Today in History for Year 1571

Months in Year 1571: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 10 of 10

Jan 11th - Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion
Jan 23rd - Queen Elizabeth I opens Royal Exchange in London
Mar 19th - Spanish troops occupy Manila
Mar 25th - Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland
May 16th - Johannes Kepler, by his own calculations, is conceived at 4:37 AM
May 19th - Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines
May 20th - Venice, Spain & Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League
Sep 4th - Catholic coup in Scotland
Oct 4th - -13] Synod of Emden
Oct 7th - Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain & Italy) destroys Turkish fleet

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 10 of 10

Jan 9th - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)
Jan 21st - John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam)
Jan 22nd - Robert Bruce Cotton, English antiquary, politician
Feb 15th - Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer (Syntagma music)
May 11th - Niwa Nagashige, Japanese warlord (d. 1637)
Jul 16th - Theodoor Galle, Flemish engraver, baptized
Aug 8th - John Ward, composer
Sep 29th - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)
Dec 9th - Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect
Dec 27th - Johannes Kepler, Weil der Stadt, Germany, astronomer (planetary Motion), (d. 1630)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 15 of 15

Jan 3rd - Joachim II Hector, elector (Brandenburg), dies at 65
Jan 9th - Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French naval officer (b. 1510)
Feb 12th - Nicholas Throckmorton, English diplomat and politician (b. 1515)
Feb 14th - Benvenuto Cellini, Ital sculptor/writer (Perseus), dies at 70
Feb 14th - Odet de Coligny, Cardinal of Châtillon/count of Beauvais, dies at 53
Apr 6th - John Hamilton, Scottish prelate and politician
Jun 1st - John Story, English Catholic
Jun 7th - Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer, dies at 68
Jul 15th - Shimazu Takahisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1514)
Jul 17th - Georg Fabricius, German poet and historian (b. 1516)
Sep 4th - Earl of Lennox, regent of Scotland, murdered
Sep 23rd - John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)
Oct 4th - Claude Togniel d'Espence, French theologist (Sorbonne), dies at 60
Oct 7th - Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle
Nov 24th - Jan Blahoslav, Czech bishop, dies at 48