1571
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- January 11 - Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion.
- January 23 - The Royal Exchange opens in London.
- Crimean Tatars from the Crimean Khanate seize and burn Moscow.
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School founded in Horncastle
- October 7 Battle of Lepanto - Spanish, Venetian, and Papal naval forces under Don John of Austria defeat the Turkish fleet of Ali Monizindade Pasha.
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