Editing 1551 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 7]] &ndash; The fifth, and final outbreak of [[sweating sickness]] in [[Kingdom of England|England]] reaches [[London]], as documented by [[Henry Machyn]] in his diary, and continues until July 19. Machyn notes that "ther ded from the vii day of July unto the xix ded of the swett in London of all dyssesus viij/c, iij/xx and xij and no more in alle, and so the chanseller is sertefiyd." ("There died from the 7th day of July unto the 19th dead of the sweat in London of all diseases 8 hundred, 3 score and 12 [i.e., 872], and no more in all, and so the Chancellor is certified.")<ref>{{citation|title=The Diary of Henry Machyn 1550–1563|date=1848|author=Henry Machin|pages=7–8|url=https://archive.org/stream/henrymachyncit00camduoft#page/6/mode/2up}}</ref> [[John Caius]] of [[Shrewsbury]] writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.
* [[July 12]] &ndash; The [[List of Spanish regents|regency over the Kingdom of Spain]] by [[Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress|Archduchess Maria]] and her husband, [[Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Maximilian of Austria]], ends after almost three years when Maria's brother [[Philip II of Spain|Crown Prince Philip]] returns to [[Madrid]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Henry Kamen|last=Kamen|first= Henry|title=Philip of Spain|publisher=Yale University Press|date= 1998 |isbn=978-0-300-07800-8 |page=49}}</ref> Philip resumes his role as regent for [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|King Charles I]], the father of both Maria and Philip; Maria and Maximilian had served during the absence of both the King and the Crown Prince starting on October 1, 1548.
* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[Invasion of Gozo (1551)|Invasion of Gozo]]: [[Ottoman Turks]] and [[Barbary pirates]] invade the Mediterranean island of [[Gozo]] (now part of [[Malta]]), and enslave almost all of its 6,000 inhabitants.<ref name=Badger>{{cite book|last1=Badger|first1=George Percy|title=Description of Malta and Gozo|date=1838|publisher=M. Weiss|location=[[Malta]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/descriptionmalt01badggoog/page/n338 292]|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptionmalt01badggoog}}</ref>
* [[July 19]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Weissenburg]] goes into effect as [[John Sigismund Zápolya]], [[List of Hungarian monarchs|King of Hungary]] since 1540, abdicates in favor of [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Ferdinand of Austria]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Volkmer |first = Gerald |title=Das Fürstentum Siebenbürgen 1541-1691: Außenpolitik und völkerrechtliche Stellung (The Principality of Transylvania 1541-1691. Foreign policy and international legal status)|publisher = Arbeitskreis für Siebenbürgische Landeskunde |year = 2002 |location = [[Heidelberg]] |url = http://www.siebenbuergen-institut.de/sembl/st-publ-volkmer.htm |language = de |access-date = 2007-01-27 |archive-date = 2008-02-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080204214621/http://www.siebenbuergen-institut.de/sembl/st-publ-volkmer.htm |url-status = dead}}</ref> In addition, the independent Kingdom of [[Transylvania]], ruled by [[Isabella Jagiellon]], is ceded to the [[Kingdom of Hungary]] as part of peace with Ferdinand.
* [[July 30]] &ndash; With the surrender of the island of Gozo, the Ottoman place 6,000 survivors on ships and transporting them to [[Tarhuna Wa Msalata]] (in modern-day [[Libya]]), where they are sold into slavery. The only natives left on the island are 300 persons who escaped the citadel and 41 elderly residents.<ref name=Badger/> 
* [[August 15]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Tripoli (1551)|Siege of Tripoli]] ends, with the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta|Knights of Malta]] surrendering [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] to the [[Ottoman Empire]]. 
* [[August 30]] (1st waxing of [[Thadingyut]] [[Burmese calendar|913 ME]])&ndash; King Bayinnaung of Burma conquers the rebellious [[List of rulers of Prome|Kingdom of Prome]] (with a capital at [[Pyay]]) and kills the rebel Thado Thu, a former servant who had proclaimed himself as [[Thado Dhamma Yaza I of Prome|King Thado Dhamma Yaza]] after the 1550 assassination of King [[Tabinshwehti]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | author-link=Royal Historical Commission of Burma | title=[[Hmannan Yazawin]] | volume=2 |orig-year=1832 | location=Yangon | language=my | year=2003 |pages=262–268 | publisher=[[Ministry of Information, Myanmar]]}}</ref>  
* [[September 21]] &ndash; The [[Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico]] is founded in [[Mexico City]] ([[Mexico]]), being the second officially established university in the [[Americas]].
* [[September 30]] &ndash; (1st day of 9th month of [[Tenbun]] 21) [[Tainei-ji incident]]: A coup in [[Yamaguchi (city)|Yamaguchi]], by the military establishment of the [[Ōuchi clan]], forces their lord [[Ōuchi Yoshitaka]] to commit suicide, and the city is burned.<ref>{{cite book | last = Arai | first = Hakuseki | author-link = Arai Hakuseki | translator-last = Ackroyd | translator-first = Joyce Irene | title = Lessons from history : the Tokushi yoron | publisher = [[University of Queensland Press]] | year = 1982 | isbn = 9780702214851 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/lessonsfromhisto0000arai }}</ref>