1570

1570 (MDLXX) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.

Events
 February 8 – A magnitude 8.3 earthquake occurs in Concepción, Chile.
 February 25 – Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the bull Regnans in Excelsis.
 July 14 – Pope Pius V issues Quo Primum, promulgating the 1570 edition of the Roman Missal.