1571
year
Year 1571 (MDLXXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
January 11 – The Austrian nobility are granted freedom of religion.
January 23 – The Royal Exchange opens in London, England.
February 4 – The Spanish Jesuit missionaries of the Ajacán Mission, established on the Virginia Peninsula of North America in 1570, are massacred by local Native Americans.
March 18 – The Order of the Knights of Saint John transfers the capital of Malta, from Birgu to Valletta.
April–June
April 2
The 3rd Parliament of Elizabeth I, with 438 members, assembles in England at Westminster after being summoned on February 17.
Dumbarton Castle is recaptured from Lord Fleming by the forces of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, the Regent for King James VI of Scotland.
April 12 – The Ridolfi plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England is foiled by the capture of Ridolfi's messenger, Charles Baillie.
April 17 – Pope John XIV of Alexandria begins a 15-year reign as leader of the Coptic Christian Church.
April 21
In China, General Altan Khan is granted authority to rule the western provinces by the Ming dynasty Emperor Longqing in return for his payment of a tribute.
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