Editing 1525 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[German Peasants' War]] in the [[Holy Roman Empire]]: Battle of Leipheim &ndash; The peasants suffer great losses when they are attacked by [[Georg, Truchsess von Waldburg]] and the town of [[Leipheim]] is forced to surrender.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Engels |first1=Friedrich |title=The Peasant War in Germany |date=1926 |publisher=International Publishers |isbn=978-91-40-09955-6 |page=118 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fh_TAAAAMAAJ&q=%22april%204%22 |access-date=31 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Four peasant leaders are beheaded, including Jakob Wehe and Ulrich Schoen.
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Albert, Duke of Prussia]] commits [[Prussian Homage]].
* [[May 14]]&ndash;[[May 15|15]] &ndash;  [[German Peasants' War]]: [[Battle of Frankenhausen]] &ndash; [[Insurgency|Insurgent]] peasants led by radical pastor [[Thomas Müntzer]] are defeated.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wienecke-Janz |first1=Detlef |title=Die Chronik der Deutschen |date=2007 |publisher=Wissenmedia Verlag |isbn=978-3-577-14374-5 |page=136 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Za5BeIUnNwoC&dq=Schlacht+bei+Frankenhausen+Thomas+M%C3%BCntzer+%E2%80%9EAufst%C3%A4ndischen%E2%80%9C+15.+Mai+1525&pg=PA136 |access-date=31 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref> Following the defeat, Müntzer is executed in front of the gates of [[Mühlhausen]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sternal |first1=Bernd |title=Die Harz - Geschichte 4: Reformation, Bauernkrieg und Schmalkaldischer Krieg |date=31 July 2014 |publisher=Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-7357-5965-8 |page=32 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pRItBAAAQBAJ&dq=Schlacht+bei+Frankenhausen+Thomas+M%C3%BCntzer+%E2%80%9EAufst%C3%A4ndischen%E2%80%9C+15.+Mai+1525&pg=PA32 |access-date=31 July 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Martin Luther]] marries ex-nun [[Katharina von Bora]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Ocker|title=Luther, Conflict, and Christendom: Reformation Europe and Christianity in the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oAtmDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA437|date=30 August 2018|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-19768-8|pages=437}}</ref> The painter [[Lucas Cranach the Elder]] is one of the witnesses.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bowers |first1=Diane V. |title=To Spite the Devil: Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora's Wedding as Reform and Resistance |journal=Religions |date=March 2020 |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=116 |doi=10.3390/rel11030116 |language=en |issn=2077-1444 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]] appoints his six-year old illegitimate son [[Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset|Henry FitzRoy]] [[Duke of Richmond]] and [[Duke of Somerset|Somerset]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Powell |first1=Roger S. |last2=Beauclerk-Dewar |first2=Peter de Vere |title=Royal bastards : illegitimate children of the British Royal family |date=2008 |publisher=Tempus |location=Stroud |isbn=978-0-7524-4668-4 |page=191 |url=https://archive.org/details/royalbastardsill00roge/page/190/mode/2up?q=%2218+june%22 |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Henry VIII: June 1525, 11-20 |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol4/pp626-643 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |access-date=31 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[June 23]]&ndash;[[June 24|24]] &ndash; [[German Peasants' War]]: [[Battle of Pfeddersheim]] &ndash; Peasants are defeated in the last significant action of the war, in which over 75,000 peasants have been killed.