Editing 1545 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
*[[April 1]] &ndash; [[Potosí]] is founded by the Spanish as a mining town after the discovery of huge silver deposits in this area of modern-day [[Bolivia]]. Silver mined from Huayna Potosí Mountain provides most of the wealth on which the [[Spanish Empire]] is based until its fall in the early 19th century.
* [[May 20]] &ndash; 
**[[Sher Shah Suri]], King of the [[Sur Empire]] in northern India, is fatally injured by an explosion from one of his own cannons while leading the siege of the [[Kalinjar Fort]] and dies two days later.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Mikaberidze |first1=Alexander |author-link=Alexander Mikaberidze |year=2011 |title=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: A Historical Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jBBYD2J2oE4C&q=sher+shah+suri+bengal+campaign+1537 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |page=830 |isbn=978-1-59884-337-8 |language=en}}</ref>
**In [[Vietnam]], warlord [[Nguyễn Kim]] of the [[Lê dynasty]] leads troops toward an attack on [[Ninh Binh]] when he is invited by Dương Chấp Nhất of the [[Mạc dynasty]] to dinner. General Kim is treated to a [[watermelon]] by Duong and dies the next day. 
* [[May 27]] &ndash; Prince Jalal Khan, the second son of the late Sher Shah Suri, is crowned as the new King of the Suri Empire and takes the regnal name of [[Islam Shah Suri]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.notesonindianhistory.com/2019/06/reign-of-salim-shah-successor-of-sher.html?m=1 | title=Reign of Salim Shah, Successor of Sher Shah Suri | date=June 17, 2019 }}</ref>
* [[May 31]] &ndash; During the [[Italian War of 1542–1546|Italian War]], a French expeditionary force under the direction of [[Claude d'Annebault]] begins an invasion of Britain by landing in Scotland.<ref>[[Robert Knecht]] ''Renaissance Warrior and Patron: The Reign of Francis I'' (Cambridge University Press, 1994) pp.501—502. {{ISBN|0-521-57885-X}}.</ref>
* [[June 13]] &ndash; Spanish explorer [[Yñigo Ortiz de Retez]] sets out to navigate the northern coast of [[New Guinea]].
* [[June 20]] &ndash; Spanish explorer [[Yñigo Ortiz de Retez]] arrives at a large island in the South Pacific Ocean. Stopping at the [[Mamberamo River]], Ortiz claims the island for Spain and christens it "[[New Guinea|Nueva Guinea]]" after concluding that the natives resemble the people on the coast of the [[Guinea (region)|Guinea]] coast of West Africa.<ref>{{cite book | last = Quanchi | first = Max| year = 2005 | title = Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands | publisher = The Scarecrow Press  |page=215| isbn = 0810853957}}</ref>