What is 1571?
{{Year nav|1571}} {{Year in various calendars|1571}} '''1571''' ([[Roman numerals|MDLXXI]]) was a [[common year starting on Monday]] in the [[Julian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Friday]] in the [[proleptic Gregorian calendar]]. == Events == * [[January 11]] – [[Austria]]n [[nobility]] is granted [[Freedom of religion]]. * [[October 7]] [[Spain|Spanish]], [[Venice|Venetian]], and [[Vatican City|Papal]] [[Navy|naval forces]] under [[Don John of Austria]] defeat the [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[Fleet (ships)|fleet]] of [[Ali Monizindade Pasha]]. * The [[Ottoman Empire]] captured the [[city]] of [[Nicosia]] on the [[island]] of [[Cyprus]]. == Births == * [[February 15]] – [[Michael Praetorius]], [[Germany|German]] [[composer]] (d. [[1621]]) * October – [[Tirso de Molina]], [[Spain]]ish [[dramatist]] and [[poet]] (d. [[1648]]) * [[December 27]] – [[Johannes Kepler]], German [[astronomer]] (d. [[1630]]) [[Category:1571| ]]