Editing 1552 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 6]] &ndash; In Hungary, [[Drégely Castle]] is attacked by the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Captain [[György Szondy]] and c. 140 soldiers in the castle die, after 4 days of fighting against 8,000 Turkish raiders.
* [[July 27]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] [[Siege of Temesvar (1552)|capture]] the city of [[Temesvar]].
* [[August 2]] 
** [[John Frederick, Elector of Saxony]] and [[Philipp I of Hesse]], taken prisoner by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] in [[1546]], are released.
** The [[Peace of Passau]] revokes the [[Augsburg Interim]] of [[1548]], and promises religious freedom to the [[Protestant]] princes.
* [[September 9]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Eger (1552)|Siege of Eger]] begins as thousands of Ottoman troops, led by General [[Kara Ahmed Pasha]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] attack a greatly outnumbered force of Hungarian defenders, captained by [[István Dobó]]
* [[September 24]] &ndash; The [[Debatable Lands]] on the border of [[England]] and [[Scotland]] are divided between the two kingdoms by a commission creating the [[Scots' Dike]] in an unsuccessful attempt to halt lawlessness here, but giving both countries their modern borders.