Editing 1561 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Ángel de Villafañe]] becomes the new Governor of [[Spanish Florida]], assuming authority over the provinces of La Florida and of Punta de Santa Elena (now [[Parris Island]] in the U.S. state of South Carolina).
* [[April 14]] &ndash; The citizens of [[Nuremberg]] see what appears to be [[1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg|an aerial battle]], followed by the appearance of a large black triangular object and a large crash (with smoke) outside the city. A ''news notice'' (an early form of newspaper) is printed on April 14, describing the event.<ref>{{cite web|title=Himmelserscheinung über Nürnberg|date=April 14, 1561|work=NEBIS|publisher=Zurich Library|url=http://opac.nebis.ch/F/?local_base=NEBIS&con_lng=GER&func=find-b&find_code=SYS&request=005289279|language=de|trans-title=Celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg}} (2 pages).</ref>
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva]] becomes the fourth [[List of viceroys of Peru|Spanish Viceroy of Peru]], administering most of South America after the death on March 30 of [[Andrés Hurtado de Mendoza]].
* [[April 19]] &ndash; The [[Edict of 19 April]], confirming the recent recommendation by the [[Estates General of 1560-1|Estates General]], is promulgated by the regency council for King [[Charles IX of France]] in an attempt to prevent a civil war between the Roman Catholic and the Protestant Huguenot citizens of France<ref>.{{Cite book|last=Roelker|first=Nancy|title=One King, One Faith: The Parlement of Paris and the Religious Reformation of the Sixteenth Century|publisher=University of California Press|year=1996|isbn=0520086260|pages=251}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] &ndash; [[Madrid]] is declared the capital of [[Spanish Empire|Spain]], by [[Philip II of Spain|Philip II]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Claudia Winn Sieber|title=The Invention of a Capital: Philip II and the First Reform of Madrid|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pcrxAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Johns Hopkins University|page=59|language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 4]]
** The spire of [[Old St Paul's Cathedral]] in the [[City of London]] catches fire and crashes through the [[nave]] roof, probably as the result of a [[lightning]] strike. The spire is not rebuilt.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Caroline Allen|author2=Edward Earl of Wessex|title=Edward Wessex's Crown and Country: A Personal Guide to Royal London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RP0hAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-00-414071-1|page=62}}</ref>
** The nobility of [[Harrien]]-[[Wierland]] and the town of [[Reval]] (on June 6) of the [[Livonian Order]] swear allegiance to [[Sweden]].
* [[June 25]] &ndash; [[Francis Coxe]], an English astrologer, is pilloried at [[Cheapside]] in London, and makes a public confession of his involvement in "sinistral and {{Not a typo|divelysh}} artes".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.historyextra.com/issue/june-2011 |title=''BBC History Magazine'' vol 12 no 6 (June 2011), p13 |access-date=November 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109182806/http://www.historyextra.com/issue/june-2011 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
* [[June 29]] &ndash; [[Eric XIV of Sweden|Erik XIV]] is crowned [[King of Sweden]].