Editing 1553 (section)

===April&ndash;June===
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa]], leader of the [[Chaldean Catholic Church]] in modern-day [[Iraq]], is recognized by [[Pope Julius III]] as the Patriarch of [[Mosul]].<ref>David Wilmshurst, ''The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913'' (Peeters Publishers, 2000) pp.21–22</ref>  
* [[May 12]] &ndash;  [[St Albans]], in [[Kingdom of England|England]], receives its first [[royal charter]] as a borough.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Townson |first1=E. W. |title=St. Albans & Its Pageant: Being the Official Souvenir of the Pageant Held July, 1907 |date=1907 |publisher=Smith's printing agency |page=25 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=08osAAAAYAAJ&dq=st+albans+%22may+1553%22&pg=PA25 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mason |first1=Frederick B. |title=Gibbs' illustrated handbook to St. Albans |date=1884 |publisher=Gibbs & Bamforth |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAoHAAAAQAAJ&dq=st+albans+%22may+1553%22&pg=PA35 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] &ndash; Lady [[Jane Grey]], a 16-year-old first cousin of King Edward VI of England, marries [[Lord Guildford Dudley]], son of the [[John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland|Duke of Northumberland]], who has engineered the marriage.
* [[June 3]] &ndash; The first of the five [[Battles of Kawanakajima]], the "Battle of the Fuse," commences in Japan between [[Takeda Shingen]] of [[Kai Province]] and [[Uesugi Kenshin]] of [[Echigo Province]]. The clash, fought 12 days after Shingen has taken [[Katsurao Castle]], takes place at a shrine of [[Hachiman]] (near modern-day [[Yashiro, Hyōgo|Yashiro]], [[Hyōgo prefecture]]), is part of a major series of conflicts during the Japanese [[Sengoku period]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Turnbull (historian) |title=The Samurai Sourcebook |publisher=Cassell & Co. |year=1998 |isbn=1-85409-523-4 |page=212}}</ref>
* [[June 15]] &ndash; On his deathbed, King Edward summons prominent English judges and signs his devise of the throne to Lady Jane Grey.
* [[June 21]] &ndash; Under threats from the Duke of Northumberland, the devise by King Edward to make Jane Grey the heir to the throne is signed by over 100 prominent persons.
* [[June 26]] &ndash; Two new schools, [[Christ's Hospital]]<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the School|url=https://www.christs-hospital.org.uk/about-ch/history-of-the-school/|website=Christ's Hospital|access-date=26 March 2017}}</ref><ref>https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/royal-charters/chartered-bodies/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621160229/https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/royal-charters/chartered-bodies/ |date=June 21, 2019 }} retrieved 24 Mar 2017</ref> and [[King Edward's School, Witley]], are created by [[royal charter]] in accordance with the will of King [[Edward VI of England]]; [[St Thomas' Hospital]], London, in existence since the 12th century, is named in the same charter.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 February 2002 |url=http://www.gktgazette.com/2002/feb/features.asp#3 |title=St Thomas's Hospital – A Concise History |work=gkt gazette |publisher=Guy's, King's & St. Thomas's Hospitals Medical & Dental Schools |archive-date=25 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025233419/http://www.gktgazette.com/2002/feb/features.asp#3 }}</ref>