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Years: 1570Events January 23 The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England. May 20 Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. August 8 The Peace of Sai 1571Events January 11 Austrian nobility is granted Freedom of religion. January 23 The Royal Exchange opens in London. Crimean Tartars from the Ottoman Empire seize and burn Moscow, capitol of Russia . Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School founded in Horncastle Oc 1572Events January 16 The Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. April 1 The Sea Beggars, Netherlandish Calvinist rebels, capture the port city of Brielle. This leads to a wave of uprisings in 1573Events January articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. July Spanish forces under the Duke of Alva capture Haarlem after a seven month siege. August-October Unsuccessful siege of Alkmaar by Alva November Alva resig 1574Events April 14 Battle of Mookerheyde. Spanish forces under Sancho de Avila defeat the rebel forces of Louis of Nassau. Louis is killed. May 30 On the death of King Charles IX of France, he is succeeded by his brother King Henry of Poland, who becomes Kin 1575Events August 5 Henry Sidney is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. October 10 Battle of Dormans: Catholic forces under Duke Henry of Guise defeat the Protestants, capturing Philippe de Mornay among others. The Fifth War of Religion erupts in France. 1576Events May 5 Peace of Beaulieu or Peace of Monsieur (after Monsieur, the Duc d'Anjou, brother of the King, who negotiated it). End of the Fifth War of Religion Once again, the Protestants are granted freedom of worship. October 3 The " Spanish Terror". 1577Events The church in San Pedro in the Atacama Desert in Chile was built. Births April 12 King Christian IV of Denmark and Norway June 12 Habbakkuk Guldin later known as Paul Guldin, Swiss Jesuit mathematician June 28 Peter Paul Rubens, painter November 25 1578 1579
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