Editing 1560 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 6]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Edinburgh]] is signed between England, France and Scotland, ending the [[Siege of Leith]]. The French withdraw from Scotland, largely ending the ''[[Auld Alliance]]'' between the two countries, and also ending the wars between England and its northern neighbour.<ref>{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Public Record Office|title=Calendar of State Papers: Foreign Series, of the Reign of Elizabeth ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nio5AQAAMAAJ|year=1966|page=174|language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Livonian War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ergeme]]: [[Tsardom of Russia|Russians]] defeat the [[Livonian Brothers of the Sword]], precipitating the dissolution of the order.
* [[August 17]] &ndash; The [[Scottish Reformation Parliament]] adopts a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] confession of faith and [[Papal Jurisdiction Act 1560|rejects papal authority]], beginning the [[Scottish Reformation]], and disestablishing [[Roman Catholicism in Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Records of the Parliaments of Scotland |url=https://www.rps.ac.uk/ |website=www.rps.ac.uk |access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Burnet |first1=George B. |title=The holy communion in the reformed Church of Scotland, 1560-1960 |date=1960 |publisher=Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd |page=1 |url=https://archive.org/details/holycommunioninr0000burn/page/n17/mode/2up?q=1560 |access-date=21 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 21]] &ndash; A [[Solar eclipse of August 21, 1560|total eclipse of the sun]] is observable in Europe, which inspires [[Tycho Brahe]]'s interest in astronomy.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Observatory |date=1890 |publisher=Taylor and Francis |location=London |page=397 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LYJRAAAAYAAJ&dq=solar+eclipse+21+august+1560+%22europe%27&pg=PA397 |access-date=21 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 18]] &ndash; After [[Robert Sempill, 3rd Lord Sempill]], a Scottish Catholic, continues to resist the [[Scottish Reformation]], the [[James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault|Duke of Châtellerault]] and the [[James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran|Earl of Arran]] commence a siege of [[Castle Semple]] at [[Lochwinnoch]]. They begin firing artillery at the castle on September 23 and destroy [[The Peel of Castle Semple|the gatehouse]]. 
* [[September 29]] &ndash; [[Eric XIV of Sweden|Eric XIV]] becomes [[monarchy of Sweden|King]] of [[Sweden]], upon the death of his father, [[Gustav I of Sweden|Gustav Vasa]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rudbeck |first1=Ture Gustaf |title=Försök till beskrifning öfver Sveriges städer i historiskt, topografiskt och statistiskt hänseende|date=1855 |publisher=Albert Bonniers förlag |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uZgNAQAAIAAJ&dq=gustav+eric+xiv+sverige+%2229+september+1560%22&pg=PA16 |access-date=21 October 2023 |language=sv}}</ref>