1571 Calendar
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Historical Event(s)
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 On ?
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)