Editing 1579 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; Maastricht surrenders to Spanish troops after a surprise attack by the Duke of Parma, who had besieged the city for more than three months.
* [[July 13]] &ndash; [[Karlovac]] in [[Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)|Croatia]] is founded.<ref>{{cite web |title=O gradu |url=https://www.karlovac.hr/grad/o-gradu-2728/2728 |website=karlovac.hr |access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Stallaerts |first1=Robert |title=Historical Dictionary of Croatia |date=22 December 2009 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7363-6 |page=183 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NSjRbIz4iDkC&dq=Karlovac+%2213+july+1579%22&pg=PA183 |access-date=28 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 17]] &ndash; [[James FitzMaurice FitzGerald]] lands with a small force of Irish, Spanish, and Italian troops at [[Smerwick]], on the Dingle Peninsula in south-western Ireland, and commences the [[Second Desmond Rebellion]] against the rule in Ireland of [[Elizabeth I of England]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Orr |first1=D. Alan |title="Communis Hostis Omnium": The Smerwick Massacre (1580) and the Law of Nations |journal=Journal of British Studies |date=July 2019 |volume=58 |issue=3 |pages=473–493 |doi=10.1017/jbr.2019.6 |s2cid=201334633 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-british-studies/article/abs/communis-hostis-omnium-the-smerwick-massacre-1580-and-the-law-of-nations/A94FAEB02F79622A44BCB9B4C2AA5B0C |access-date=28 January 2024 |language=en |issn=0021-9371}}</ref>
* [[August 6]] &ndash; In the Spanish-controlled Netherlands, the representatives of the [[Union of Utrecht]] declare that they will no longer respect the authority of [[Philip II of Spain|King Philip of Spain]]. 
* [[August 17]] &ndash; "[[Yasuke]]", a man of African origin who has been hired as a manager by the Chancellor of the Realm, [[Oda Nobunaga]], arrives in [[Japan]]. Called "The Black Samurai" in dramatizations of his experience, he begins a service of three years to the Chancellor, ending on June 21, 1582.
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Livonian War]]: In what is now [[Belarus]], the city of [[Polotsk]] falls to the forces of [[Stephen Báthory]], Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland.<ref>Daniel Stone, ''The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386–1795'' (University of Washington Press, 2001)</ref>
* [[September 10]] &ndash; (5th waning of Tawthalin [[Burmese calendar|941 ME]]) In the [[Kingdom of Mrauk U]] in what is now Myanmar and Bangladesh, King [[Min Phalaung]] becomes the owner of the first of three white elephants, and gives himself the title of ''Hsinbyushin''.<ref>Ashin Sandamala Linkara, ''Rakhine Yazawinthit Kyan'' (in Burmese). Vol. 2 (Tetlan Sarpay, 1931) pp.50-51</ref>
* [[September 12]] &ndash; Amendments are made to the May 17 Treaty of Arras, with further concessions to Spain by the Union of Arras. The final version is promulgated by King Philip of Spain in [[Mons, Belgium|Mons]], one of the regions in the Arras Union.<ref name=JIsrael/> 
* [[September 28]] &ndash; In [[Switzerland]], a mutual assistance pact was signed at [[Lucerne]] between representatives of Roman Catholic [[Cantons of Switzerland|cantons]] by the efforts of the Catholic Bishop of Basel, [[Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jakob Christoph Blarer von Wartensee |url=https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/017030/2004-08-11/ |website=hls-dhs-dss.ch |access-date=30 January 2024}}</ref>