Editing 1563 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 5]] &ndash; The English galleon ship HMS ''Grehound'' strikes a sandbar off of the coast of [[Rye, East Sussex]] and sinks with all hands in the [[English Channel]], including the [[Admiral of the Narrow Seas]], [[John Malyn]].<ref>N.A.M. Rodger, ''The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain'', Volume 1: ''660 to 1649'' (Penguin, 1997) p.198</ref>
* [[April 10]] &ndash; Royal assent is given by Queen Elizabeth of England to parliamentary approval of multiple laws, including the [[Highways Act 1562]] (requiring all householders in a parish to provide six days labor per year on building highways); the [[Poor Act 1562]] (providing for fines for persons who refuse to contribute to a fund for relief of the poor); the [[Supremacy of the Crown Act 1562]] (making refusal to swear allegiance to the monarch punishable as treason); and the [[Witchcraft Act 1562]] (limiting the death penalty for witchcraft to cases where a defendant caused another person's death) 
* [[April 23]] &ndash; The cornerstone is laid for the construction of [[El Escorial]], the royal palace for the monarch of Spain.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ingeoexpert.com/en/2020/01/23/the-monastery-of-el-escorial-all-its-history/ |title=The Monastery of El Escorial: all its history |date=January 23, 2020 |website=Ingeo Expert |access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref>  Construction will not be finished for 21 more years, with completion on September 13, 1584.
* [[May 5]] (3rd day of 4th month, [[Eiroku]] 6) &ndash; The Battle of Yudokoru takes place in Japan at the [[Inaba Province]] (now the eastern [[Tottori Prefecture]]), as Takanobu Takeda defeats the shogun Toyokazu Yamana.
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth College, Guernsey]] is founded, by order of Queen [[Elizabeth I]] of England.<ref>{{cite book |last=Collenette |first=V. G. |title=Elizabeth College|date=1963 |publisher=The Guernsey Press Co. |page=1 |url=https://elizabethcollege-heritage.daisy.websds.net/Filename.ashx?tableName=ta_books&columnName=filename&recordId=2 |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[May 30]] &ndash; At [[Bornholm]], the [[Denmark–Norway|Danish]] fleet fires on the [[History of Sweden (1523–1611)|Swedish]] navy, leading to a Danish defeat and precipitating the [[Northern Seven Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lavery |first1=Jason |title=Germany's Northern Challenge |date=25 October 2021 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-47570-0 |pages=14–16 |url=https://brill.com/display/title/7712?language=en |access-date=28 October 2023 |language=en |chapter=Germany's Northern Challenge: The Holy Roman Empire and the Scandinavian Struggle for the Baltic 1563-1576}}</ref>
* [[June 4]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Scotland]] passes the [[Witchcraft Acts#Scottish Witchcraft Act 1563|Witchcraft Act]], making both the practice of witchcraft, and the act of consulting with witches, punishable by burning at the stake.<ref>Lizanne Henderson, ''Witchcraft and Folk Belief in the Age of Enlightenment: Scotland, 1670-1740'' (Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016) p.329</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Witchcraft Act and its Impact in Scotland, 1563-1736|url=https://blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/06/the-witchcraft-act-and-its-impact-in-scotland/|publisher=Historic Environment Scotland|date=2022-06-10|accessdate=2023-12-26}}</ref>