Editing 1562 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 2]] &ndash; [[French Wars of Religion|Civil war breaks out in the Kingdom of France]] as [[Louis I, Prince of Condé]], leader of the Protestant [[Huguenot]]s, declares war against the French Catholic rulers, in retaliation for the March 1 [[massacre of Vassy]]. Condé and [[Gaspard II de Coligny|Gaspard de Coligny]] seize control of [[Orléans]], and other uprisings follow throughout [[France]].<ref name=Ardagh/><ref>{{Cite book |author-link=Robert J. Knecht |first=Robert J. |last=Knecht |title=The Valois: Kings of France 1328–1589 |location=New York |publisher=Hambledon Continuum |year=2007 |edition=2nd |page=35 |isbn=978-1852855222 }}</ref>
* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[Jean Ribault]], French navigator, lands in [[Florida]], and later establishes a [[Huguenot]] colony at [[Charlesfort-Santa Elena Site|Charlesfort]] on [[Parris Island, South Carolina]].
* [[May 5]] &ndash; Prince Abdullah of Morocco withdraws his troops after seeing no way to overcome Portuguese defenses at Marzagan.<ref>Comer Plummer: ''[https://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/Medieval/SiegeOfMazaganThe Siege of Mazagan, 1562]'' at militaryhistoryonline.com</ref> 
* [[May 28]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Rouen (1562)|Siege of Rouen]] as [[Claude, Duke of Aumale]], leads 3,000 French government troops against the Huguenot fortress at [[Rouen]]. The siege lasts for five months. He orders a retreat in June but returns on 29 July with a larger force and heavier artillery.<ref>{{cite book |last=Benedict |first=Philip |title=Rouen during the Wars of Religion |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=99 |year=2003}}</ref>
* [[June 10]] &ndash; English Catholic printer [[Thomas Somerset]] is jailed at [[Fleet Prison]] "for translating an oratyon out of Frenche, made by the Cardinall of Lorraine, and putting the same without authority in prynte." On June 27, he is summoned before the Lords of the Council for a parole hearing, but is turned down because "he seamed to go about to justifye his cause" and returned to Fleet, "there to remaine until he shall have better considered of himself." He remains imprisoned for more than 19 years before finally being released on February 28, 1582.<ref>"Somerset, Thomas", in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' (Robert Appleton Company, 1913)</ref>
* [[June 14]] &ndash; At dinner at Dunfermline Castle, [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], displays a [[jewels of Mary, Queen of Scots|gold ring set with a heart shaped diamond]] from her collection and declares that she will send it to [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth of England]] as a gift and a possible summit conference in the future.<ref>Joseph Bain, ''Calendar of State Papers, Scotland: 1547-1563'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1898), pp. 632, 637.</ref>
* [[June 17]] Full moon of Waso 924 ME&ndash; King [[Bayinnaung|King Bayinnaung of Burma]] establishes an army garrison at [[Dawei]] in preparation for an attack against the Siamese Kingdom of Ayutthaya.<ref>''Hmannan'', Vol. 2 (2003) p.338):  = 17 June 1562</ref>