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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