Editing 1571 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 2]]
**The [[3rd Parliament of Elizabeth I]], with 438 members, assembles in England at Westminster after being summoned on February 17.
**[[Dumbarton Castle]] is recaptured from [[James Fleming, 4th Lord Fleming|Lord Fleming]] by the forces of [[Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox]], the Regent for King James VI of Scotland. 
* [[April 12]] &ndash; The [[Ridolfi plot]] to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England is foiled by the capture of Ridolfi's messenger, [[Charles Baillie (papal agent)|Charles Baillie]].
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Pope John XIV of Alexandria]] begins a 15-year reign as leader of the Coptic Christian Church.
* [[April 21]]
**In China, General [[Altan Khan]] is granted authority to rule the western provinces by the [[Ming dynasty]] Emperor [[Longqing Emperor|Longqing]] in return for his payment of a tribute. 
**In the German [[Palatine Zweibrücken|Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken]], the serfs are emancipated by [[John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|John, Count of Palatine and Duke of Zweibrucken]].
* [[May 24]] &ndash; [[Moscow]] is [[Fire of Moscow (1571)|burnt]] by the [[Crimean Khanate|Crimean]] army, under [[Devlet I Giray]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Henri Troyat|title=Ivan the Terrible|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hHsGc8aaXqIC|date=December 1988|publisher=Dorset Press|isbn=978-0-88029-207-8|page=173|language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] &ndash; The [[Holy League (1571)|Holy League]] is established as an alliance of the [[Papal States]], the [[Republic of Venice]], the [[Republic of Genoa]], the [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany]], the [[Duchy of Savoy]], the [[Duchy of Urbino]], the [[Kingdom of Naples]] and [[Kingdom of Sicily]](under the rule of the [[Spanish Empire]] and the [[Knights Hospitaller|Knights of Malta]] for mutual defense against attacks by the [[Ottoman Empire]] on ships in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref>{{cite book | last =Abulafia | first = David | author-link = David Abulafia | title = The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean | year = 2012 | publisher = Penguin Books | page = 451}}</ref>
* [[May 29]] &ndash; Queen Elizabeth I of England gives [[royal assent]] to laws that had been passed by the 3rd Parliament, including the [[Bulls, etc., from Rome Act 1571|Bulls from Rome Act 1571]] to prevent the publication in England of [[papal bulls]] as well as "writings or instruments and other superstitious things from the See of Rome"
* [[June 3]] &ndash; Following the [[Battle of Bangkusay Channel]], the conquest of the [[Kingdom of Maynila]] is complete; Spanish [[Conquistador]] [[Miguel López de Legazpi]] makes [[Manila]] a city, and the capital of the [[Philippines]].
* [[June 24]] &ndash; On the island of [[Luzon]] in the [[Philippines]], [[Miguel López de Legazpi]] of Spain establishes a Spanish fortress at [[Manila Bay]] and, after making a peace pact with the Crown Prince of Luzon, [[Rajah Sulayman]] declares Manila to be the administrative capital of the Spanish East Indies.<ref>{{citation|last=Pisano|first=Nicholas|title=The Spanish Pacification of the Philippines|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a255554.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805023714/https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a255554.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=August 5, 2020|date= 5 June 1992|publisher=Defense Technical Information Center|page= 285}}</ref>
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle]], is founded in [[Lincolnshire]], England.
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Jesus College, Oxford|Jesus College]] is established "within the City and [[Colleges of the University of Oxford|University of Oxford]] of [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]]'s foundation" in England, by [[Welsh people|Welsh]] cleric and lawyer [[Hugh Price (lawyer)|Hugh Price]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Hibbert, Christopher|title=The Encyclopædia of Oxford|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1988|isbn=0-333-39917-X|page=198}}</ref>