PEACH

History

1571

Population: 517 Million*

Education: Harrow school founded by John Lyon
Entertainment: Writers include Hugh Latimer Frutefull Sermons, Francesco Patrizi (anti-Aristotelian arguments)
Art includes Titian "Christ Crowned with Thorns", Veronese (paintings in San Sebastiano)
Music includes Adnrea Gabrieli "Canzoni alla francese"
Religion: Pope Pius V signs alliance with Spain and Venice to fight Turks
Pope Pius V given foreknowledge and distant sight of of Christian victory at Lepanto (Turkey) and gives thanks before news arrives two weeks later
Deaths: Musician Francesco di Berardo Corteccia, Sigismund II Augustus of Poland, Artist and goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini, Dramatist Tiroso de Molina

Sudan: Kanem Bornu Empire in Sudan reaches greatest height to 1603 – led by Idris III

Cyprus: Turks take Famagusta Cyprus and massacre inhabitants
Holy League with Empire defeat Ottomans at Lepanto ("Last Crusade") - Ottoman fleet loses 190/240 ships while Christians lose only 12
England: Sir William Cecil created Lord Burghley
Negotiations for marriage between Elizabeth I and Henry Duke of Anjou (abandoned 1572)
Act of parliament forbids export of wool from England and enforces dubscription to the Thirty-Nine Articles among clergy
Incorporation of Blacksmiths' and Joiners' Companies in London
Jesus College at Oxford founded by Hugh Price
France: Reconciliation between Charles IX of France and Huguenots
Holy Roman Empire: Don John of Austria smashes Ottoman fleet at battle of Lepanto
Italian States: Bibliotheca Laurenziana in Florence opened to the public
Palladio creates the Loggia del Capitanio in Vicenza
Poland: Death of Sigismund II Augustus – end of Jagellon dynasty
Scotland: Earl of Lennox the Regent of Scotland is killed and succeeded by Earl of Mar
Spain: End of armed Moorish (Morisco) rebellion

Ottoman Empire: Don John of Austria smashes Ottoman fleet under Ali Pasha at battle of Lepanto
Turks take Famagusta Cyprus and massacre inhabitants