Editing 1550 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 16]] &ndash; The [[Valladolid debate]] on the rights and treatment of [[indigenous peoples of the Americas]] by their Spanish conquerors opens at the [[Colegio de San Gregorio]] in [[Valladolid]], Castile.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Covey |first1=R. Alan |title=Chronology, Succession, and Sovereignty: The Politics of Inka Historiography and Its Modern Interpretation |journal=Comparative Studies in Society and History |date=January 2006 |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=169–199 |doi=10.1017/S0010417506000077 |s2cid=145472763 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/comparative-studies-in-society-and-history/article/abs/chronology-succession-and-sovereignty-the-politics-of-inka-historiography-and-its-modern-interpretation/BE5981DDFCD896D4ECC8BFB818A4B6EB |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=en |issn=1475-2999}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=León Guerrero |first1=María Montserrat |last2=Aparicio Gervas |first2=Jesús María |title=La controversia de Valladolid (1550-1551). El concepto de igualdad del "otro" |journal=Boletín americanista |date=2018 |issue=76 |pages=135–154 |url=https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/45685 |access-date=2 October 2023 |issn=0520-4100}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[List of Burmese monarchs#Toungoo (1510–1752)|King]] [[Tabinshwehti]] of Burma is assassinated by two of his bodyguards while he is on a hunting trip. The two swordsmen, sent by [[Smim Sawhtut]], Governor of Sittaung, behead the King, and a civil war begins as major governors rebel against the new Burmese King [[Bayinnaung]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=[[Hmannan Yazawin]] | volume=2 |orig-year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=my | year=2003 |pages=257–258 | publisher=[[Ministry of Information, Myanmar]]}}</ref>
* [[May 6]] &ndash; Italian Protestant [[Michelangelo Florio]], jailed since 1548 before being brought to trial for and sentenced to death for heresy, escapes from prison and is able flee to France.<ref>Francis A. Yates, ''John Florio, The Life of an Italian in Shakespeare's England'' (Cambridge University Press 1934)</ref>  
* [[May 15]] &ndash; The [[vestments controversy]] is resolved in the Church of England with a compromise on the style of clothing worn by Anglican priests. [[John Hooper (bishop)|John Hopper]] is allowed ordination as the Bishop of Gloucester without being required to wear Anglican vestments, but must not forbid anyone in his bishoporic from wearing the vestments if they wish.<ref>{{Citation |last =Primus |first =John Henry |title =The Vestments Controversy |publisher =J. H. Kok |year =1960 }}</ref>
* [[May 20]] &ndash; The Spanish Catalan city of [[Cullera]] is plundered by the Ottoman Empire General [[Dragut|Dragut Reis]],<ref>Pere Joan Porcar, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=_72pB5_q_VAC&dq=cullera+1550&pg=PA48 Pere Joan Porcar: coses evengudes en la ciutat y regne de València: Dietari (1585-1629)]'' (Editoriales Góngora, 1934, reprinted by Universitat de València, 2012) p.48</ref> and most of its inhabitants are sold into slavery in [[Algeria]].
* [[June 12]] &ndash; The city of [[Helsinki]] (now in [[Finland]] but known as Helsingfors in [[Sweden]] at this time) is founded by King [[Gustav I of Sweden]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kent |first1=Neil |title=Helsinki: A Cultural and Literary History |date=2004 |publisher=Signal Books |isbn=978-1-902669-75-5 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JYlFZE2GoBMC&q=1550 |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Capture of Mahdia (1550)]]: The Spanish Armada arrives in [[North Africa]] to begin the process of capturing the fortress of [[Mahdia]] (now in [[Tunisia]]) from control of the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name=Duro>{{cite book |last= Fernández Duro |first= Cesáreo |title= Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón |volume=I |year=1895 |publisher=Sucesores de Rivadeneyra|location=Madrid, Spain |language=es |pages=282–284}}</ref>