1571 deaths

Florentine sculptor and goldsmith (1500–1571)

King of Hungary and Prince of Transylvania

Italian painter

Queen consort of Denmark and Norway (1511-1571)

Elector of Brandenburg (1505-1571)

a prominent daimyō in the west Chūgoku region of Japan during the Sengoku period of the 16th century

3rd Emperor Inca of the Kingdom of Vilcabamba and author

Italian artist (1500–1570)

Ottoman governor and admiral

Grandfather of James VI and I, Regent of Scotland

Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period

Czech linguist and writer (1523-1571)

French admiral

Italian composer of the Renaissance

Swiss theologian

military officer of the Republic of Venice and last Captain-General of Venetian Cyprus (1523-1571)

Swiss artist (1499-1571)

Tsarina of all Russia

German poet, historian, and archaeologist, 1516-1571

Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513-1571)

Setthathirath (; also known as chaijasetdhadhiraja ; ; ; ; ; 24 January 1534 – 1571) is considered one of the great leaders in Lao history. Throughout the 1560s until his death, he successfully defended his kingdom of Lan Xang against military campaigns by Burmese conqueror Bayinnaung, who had already subdued Xieng Mai (Chiang Mai) in 1558 and Ayutthaya in 1564. Setthathirath was a prolific builder and erected many Buddhist monuments including Wat Xieng Thong in Luang Prabang, Haw Phra Kaew, Wat Ong Teu Mahawihan and the Pha That Luang in Vientiane.

French aristocrat (1517–1571)

Italian admiral

British noble

Japanese samurai

Italian cardinal, bishop of Padua 1494-1570

English clergyman and bishop (1522-1571)

daimyo and fifteenth head of the Shimazu clan

Italian philosopher and literary theorist (c.1505–1556)

Italian physician, botanist, and literary theorist (1500-1571)

Italian painter (1531-1571)

Catholic cardinal (1523-1571)

Abt 1529 - 1571

Roman Catholic cardinal

Danish noble

Italian composer (1502-1571)

English diplomat (1515-1571)

Mesoamerican linguist

Italian artist (1505-1571)

Italian architect and engineer (1510-1571)

Spanish general and noble

Spanish soldier and politician (1530-1571)

Monrach

Silesian nobleman; duke of Fryštát, Skoczów, and Bielsko

actor, playwright

Spanish cardinal

English noble (1517-1571)

Samurai who was retainer of Matsudaira Hirotada

writer

Kabardian prince

Roman Catholic cardinal

German fencing master (1537–1571)

Nosadella, full name Giovanni Francesco Bezzi, (active c. 1549–1571) was an Italian painter and draftsman, active during the Mannerist period, mainly in Bologna. He appears to have traveled to Rome.

French composer

German bishop (1514-1571)

Southern Netherlandish Renaissance painter (1520-1571)

Scottish prelate and politician

Viceroy of Naples

Marshal of France (1509-1571)

English politician and Roman Catholic martyr