Editing 1568 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Battle of Jemmingen]]: The main Spanish army of the [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba|Duke of Alba]] utterly defeats Louis of Nassau's invading army in the Northeastern Netherlands.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jaques |first1=Tony |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges [3 volumes]: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century [3 volumes] |date=30 November 2006 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-02799-4 |page=489 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EbLOEAAAQBAJ&dq=Battle+of+Jemmingen+louis+of+nassau+Fernando+%C3%81lvarez+%2221+july+1568%22&pg=PA489 |access-date=6 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 18]] &ndash; The [[Third War of Religion]] begins in France, after an unsuccessful attempt by the Royalists to capture [[Louis, Prince of Condé (1530–1569)|Condé]] and Coligny, the Huguenot leaders.
* [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Battle of San Juan de Ulúa (1568)|Battle of San Juan de Ulúa]] ([[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)|Anglo-Spanish War]]): In the [[Gulf of Mexico]], a Spanish fleet forces English [[privateer]]s under [[John Hawkins (naval commander)|John Hawkins]] to end their campaign.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Figueroa |first1=Macrina Rabadán |title=Propios y extraños: la presencia de los extranjeros en la vida de la ciudad de México, 1821-1860 |date=2006 |publisher=Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos |isbn=978-970-701-761-0 |page=13 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OnR6AAAAMAAJ&q=Batalla+de+San+Juan+de+Ul%C3%BAa+John+Hawkins+%2224+de+septiembre+de+1568%22 |access-date=6 December 2023 |language=es}}</ref>
* [[September 29]] &ndash; The Swedish king [[Eric XIV of Sweden|Eric XIV]] is deposed by his half-brothers [[John III of Sweden|John]] and [[Charles IX of Sweden|Charles]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williamson |first1=David |title=Debrett's kings and queens of Europe |date=1988 |publisher=Webb & Bower |location=Exter |isbn=978-0-86350-194-4 |page=124 |url=https://archive.org/details/debrettskingsque0000will_i4j1/page/124/mode/2up?q=1568 |access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref> John proclaims himself king John III the next day.