View source for 1571

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 11]] &ndash; The Austrian nobility are granted [[freedom of religion]].
* [[January 23]] &ndash; The [[Royal Exchange, London|Royal Exchange]] opens in [[London]], [[Kingdom of England|England]].
* [[February 4]] &ndash; The Spanish [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] missionaries of the [[Ajacán Mission]], established on the [[Virginia Peninsula]] of North America in 1570, are massacred by local Native Americans.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Florida Historical Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o0MTAAAAYAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Florida Historical Society|page=278}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] &ndash; The [[Order of the Knights of Saint John]] transfers the capital of [[Malta]], from [[Birgu]] to [[Valletta]].