Editing 1570 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 3]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–73)#Ottoman conquest of Cyprus|Ottoman conquest of Cyprus]] begins as more than 350 Ottoman ships and over 60,000 troops land near [[Larnaca]] and then march toward the Cypriot capital, [[Nicosia]].<ref name=Turnbull>{{Cite book| last=Turnbull | first=Stephen | title=The Ottoman Empire 1326–1699 (Essential Histories Series #62) |pages=57–58 |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] | year=2003 }}</ref>
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius V]] issues ''[[Quo primum]]'', promulgating the 1570 edition of the [[Roman Missal]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smolarski |first1=Dennis Chester |title=The General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 1969-2002: A Commentary |date=2003 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=978-0-8146-2936-9 |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rfgqp26ey9wC&dq=Quo+primum+missal+%2214+july+1570%22&pg=PA6 |access-date=22 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 22]]
**[[Thomson Snell & Passmore]] is founded, the oldest law firm in operation. 
**[[Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)|The siege of Nicosia]] by the Ottoman Empire begins in [[Cyprus]] and lasts for seven weeks.<ref name=Turnbull/>
* [[July 30]] &ndash; (28th day of 6th month of [[Genki (era)|Genki]] 1 [[Battle of Anegawa]]: The allied forces of [[Oda Nobunaga]] and  [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] defeat the combined forces of the [[Azai clan|Azai]] and [[Asakura clan]]s.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Glenn |first1=Chris |title=The Samurai Castle Master: Warlord Todo Takatora |date=5 January 2023 |publisher=Frontline Books |isbn=978-1-3990-9661-4 |pages=9–11 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eOSdEAAAQBAJ&dq=Battle+of+Anegawa+nobunaga+ieyasu+%2230+july+1570%22&pg=PA9 |access-date=23 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 8]] &ndash; The [[Peace of Saint-Germain]] ends the [[Third War of Religion]] in France. Again, the Huguenots are promised religious freedom and political autonomy.<ref>{{cite book|author=Mack P. Holt|title=The French Wars of Religion, 1562–1629|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=En23VTbYwhQC&pg=PA71|date=13 October 2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-44767-6|pages=71}}</ref>
* [[August 16]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Speyer (1570)|Treaty of Speyer]] is signed between [[John Sigismund Zápolya]], [[Prince of Transylvania]] and [[Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian II]], [[King of Hungary]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cservak |first1=Csaba |title=The Constitutional Development of Transylvania |journal=Journal on European History of Law |date=2023 |volume=14 |issue=2 |pages=97–103 |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=1199908 |access-date=23 December 2023 |language=English |issn=2042-6402}}</ref>
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Nicosia]] falls to the Turks under the command of General Lala Mustafa Pasha. After the Ottomans breach the walls, the Venetian defenders are massacred and the women and boys are sold into slavery.<ref name=Turnbull/>
* [[September 10]] &ndash; A party of ten Spanish [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] missionaries land on the [[Virginia Peninsula]] of North America to establish the [[Ajacán Mission]], which will be massacred in February 1571.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=Clifford |last2=Loomie |first2=Albert |title=The Spanish Jesuit Mission in Virginia, 1570-1572 |date=1 January 1953 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |location=Chapel Hill |pages=36,96,158 |url=https://archive.org/details/spanishjesuitmis0000clif/page/36/mode/2up?q=1571 |access-date=23 December 2023}}</ref>
* [[September 25]] (26th day of 8th month of [[Genki (era)|Genki 1]] &ndash; The 10-year-long [[Ishiyama Hongan-ji War]] begins in Japan as [[Oda Nobunaga]] stages simultaneous attacks on two fortresses (Ishiyama Hongan-ji and [[Nagashima]]) of the [[Ikkō-ikki]] faction near [[Osaka]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sansom|first1=George|title=A History of Japan 1334–1615|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan00sans|url-access=registration|date=1961|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Stanford|isbn=0804705259|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan00sans/page/283 283–284]}}</ref>