Editing 1550 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 21]] &ndash; The [[Society of Jesus]] (Jesuits) is approved by [[Pope Julius III]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Malley |first1=John W. |last2=Bailey |first2=Gauvin Alexander |last3=Harris |first3=Steven J. |last4=Kennedy |first4=T. Frank |title=The Jesuits II: Cultures, Sciences, and the Arts, 1540-1773 |date=12 May 2016 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-1-4875-1207-1 |page=xxiii |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0spDAAAQBAJ&q=%2221%20july%201550%22 |access-date=2 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] &ndash; [[Capture of Mahdia (1550)]]: Troops commanded by Ottoman General Turgut Reis make a counterattack on the Spanish invaders, led by General Andrea Doria. Both sides sustain heavy losses, and the Spanish succeed in forcing the Ottomans to retreat back inside Mahdia.<ref name=Duro/>
* [[August 5]] &ndash; The [[University of Santa Catalina]] is authorized in [[Spain]] by a canonical bull from [[Pope Julius III]].<ref>[http://biblioteca2.uclm.es/biblioteca/CECLM/ARTREVISTAS/Wad/wad19Frias.pdf De Frías Balsa JV. Alcarreños graduados en la Pontificia y Real Universidad de Santa Catalina, en El Burgo de Osma (1612-1615). Wad-Al-Hayara. 1992; (19):355-72.]</ref>
* [[September 2]] (5th waning of Tawthalin 912 ME) &ndash; King [[Bayinnaung]] of [[Burma]] begins a four-month siege of the former Burmese capital, [[Toungoo]], occupied by the king's rebellious brother [[Minkhaung]].
* [[September 10]] &ndash; Spanish troops, commanded by Genoa's General [[Andrea Doria]], [[Capture of Mahdia (1550)|capture the Tunisian fortress]] of [[Mahdia]] from the Ottoman Empire after fighting that began on June 28.<ref name=Duro/>