Editing 1563 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 2]] (January 2, 1562 O.S., January 11, 1563 N.S.) &ndash; The [[Convocation of 1563|convocation of bishops and clerics of the Church of England]] is opened at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in [[London]] by the [[Dean of the Arches]], [[Robert Weston]] to agree upon the wording of what will become the [[Thirty-nine Articles]], with the assembly adopting all but three of the [[Forty-two Articles]] promulgated during the reign of King [[Edward VI]] in 1553. The conference lasts for three months before agreeing upon the Articles to be submitted for further modification.
* [[January 25]] &ndash; In [[Italy]], Instituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino, a constituent of the major financial group [[Sanpaolo IMI]], is founded.<ref>[https://mappastorica.intesasanpaolo.com/bank/detail/IT-ISP-MAPPAITALIA-0000174/banca ''Il progetto Mappa Storica'', Intesa Sanpaolo]</ref>
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Sarsa Dengel]] succeeds his father [[Menas of Ethiopia|Menas]] as [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] at age 14.<ref>James Bruce, ''Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile'', vol. 4 (J. Ruthven, 1790) p.97</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pankhurst |first1=Richard |title=The Ethiopian Royal Chronicles |date=1967 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-608-11625-9 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4VyAAAAMAAJ&q=1563 |access-date=28 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Francis, Duke of Guise]], is assassinated while besieging [[Orléans]] by [[Jean de Poltrot]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sutherland |first1=N. M. |title=The Assassination of François Duc de Guise, February 1563 |journal=The Historical Journal |date=June 1981 |volume=24 |issue=2 |pages=279–295 |doi=10.1017/S0018246X00005471 |s2cid=159857086 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/abs/assassination-of-francois-duc-de-guise-february-1563/F0BD97B7DF1DA3BC314A24813D5069ED |access-date=28 October 2023 |language=en |issn=1469-5103}}</ref>
* [[March 19]] &ndash; The [[Edict of Amboise]] is signed at the [[Château d'Amboise]] by [[Catherine de' Medici]], acting as regent for her son [[Charles IX of France]], having been negotiated between the [[Huguenot]] [[Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569)|Louis, Prince of Condé]], and [[Anne de Montmorency|Anne, duc de Montmorency]], [[Constable of France]]. It accords some toleration to the Huguenots, especially to aristocrats.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thompson |first1=James Westfall |title=The wars of religion in France, 1559-1576; the Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II |date=1909 |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |pages=190–191 |url=https://archive.org/details/warsofreligionin00thom/page/190/mode/2up?q=%22Ch%C3%A2teau%22 |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref> It officially ends the first phase of the [[French Wars of Religion]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roberts |first1=Penny |title=Peace and Authority during the French Religious Wars c.1560–1600 |date=2013 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |isbn=978-1-137-32675-1 |pages=29–50 |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137326751_3 |access-date=28 October 2023 |language=en |chapter=Phases of Peace|doi=10.1057/9781137326751_3 }}</ref> and the combined Huguenot and royal armies then march north to besiege the English in [[Le Havre]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Galland |first1=J. A. |title=Essai sur l'histoire du protestantisme à Caen et en Basse-Normandie de l'Edit de Nantes à la Révolution (1598-1791) |date=1898 |publisher=Grassart |page=xxiv |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=neLzQ3ZivUEC&dq=Edit+d%27Amboise+le+havre+%2219+mars+1563%22&pg=PR31-IA3 |access-date=28 October 2023 |language=fr}}</ref>

