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=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 9]] &ndash; The Ottoman Empire, with 15,000 troops and 150 warships, besieges the Spanish garrison at [[Ciutadella de Menorca]] at Spain's Balearic Islands. When the town falls on July 17, the 3,099 surviving inhabitants are sold into slavery.<ref>Phil Lee, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=MweB03W3K8AC&pg=RA1-PA275 The Rough Guide to Mallorca & Menorca]'' (Rough Guides, 2004), p. 171.</ref> 
* [[July 13]] &ndash; [[Battle of Gravelines (1558)|Battle of Gravelines]]: Near the border between the [[Kingdom of France]] and the [[Spanish Netherlands]], [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] forces led by [[Lamoral, Count of Egmont]], and assisted by the [[English Navy]], inflict a major defeat on the French forces of Marshal [[Paul de Thermes]].
* [[July 18]] &ndash; The city of [[Tartu]], capital of the [[Bishopric of Dorpat]] (in modern-day [[Estonia]]) surrenders to [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]].
* [[August 22]] &ndash; In Spain, [[Bartolomé Carranza]], the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo|Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toledo]], is arrested at [[Torrelaguna]] on orders of the [[Grand Inquisitor#List of Spanish Grand Inquisitors|Grand Inquisitor]], [[Fernando de Valdés y Salas]]. Carranza is brought a prisoner to [[Valladolid]] to face accusations of [[heresy]].<ref>{{EB1911|inline=1 |last=Gordon |first=Alexander |authorlink=Alexander Gordon (Unitarian) |wstitle=Carranza, Bartolomé |volume=5 |pages=399–400}}</ref> He remains in prison for eight years before being transferred to Rome for the Pope to hear his appeal.<ref>J. P. Kirsch, "Bartolomé Carranza," Catholic Encyclopedia (1917 ed.)</ref>