1571

Events in 1571 3

• 1571 – 1621 Michael Praetorius German Renaissance composer and theorist Michael Praetorius was a prolific German composer and music theorist whose encyclopedic Syntagma Musicum documented Renaissance musical practice. His sacred works filled many volumes.
• 1571 – 1610 Caravaggio Baroque · Italy Caravaggio (September 29, 1571 – July 18, 1610) was an Italian Baroque painter who revolutionised art with his radical use of chiaroscuro (light and shadow) and brutal realism. He killed a man in 1606 and died a fugitive at 38.
• 1571 Battle of Lepanto -- the naval check The Battle of Lepanto (7 October 1571) is the largest naval battle since antiquity -- 400+ ships, 150,000 men. A Holy League fleet under Don John of Austria destroys the Ottoman navy off the Greek coast. It is the first major Ottoman military defeat and the end of Ottoman naval supremacy in the western Mediterranean. Cervantes loses his left hand at Lepanto. But the strategic impact is limited: the Ottomans rebuild their fleet within a year and take Cyprus (1571) regardless. Lepanto is more symbolically than strategically decisive -- it breaks the myth of Ottoman invincibility at sea.