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  • Famagusta, Cyprus
    Thursday Aug 5, 1571
    Ottoman Empire

    Fall of Famagusta

    Famagusta, Cyprus
    Thursday Aug 5, 1571

    On 17 September 1570, the Ottoman cavalry appeared before the last Venetian stronghold in Cyprus, Famagusta. The Venetian defenders would hold out for 11 months against a force that would come to number 200,000 men with 145 cannons; 163,000 cannonballs struck the walls of Famagusta before it fell to the Ottomans in August 1571. The Siege of Famagusta claimed 50,000 Ottoman casualties.




  • Florence, Italy
    1571
    Libraries

    Laurentian Library

    Florence, Italy
    1571

    Cosimo de Medici in Florence established his own collection, which formed the basis of the Laurentian Library.




  • Inca
    1571
    Inca Empire

    Last legitimate Inca to rule

    Inca
    1571

    Túpac Amaru was the last legitimate Inca to rule (in the Vilcabamba region as the Neo-Inca State). With the death of his elder brother Titu Cosi, he ordered the execution of all Spanish people living in Vilcabamba and led an unsuccessful and poorly planned rebellion against the colonists. This resulted in his death and the end of Incan sovereignty, for Vilcabamba was occupied and the survivors enslaved.




  • Moscow, Russia
    1571
    Ottoman Empire

    Fire of Moscow (1571)

    Moscow, Russia
    1571

    In 1571, the Crimean khan Devlet I Giray, commanded by the Ottomans, burned Moscow.




  • Gulf of Patras, Ionian Sea
    Thursday Oct 7, 1571
    Ottoman Empire

    Battle of Lepanto

    Gulf of Patras, Ionian Sea
    Thursday Oct 7, 1571

    Meanwhile, the Holy league consisting of mostly Spanish and Venetian fleets won a victory over the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto (1571), off southwestern Greece; Catholic forces killed over 30,000 Turks and destroyed 200 of their ships.




  • Denmark
    Thursday Oct 7, 1571

    Dorothea's death

    Denmark
    Thursday Oct 7, 1571

    The Queen of Saxe-Lauenburg, Dorothea, passed away at the age of 60.




  • Stirling
    Saturday Sep 4, 1571

    Matthew Stuart's death

    Stirling
    Saturday Sep 4, 1571

    Matthew Stuart, regent of Scotland for his grandson King James VI, was killed in a skirmish.


  • Scotland
    Saturday Sep 4, 1571

    Rebellion of Catholics (1571)

    Scotland
    Saturday Sep 4, 1571

    Catholics in Scotland rebelled in 1571.


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