Editing 1537 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 12]]&ndash; [[Rodrigo Orgóñez]] occupies and sacks the Inca center of [[Vitcos]] at the [[battle of Abancay]], but [[Manco Inca Yupanqui]] escapes and establishes the independent [[Neo-Inca State]] elsewhere in [[Vilcabamba, Peru]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hemming |first1=John |title=The conquest of the Incas |date=1993 |publisher=Papermac |location=London |isbn=978-0-333-51794-9 |page=224 |url=https://archive.org/details/conquestofincas0000hemm_j0r5/page/224/mode/2up?q=Vilcabamba |access-date=23 August 2023}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] &ndash; Upon the death of his father, [[Bhim Singh of Amber|Bhim Singh]], [[Ratan Singh of Amber|Ratan Singh]] becomes the new ruler of the [[Kingdom of Amber]] with a capital at [[Amber, India|Amber]] in what is now the [[Rajasthan]] state in [[India]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Jadunath|title=A History of Jaipur: C. 1503-1938|publisher=Orient Longman Limited|year=1984|page=33|isbn=81-250-0333-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oPIo9TXKcC&pg=PA33}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)|third Ottoman–Venetian War]] begins as the Ottoman Sultan [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] leads an invasion of the [[Republic of Venice]]. The war will continue until October 2, 1540.<ref>{{cite book|title=The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire|pages=39|author=Aksin Somel, Selcuk|isbn=9780810875791|date=2010|publisher=[[Scarecrow Press]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tBoyoNNKh78C|access-date=1 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[August 2]] &ndash; The [[battle of Montemurlo]], an attempt by residents of the former [[Republic of Florence]] to overthrow [[Cosimo I de' Medici]], [[Duchy of Florence|Duke of Florence]] and restore the republican government, ends in failure. The Medici family then takes revenge on the supporters of the Republic, including the Republic commander, General [[Piero Strozzi]].
* [[August 12]] &ndash; The [[coronation]] of [[Christian III of Denmark|Christian III]] as King of Denmark and King of Norway takes place at Copenhagen.<ref>[http://kongehuset.dk/english/the-monarchy-in-denmark/The-Royal-Lineage The Royal Lineage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314224944/http://kongehuset.dk/english/the-monarchy-in-denmark/The-Royal-Lineage |date=2015-03-14 }}</ref> 
* [[August 15]] &ndash; The city of [[Asunción]], now the capital of the South American nation of [[Paraguay]], is founded by [[Juan de Salazar de Espinosa]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schuster |first1=Adolph N. |title=Paraguay. Land, Volk, Geschichte, Wirtschaftsleben und Kolonisation |date=1929 |publisher=Strecker u. Schröder |page=151 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6LVAAAAMAAJ&q=%2215%20august%201537%22 |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[August 25]] &ndash; The [[Honourable Artillery Company]], the oldest surviving regiment in the [[British Army]], and the second most senior, is formed.
* [[August 26]]&ndash;The [[Siege of Corfu (1537)|siege of the island of Corfu]] is started by the Ottoman Empire Navy, commanded by Suleiman the Magnificent.<ref>{{cite book |last=Garnier |first=Edith |title=L'Alliance Impie |date=2008 |publisher=Editions du Felin |isbn=978-2-86645-678-8 |page=135 |language=fr}}</ref> Suleiman abandons the siege in September after an outbreak of plague, and the Ottoman troops return home.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Setton |first1=Kenneth Meyer |title=The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 |date=1976 |publisher=American Philosophical Society |isbn=978-0-87169-161-3 |pages=431–432 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EgQNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA431 |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cheetham |first1=Nicolas |title=Mediaeval Greece |date=1 January 1981 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-10539-1 |page=253 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=htxy53T7QLkC&q=1537 |access-date=23 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 2]] &ndash; King [[Christian III of Denmark]] and Norway appoints [[Gjeble Pederssøn]] as Norway's first Lutheran bishop for the [[Church of Norway]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gjeble Pederssøn |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Gjeble_Pederssøn|language=no|access-date=26 July 2018}}</ref>
* [[September 12]] &ndash; [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|King Carlos I of Spain]] (who is also the Holy Roman Emperor) issues a royal decree providing for the first election in the New World, allowing he citizens of the [[Governorate of the Río de la Plata|Province of Rio de la Plata]] (now [[Paraguay]]) to elect a replacement for the late Captain-General [[Pedro de Mendoza]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Rivarola|first= Juan Bautista |year=1952|title=La Ciudad de Asunción y la Cédula Real del 12 Setiembre de 1537: Una Lucha por la Libertad|trans-title=The City of Asunción and the Royal Decree of 12 September 1537: A Fight for Freedom|publisher= A. G., Impr. Militar|location= Asunción, Paraguay|oclc= 10830133|language=es}}</ref> [[Domingo Martínez de Irala]] is elected the new Captain-General in 1538.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Abente, Diego |year=1989|title=The Liberal Republic and the Failure of Democracy|journal=The Americas|volume=45|issue=4|pages =525–546 (525–526)|doi=10.2307/1007311|jstor=1007311}}</ref>