Editing 1538 (section)

===January&ndash;March===
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Leonard Grey, 1st Viscount Grane|Leonard Grey]], England's [[Lord Deputy of Ireland]], successfully negotiates a truce in the semi-independent [[County Laois]], formerly an Irish Kingdom, over the areas leadership.  between Peter O'Moore and Rory Lysaght.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=O'Byrne |first=Emmett |date=October 2009 |title=O'More (Ó Mórdha), Rory (Ruaidhrí Caoch) |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/omore-o-mordha-rory-ruaidhri-caoch-a6908 |journal=[[Dictionary of Irish Biography]] |doi=10.3318/dib.006908.v1 |access-date=24 February 2024}}</ref>
* [[January 31]] &ndash; General [[Johann Katzianer]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], on trial in [[Vienna]] for the disastrous [[Katzianer's Campaign|Imperial campaign against the Ottoman Empire]] and for desertion during the [[Battle of Gorjani]], escapes and flees to [[Kostajnica Fortress]] in Ottoman-controlled [[Croatia]]. After 14 months, [[Nikola IV Zrinski]] have Katzianer murdered.
* [[February 8]] &ndash; The [[Holy League (1538)|Holy League]], an alliance of Christian nations (the [[Papal States]] and the [[Republic of Venice]], the [[Knights Hospitaller]] of [[Malta]], [[Spain]] and the Spanish-ruled [[Kingdom of Naples|Viceroyalty of Naples]] and [[Kingdom of Sicily|Sicily]]), is agreed upon under the direction of [[Pope Paul III]] and Venetian Senator [[Alvise Badoer]]. 
* [[February 24]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Nagyvárad]]: Peace is declared between Ferdinand I, future Holy Roman Emperor and the [[Ottoman Empire]]. [[John Zápolya]] is recognized as King of [[Hungary]] ([[Eastern Hungarian Kingdom]]), while Ferdinand retains the northern and western parts of the Kingdom, and is recognized as heir to the throne.<ref>{{cite book|author=Kenneth M. Setton|title=The Papacy and the Levant, (1204-1571).: The sixteenth century to the reign of Julius III|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EgQNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA434|year=1984|publisher=American Philosophical Society|isbn=978-0-87169-161-3|pages=434}}</ref> 
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Garcia de Noronha]] is appointed as the new [[List of governors of Portuguese India|Governor-General of Portuguese India]] by [[John III of Portugal|King João III]]. He sails to [[Goa]] and arrives less than three weeks later.