Editing 1572 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 4]] &ndash; The city council of [[Haarlem]], one of the largest cities of the Netherlands, votes to join the Dutch Revolt against King Philip II of Spain. King Philip orders  sent an army north under command of [[Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva|Don Fadrique]], son of the Duke of Alva, to lead an army to conquer the rebelling cities.<ref name=Tracy>J.D. Tracy, ''The Founding of the Dutch Republic: War, Finance, and Politics in Holland 1572–1588'' (Oxford University Press, 2008) pp.78-79</ref>
* [[July 9]] &ndash; The [[Geuzen|Sea Beggars]] hang 19 previously imprisoned Roman Catholic priests (the ''[[Martyrs of Gorkum]]'') at [[Brielle]].
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Humphrey Gilbert]] leads 1,500 volunteers from England, on an expedition to assist the Sea Beggars.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
* [[July 19]] &ndash; [[Wanli Emperor]] of China ascends the throne at the age of nine; he will rule for 48 years.
* [[July 29]]&ndash;[[August 2]] &ndash; [[Battle of Molodi]]: A large [[Crimean Tatars|Crimean Tatar]]–[[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] army which invaded Russia is routed.
* [[August 18]] &ndash; Huguenot King [[Henry IV of France|Henry III of Navarre]] marries [[Margaret of Valois]], sister of King Charles and daughter of [[Catherine de' Medici]], in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics in France.<ref>{{cite book|author1=St James Press|author2=Anthony Levi|author3=Retired Professor of French Anthony Levi|title=Guide to French Literature: Beginnings to 1789|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oqkRAQAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-159-6|page=1012|language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] &ndash; [[St. Bartholomew's Day massacre]]: Catholics in Paris murder thousands of Protestants, including [[Gaspard II de Coligny|Gaspard de Coligny]] and [[Petrus Ramus]], at the order of King [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]], with Catherine de Medici's connivance. Henry of Navarre and the [[Princes of Condé|Prince of Condé]] barely escape the same fate. This brings about the [[Fourth War of Religion]] in France.<ref>{{cite book|author=St. John's University (New York, N.Y.)|title=Saint Vincent de Paul: A Tercentenary Commemoration of His Death, 1660-1960|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ikc0omgpSCcC|year=1960|publisher=St. John's University Press|page=78|language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 19]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Mons (1572)|Siege of Mons]], which started on June 23, ends with the recapture of [[Valenciennes]] by the Spanish Army from the Dutch [[Huguenots]] in what is now Belgium. [[Louis of Nassau]], the Dutch rebel commander, surrenders to the [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba|Duke of Alba]].<ref name=Tracy/>
* [[September 24]] &ndash; 
**[[Tupac Amaru]] and other Inca Empire nobles are executed in Peru at [[Cuzco]] on orders of the Spanish [[List of Viceroys of Peru|colonial Viceroy]],  [[Francisco de Toledo]], who then carries out the destruction of the relics of the Incan civilization.<ref name="MacQuarrie">{{cite book |last1=MacQuarrie |first1=Kim |title=The Last Days of the Incas |date=2007 |publisher=Simon and Schuster Paperbacks |location=New York |isbn=9780743260497 |pages=363–378}}</ref>
**The Ottoman Empire begins the deportation of 10 percent of families of the provinces of Anatolia, Rum (Sivas), Karaman and Zülkadriye, mostly craftsmen or peasants, to the newly-conquered island of Cyprus. In exchange for relocating, the transferees are made exempt from taxes for two years.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Şeker |first=Nesim |title=Forced Population Movements in the Ottoman Empire and the Early Turkish Republic: An Attempt at Reassessment through Demographic Engineering |journal=European Journal of Turkish Studies |year=2013 |issue=16 |doi=10.4000/ejts.4396|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[September 25]] &ndash; The coronation of [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolf]] as King of Hungary takes place at St. Martin's Cathedral in [[Bratislava|Pozsony]] (now Bratislava, Slovakia).