1571 e.v.

Martin Luther was meant by Laurence to try and reform the Catholic Church, but it inadvertently sparked the Protestant Reformation.

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.

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.

Taipalsaari is founded.

Henry Ainsworth, English Nonconformist clergyman and scholar, is born (will die in 1622). William Bedell, Anglican churchman, is born (will die in 1642). Charles Butler, English beekeeper and philologist, is born (will die in 1647). Thomas Storer, English poet, is born (will die in 1604). Thomas Wintour, English Gunpowder Plot conspirator, is born (will die in 1606)

Willem Blaeu, Dutch cartographer, is born (will die in 1638). Frederick de Houtman, Dutch explorer, is born (will die in 1627). Paulus Moreelse, Dutch painter, is born (will die in 1638)

Esther Inglis, British-born French calligrapher, is born (will die in 1624)

Lucrezia Marinella, Italian poet and author, is born (will die in 1653). Alessandro Peretti di Montalto, Venetian cardinal, is born (will die in 1623)

Hugh Roe O'Donnell, Irish chieftain and rebel, is born (will die in 1603)

Aleksander Ostrogski, Polish nobleman, is born (will die in 1603). Jan Tarło, Polish noble, dies.

Titu Cusi, Incan ruler, dies (was born in 1529)

Anna Vigfúsdóttir á Stóru-Borg, Icelandic landowner, dies

Setthathirath, Laotian king of Lan Na and Lan Xang, dies (was born in 1534)

## January

### 3rd

Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, dies (was born in 1505)

### 9th

Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French soldier in Habsburg service, is born (will die in 1621). Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer, dies (was born in 1510)

### 11th

The Austrian nobility are granted freedom of religion.

### 13th

John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin, dies (was born in 1513)

### 19th

Paris Bordone, Venetian painter, dies (was born in 1495)

### 23rd

The Royal Exchange opens in London, England.

### 27th

Abbas I of Safavid, Shah of Iran, is born (will die in 1629)

## February

### 4th–9th

The Spanish Jesuit missionaries of the Ajacán Mission, established on the Virginia Peninsula of North America in 1570, are massacred by local Native Americans.

### 12th

Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician, dies (was born in 1515)

### 13th

Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist, dies (was born in 1500)

### 15th

Michael Praetorius, German composer and writer on music, is born (will die in 1621)

## March

### 6th

Tsukahara Bokuden, Japanese swordsman, dies (was born in 1489)

### 14th

John Sigismund Zápolya, King of Hungary, dies (was born in 1540)

### 18th

The Order of the Knights of Saint John transfers the capitol of Malta, from Birgu to Valletta.

### 21st

Odet de Coligny, French cardinal and Protestant, dies (was born in 1517)

Hans Asper, Swiss painter, dies (was born in 1499)

### 31st

Pietro Aldobrandini, Italian cardinal, archbishop, is born (will die in 1621)

## April

### 6th

John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician, dies (was born in 1511)

### 17th

Adam Contzen, German economist, is born (will die in 1635)

### 22nd

Giovanni Branca, Italian architect and engineer, is born (will die in 1645)

### 24th

Sur Singh, Ruler of Marwar, is born (will die in 1619)

## May

### 4th

Pierre Viret, Swiss theologian, dies (was born in 1511)

### 11th

Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord, is born (will die in 1637)

### 24th

Moscow is burnt by the Crimean army, under Devlet I Giray.

### 29th

Joachim Mörlin, German Lutheran bishop, dies (was born in 1514)

## June

### 1st

John Story, English Catholic, is martyred (was born in 1504)

### 3rd

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 capitol of the Philippines. Tarik Sulayman, Filipino chieftain, dies.

### 7th

Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer, dies (was born in 1502)

### 17th

Thomas Mun, English writer on economics, is born (will die in 1641)

### 25th

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle, is founded in Lincolnshire, England.

### 27th

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.

## July

### 6th

Mōri Motonari, Japanese warlord, dies (was born in 1497)

### 15th

Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord, dies (was born in 1514)

### 16th

Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, is born (will die in 1633)

### 17th

Georg Fabricius, German poet, dies (was born in 1516)

### 25th

St. Olave's Grammar School is founded in Tooley Street, London.

## August

### 1st

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.

### 2nd

Charles, Duke of Guise, son of Henry I, is born (will die in 1640)

### 17th

Marco Antonio Bragadin, Venetian lawyer and military officer, dies (was born in 1523)

### 29th

Liliw, Laguna, Philippines is founded by Gat Tayaw, followers and residents as a municipality of Laguna.

## September

### 4th

Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, dies (was born in 1516)

### 12th

Álvaro de Bazán, 2nd Marquis of Santa Cruz, is born (will die in 1646)

### 21st

Giovanni Battista Magnani, Italian architect, is born (will die in 1653)

### 23rd

John Jewel, English Anglican bishop, dies (was born in 1522)

### 28th

The House of Commons of England introduces the first pro forma bill, symbolizing its authority over its own affairs.

### 29th

Caravaggio, Venetian artist, is born (will die in 1610)

## October

### 7th

Anton Henry, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen from 1586, is born (will die in 1638). Maria, Abbess of Quedlinburg, German abbess, is born (will die in 1610)

**Battle of Lepanto:** Spanish, Venetian, and Papal naval forces, under Don John of Austria, defeat the Ottoman fleet of Müezzinzade Ali Pasha (who dies).

Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Danish queen, consort of Christian III of Denmark, dies (was born in 1511)

### 15th

Jacob Matham, Dutch artist, is born (will die in 1631)

### 18th

Wolfgang Ratke, German educational reformer, is born (will die in 1635)

## November

### 18th

Hippolytus Guarinonius, Italian physician and polymath, is born (will die in 1654)

### 24th

Jan Blahoslav, Czech writer, dies (was born in 1523)

## December

### 4th

Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, Spanish prince, is born (will die in 1578)

Lorenzo Strozzi, Italian Catholic cardinal, dies (was born in 1513)

### 9th

Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer, is born (will die in 1635)

### 20th

Giles de Coninck, Flemish Jesuit theologian, is born (will die in 1633)

Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, French historian, is born (will die in 1650)

### 27th

Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, is born (will die in 1630)

### 31st

Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan, is born (will die in 1617)