Editing 1553 (section)

===July&ndash;September===
* [[July 6]] &ndash; King [[Edward VI|King Edward VI of England]] dies at the age of 15 after a reign of only six years. 
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sievershausen]]: [[Prince-elector]] [[Maurice, Elector of Saxony|Maurice of Saxony]] defeats the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] forces of [[Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach|Margrave Albert of Brandenburg-Kulmbach]]. Maurice is mortally wounded.<ref name="Lindsay1999">{{cite book|author=Thomas M. Lindsay|title=A History of the Reformation, 2 Volumes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L3xKAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA506|date=8 October 1999|publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers|isbn=978-1-57910-283-8|pages=506}}</ref>
* [[July 10]] &ndash; Four days after the death of her cousin King [[Edward VI of England]], [[Lady Jane Grey]] is proclaimed [[Queen regnant|Queen]] of England &ndash; a position she holds for the next nine days.<ref>{{cite book|author=Derrik Mercer|title=Chronicle of the Royal Family|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivo9okUs30wC|date=February 1993|publisher=Chronicle Communications|isbn=978-1-872031-20-0|pages=160–166}}</ref>
* [[July 19]] &ndash; The [[Lord Mayor of London]] proclaims [[Mary I of England|Mary I]] the rightful [[Queen regnant|Queen]], following a change of allegiance by the Privy Council; [[Lady Jane Grey]] voluntarily [[Abdication|abdicates]].<ref name="Tallis2016">{{cite book|author=Nicola Tallis|title=Crown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B5P-CwAAQBAJ&pg=PT10|date=6 December 2016|publisher=Pegasus Books|isbn=978-1-68177-287-5|pages=10–}}</ref>
* [[August 3]] &ndash; Queen [[Mary I of England]] arrives in London from [[East Anglia]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tittler |first1=Robert |title=The reign of Mary I |date=1983 |publisher=Longman |pages=8–12|isbn=978-0-582-35333-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/reignofmaryi0000titt/page/12/mode/2up?q=mary |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; [[John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland]], is tried and convicted of treason for his role in putting his daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey, on the throne.<ref>[[Eric Ives]] (2009): ''Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery'' Wiley-Blackwell. {{ISBN|978-1-4051-9413-6}}. Pages 96-7.</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of England|English]] explorer [[Richard Chancellor]] enters the [[White Sea]] and reaches [[Arkhangelsk]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Howorth |first1=Sir Henry Hoyle |title=History of the Mongols: From the 9th to the 19th Century |date=1880 |publisher=Burt Franklin |isbn=978-0-343-14643-6 |page=491 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gJsUAQAAIAAJ&dq=Richard+Chancellor+white+sea+Arkhangelsk+%22august+1553%22&pg=PA491 |access-date=5 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref> He goes on afterwards to the court of [[Ivan IV of Russia]], opening up trade between England and [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]].
* [[September 23]] &ndash; The [[Sadians]] consolidate their power in [[Morocco]], by defeating the last of their enemies.
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Anglican]] [[bishop]]s in England are arrested, and [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[bishop]]s are restored.