Editing 1574 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Selim II]], Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, launches the attempt to [[Conquest of Tunis (1574)|reclaim Tunis from control of the Holy Roman Empire]] with more than 250 warships and 100,000 troops, and to restore North Africa to Muslim control.<ref name=KMS>{{cite book|title=The Papacy and the Levant, 1204–1571: Vol.IV |first=Kenneth Meyer |last=Setton |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DUwLAAAAIAAJ/page/1094/mode/2up?q=%2212+july%22|page=1095|publisher=The American Philosophical Society|year=1984 |isbn=978-0-87169-114-9 |place=Philadelphia}}</ref>
* [[July 13]] &ndash; In [[Berlin]], [[John George, Elector of Brandenburg]], orders the founding of the [[Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster]], which remains 450 years later as one of the most prestigious preparatory schools in Germany.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wiese |first1=Ludwig Adolph |title=Das Höhere Schulwesen in Preussen: Historisch-statistische Darstellung, im Auftrage des Ministers der geistlichen, Unterrichts- und Medicinal-Angelegenheiten |date=1902 |publisher=Wiegandt und Grieben |page=200 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mqxz4yhmwAIC&dq=Johann+Georg+Evangelisches+Gymnasium+%2213+juli+1574%22&pg=PA200 |access-date=22 January 2024 |language=de}}</ref>
* [[July 26]] &ndash; Kılıç Ali Pasha begins construction of an Ottoman fortress on the coastline of [[Morocco]], directly across [[Andalusia]] in mainland Spain.
* [[August 24]] &ndash; The Tunisian port of [[La Goulette]] falls to Ottoman troops after six weeks.<ref name=Garcés>María Antonia Garcés, ''Cervantes in Algiers: A Captive's Tale'' (Vanderbilt University Press, 2005) p.220</ref>
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Guru Ram Das]] becomes the fourth of the [[Sikh gurus]].
* [[September 13]] &ndash; The last Holy Roman Imperial defenders surrender [[Tunis]] to the Ottoman General [[Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha]].<ref name=Garcés/>
* [[September]] &ndash; A plot to assassinate [[John III of Sweden]] is discovered, headed by [[Charles de Mornay]] and implicating [[Charles Dancay]], [[Hogenskild Bielke]], [[Gustaf Banér]], [[Pontus De la Gardie]], [[Princess Elizabeth of Sweden]], [[Princess Cecilia of Sweden]], and Duke Charles.<ref name="tegenborg2010">Karin Tegenborg Falkdalen (2010). Vasadöttrarna ['The Vasa Daughters']. Falun: Historiska Media. {{ISBN|978-91-85873-87-6}} (In Swedish)</ref>