Editing 1571 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lepanto]]: Spanish, Venetian, and Papal naval forces, under [[Don John of Austria]], defeat the Ottoman fleet of [[Müezzinzade Ali Pasha]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Islamic Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qFJTAAAAYAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Islamic Research Institute|page=451}}</ref>
* [[November 4]] &ndash; The [[Mexican Inquisition]], for investigation and punishment of heresy against the Roman Catholic Church in the New World, begins with the first session of the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in New Spain.<ref>John F. Chuchiak IV, ''The Inquisition in New Spain, 1571–1820: A Documentary History'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012) p.236</ref>
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Michele Bonelli]] is sent as the ''[[papal legate|legate a latere]]'' by [[Pope Pius V]] to work directly with King [[Charles IX of France]]. From June 18 until his new assignment, Bonelli had been the legate to the King of Spain and the King of Portugal.
* [[November 20]] &ndash; [[Clan Gordon]] defeats [[Clan Forbes]] in the [[Battle of Craibstone]], fought near [[Aberdeen]] in [[Scotland]]. Clan Forbes sustains 300 deaths and 200 men are taken prisoner out of its original contingent of 900, while Clan Gordon suffers 200 deaths of its 800 men.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mcjazz.f2s.com/Battles.htm| title=Battle of Craibstone/Battles in Aberdeenshire| work=mcjazz.f2s.com| access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref> 
* [[December 24]] &ndash; [[Henry XI of Legnica|Henry XI]], Duke of the German [[Legnica|Duchy of Liegnitz]] (now part of Poland), who had increased the Duchy's debts from 80,000 [[thalers]] to 700,000 [[thalers]] over 11 years, attempts to get the representatives of the Congress of Estates to pledge their own goods and valuables as collateral for refinancing the debt. When the representatives of the different parts of the Duchy refuse, he has them jailed until they agree to pay taxes for 10 percent of the debt owed.