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 5]] &ndash; The English galleon ship HMS ''Grehound'' strikes a sandbar off of the coast of [[Rye, East Sussex]] and sinks with all hands in the [[English Channel]], including the [[Admiral of the Narrow Seas]], [[John Malyn]].<ref>N.A.M. Rodger, ''The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain'', Volume 1: ''660 to 1649'' (Penguin, 1997) p.198</ref>
* [[April 10]] &ndash; Royal assent is given by Queen Elizabeth of England to parliamentary approval of multiple laws, including the [[Highways Act 1562]] (requiring all householders in a parish to provide six days labor per year on building highways); the [[Poor Act 1562]] (providing for fines for persons who refuse to contribute to a fund for relief of the poor); the [[Supremacy of the Crown Act 1562]] (making refusal to swear allegiance to the monarch punishable as treason); and the [[Witchcraft Act 1562]] (limiting the death penalty for witchcraft to cases where a defendant caused another person's death) 
* [[April 23]] &ndash; The cornerstone is laid for the construction of [[El Escorial]], the royal palace for the monarch of Spain.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ingeoexpert.com/en/2020/01/23/the-monastery-of-el-escorial-all-its-history/ |title=The Monastery of El Escorial: all its history |date=January 23, 2020 |website=Ingeo Expert |access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref>  Construction will not be finished for 21 more years, with completion on September 13, 1584.
* [[May 5]] (3rd day of 4th month, [[Eiroku]] 6) &ndash; The Battle of Yudokoru takes place in Japan at the [[Inaba Province]] (now the eastern [[Tottori Prefecture]]), as Takanobu Takeda defeats the shogun Toyokazu Yamana.
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth College, Guernsey]] is founded, by order of Queen [[Elizabeth I]] of England.<ref>{{cite book |last=Collenette |first=V. G. |title=Elizabeth College|date=1963 |publisher=The Guernsey Press Co. |page=1 |url=https://elizabethcollege-heritage.daisy.websds.net/Filename.ashx?tableName=ta_books&columnName=filename&recordId=2 |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[May 30]] &ndash; At [[Bornholm]], the [[Denmark–Norway|Danish]] fleet fires on the [[History of Sweden (1523–1611)|Swedish]] navy, leading to a Danish defeat and precipitating the [[Northern Seven Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lavery |first1=Jason |title=Germany's Northern Challenge |date=25 October 2021 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-47570-0 |pages=14–16 |url=https://brill.com/display/title/7712?language=en |access-date=28 October 2023 |language=en |chapter=Germany's Northern Challenge: The Holy Roman Empire and the Scandinavian Struggle for the Baltic 1563-1576}}</ref>
* [[June 4]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Scotland]] passes the [[Witchcraft Acts#Scottish Witchcraft Act 1563|Witchcraft Act]], making both the practice of witchcraft, and the act of consulting with witches, punishable by burning at the stake.<ref>Lizanne Henderson, ''Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment: Scotland, 1670-1740'' (Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016) p.329</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Witchcraft Act and its Impact in Scotland, 1563-1736|url=https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/06/the-witchcraft-act-and-its-impact-in-scotland/|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|date=2022-06-10|accessdate=2023-12-26}}</ref>

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 28]] &ndash; The English surrender [[Le Havre]] to the French after a siege.<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth: July 1563, 21-31 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/foreign/vol6/pp469-485 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[Northern Seven Years' War]]: [[Denmark–Norway]] and the [[Free City of Lübeck]] declare war against the [[History of Sweden (1523–1611)|Kingdom of Sweden]].
* [[August 18]] &ndash; Merchants from the [[Bungo Province]] destroy the Portuguese settlement in [[Yokoseura]], Japan
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[Northern Seven Years' War]]: King [[Frederick II of Denmark]], advancing from [[Halland]], takes [[Old Älvsborg]] from [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Svenska slagfält |date=2003 |publisher=Wahlström & Widstrand |isbn=978-91-46-20225-7 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AAwoAQAAMAAJ&q=Frederik+II+%C3%84lvsborg+%224.+september+1563%22 |access-date=29 October 2023 |language=sv}}</ref>

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Lercari (1507–1592)|Giovanni Battista Lercari]] is elected as the new [[Doge of Genoa|Doge]] of the [[Republic of Genoa]].
* [[November 9]] &ndash; The Army of Sweden, under the command of King [[Eric XIV|King Erik XIV]], suffers a severe defeat in the [[Battle of Mared]] against the Army of Denmark, commanded by [[Frederick II of Denmark|King Frederik II]].<ref>[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_mared.html Battle of Mared, 9 November 1563], by J. Rickard, HistoryofWar.org, July 24, 2007</ref> In the battle, near what is now the city of [[Oskarström]] in Sweden, the Swedes suffer at least 2,500 casualties. The Swedish Army is able to retreat and rebuild, but the Danes plunder the village of [[Övraby]], which is never rebuilt.
* [[November 11]] &ndash; The Council of Trent [[Banns of marriage|amends existing Roman Catholic canon law to deter unannounced marriages]]. In order for a marriage to be recognized by the Church, the names of the bridge and groom are to be announced publicly in a chapel during Mass, and registered with the parish priests of both parties.
* [[December 4]] &ndash; The [[Council of Trent]] (which had opened on [[December 13]], [[1545]]) officially closes.<ref>{{cite book|author=Jean Delumeau|title=Catholicism Between Luther and Voltaire: A New View of the Counter-Reformation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sEUJAQAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Burns & Oates|isbn=978-0-664-21341-1|page=24}}</ref> It reaffirms all major [[Roman Catholic]] doctrines, and declares the [[Deuterocanonical books]] of the [[Old Testament]] to be [[Biblical canon|canon]]ical, along with the rest of the [[Bible]]. Chapter 1, Session 24, promulgates the decree ''[[Tametsi]]'', stipulating that for a marriage to be valid, consent (the essence of marriage) as expressed in the vows has to be given publicly before witnesses, one of whom has to be the parish priest.</onlyinclude>