jesus College is established "within the City and University of Oxford of Queen Elizabeth" in England, by Welsh cleric and lawyer Hugh Price.
* 24 Jun: 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 Crown Prince of Luzón, Rajah Sulayman declares Manila to be the capital of the Philippines.

### July

* 14 July: St Olave's Grammar School is founded in Tooley Street, London.
* 1 August: The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus is concluded, by the surrender of Famagusta.

### September

* 5 September: John Erskine, Earl of Mar dipilih oleh keluarga kerajaan Skotlandia untuk menjadi Bupati baru Skotlandia yang akan memerintah.
* 28 September: The House of Commons of England introduces the first pro forma bill, symbolizing its authority over its own affairs.

### October

* 7 October: Battle of Lepanto: The naval forces of the Spanish, Venetians, Genoese and the Pope under the command of Don Giovanni d'Austria defeat the Ottoman Turks.
* 12 October: In Japan, the Siege of Mount Hiei is carried out by Oda Nobunaga at Ōmi Province (now the Shiga Prefecture) in Japan.

### November

* 4 November: The Inquisition begins with the first session of the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisitions in New Spain.
* 20 de noviembre: Clan Gordon derrota al Clan Forbes en la Batalla de Craibstone, que se libró cerca de Aberdeen (Escocia).

### December

* 27 December: Johannes Kepler, German mathematician, astronomer and naturalist (d. 1630).
* 24 Δεκεμβρίου: Henry XI, Herceg του Γερμανικού Δουκάτου της Liegnitz (τώρα μέρος της Πολωνίας), ο οποίος είχε αυξήσει

Births

* 29 September: Caravaggio (b. Michelangelo Merisi), Italian painter (d. 1610)
* ? - Hasekura Tsunenaga, Japanese samuray (ha. 1622)

Deaths

* 1629): I. Safevi witness from Abbas or Great Abbas Safevî Dynasty
* 1630): Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, physicist and mathematician