Editing 1562 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Shane O'Neill (Irish chieftain)|Shane O'Neill]] of [[Tír Eoghain]] pleads his cause at the [[Palace of Whitehall]] in [[London]], before Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]], who recognises his status. He returns to [[Ireland]] on [[May 26]], and resumes his rebellious activities by [[November]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Moody, T. W.|title=A New History of Ireland. '''8''': A Chronology of Irish History|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1989|isbn=978-0-19-821744-2|display-editors=etal}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Huguenot]]s are recognized under the [[Edict of Saint-Germain]].
* [[January 18]]
** The [[Council of Trent]] reconvenes, after a gap of 10 years.
** [[Thomas Norton]] and [[Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset|Thomas Sackville]]'s play ''[[Gorboduc (play)|Gorboduc]]'' is performed for the first time, before Queen Elizabeth I of England. It is the first known English [[tragedy]], and the first English language play to employ [[blank verse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.innertemple.org.uk/archive/gorboduc.html|title=Gorboduc, or the Tragedy of Ferrex and Porrox|access-date=2007-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917205947/http://www.innertemple.org.uk/archive/gorboduc.html|archive-date=September 17, 2007|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[February 6]] &ndash; In the [[Mughal Empire]] in India, the [[Akbar the Great|Emperor Akbar]] marries [[Mariam-uz-Zamani]], daughter of [[Bharmal|Raja Bharmal]], the ruler of the [[Kingdom of Amber]]. The marriage takes place in [[Sambhar Lake Town|Sambhar]] in what is now the state of Rajasthan, where Akbar has stopped on his way back to the Mughal capital of Agra.
* [[February 12]] &ndash; After [[Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal|Catherine of Austria]], the former Queen Consort of Portugal decides to step down as regent for her grandson, the 8-year-old [[Sebastian, King of Portugal|King Sebastian]] at the age of 55, she turns the responsibility over to her late husband's brother, [[Henry, King of Portugal|Cardinal Henrique de Aviz]], the younger brother of her late husband, [[John III of Portugal|King João III]].
* [[February 18]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Mazagan (1562)|siege of the Portuguese fort of Mazagan]] begins in [[Morocco]] as the Sultanate tries to take back control of the area from the Portuguese occupiers.<ref name=Quintella>Ignacio da Costa Quintella: ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=zYyk_q4At60C&dq=cerco%20de%20mazag%C3%A3o&pg=PA495 Annaes da Marinha Portugueza]'' (Typographia da Academia Real das Sciencias, 1839) pp.495-496</ref>
* [[March 1]] &ndash; Over 80 Huguenots are massacred by the ultra-Catholic [[Francis, Duke of Guise]] in [[Wassy-sur-Blaise]], triggering the [[First War of Religion]] in France.<ref name=Ardagh>{{cite book|author=[[John Ardagh]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yos-PONBAaAC|title=The Book of France|publisher=Chartwell Books|year=1980|isbn=978-0-89009-366-5|page=67|language=en}}</ref> 
* [[March 4]] &ndash; Prince [[Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi]], heir to the throne of the Sultanate of Morocco, arrives at Mazagan with 100,000 troops.<ref name=Quintella/> 
* [[March 15]] &ndash; [[English people|English]] merchant [[Anthony Jenkinson]] has an audience with [[Ivan the Terrible]] in [[Moscow]], before departing the city on April 27 and continuing his second expedition through the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]] to [[Qazvin]], capital of the [[Safavid dynasty]] in [[Persia]].<ref>''Early Voyages and Travels to Russia and Persia, by Anthony Jenkinson and Other Englishmen, With Some Account of the First Intercourse of the English with Russia and Central Asia by Way of the Caspian Sea'', ed. by E. Delmar Morgan and C. H. Coote · Volume 1 (Burt Franklin, Publisher, 1886)("the 15. day of March, the yeere aforesaid, I dined againe in his maiesties presence in company of an Ambassador of Persia and others... I departed from the citie of Mosco the 27 day of Aprill 1562, downe by the great river of Volga, in company of the said Ambassador of Persia." p.124</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; Portuguese Navy Captain Álvaro de Carvalho reaches Mazagan in Morocco with a relief force that includes 600 well-equipped troops.1562 – O Triunfo Português no Grande Cerco a Mazagão in Barlavento Another force of 1,565 volunteers arrives on March 26 from [[Lisbon]].<ref name=Quintella/>