Editing 1563 (section)

=== 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>