Year 1570 (MDLXX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events of 1570 January 9 – Ivan the Terrible starts the Massacre of Novgorod. 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 with the bull Regnans in Excelsis. May 20 – Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. August 8… (More on 1570)