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=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 13]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: After [[Ernst von Mansfeld|Mansfeld]] fails to relieve the siege of [[Heidelberg]], [[Frederick V of the Palatinate]] cancels Mansfeld's contract and disbands his army. The unemployed army of Mansfeld and [[Christian the Younger of Brunswick]] is subsequently hired by the [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]].
* [[July 13]] or [[July 14]] &ndash; English and Dutch ships defeat the Portuguese, near [[Portuguese Mozambique|Portuguese East Africa]].
* [[July 18]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Bergen op Zoom]] is [[Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom (1622)|besieged]] by a Spanish army, under the command of [[Ambrogio Spinola]].
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: While on their way to relieve the [[Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom (1622)|Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom]] in the [[Dutch Republic|Netherlands]], the army of [[Ernst von Mansfeld|Mansfeld]] and [[Christian of Brunswick]] is blocked by a Spanish army, led by [[Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585–1645)|Gonzalo de Córdoba]]. In the [[Battle of Fleurus (1622)|Battle of Fleurus]], Cordoba manages to fight off the Protestant assault. The next day, Cordoba surprises the retreating Protestant army with his cavalry, resulting in the destruction of most of the Protestant army.
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Cardinal Richelieu|Armand Jean du Plessis]] becomes [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] Richelieu.<ref>{{cite book|author=R J Knecht|title=Richelieu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-IkcBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA16|date=9 January 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-87455-3|pages=16–}}</ref>
* [[September 6]] &ndash; Spanish treasure fleet sinks off [[Marquesas Keys]] in the [[straits of Florida]]. ''[[Nuestra Señora de Atocha|Atocha]]'', ''[[Santa Margarita (shipwreck)|Margarita]]'', and ''[[HMS Rosario (1588)|Rosario]]''<!--{{cn}}?--> are the most heavily laden treasure ships found in the 20th century.
* [[September 10]] &ndash; 55 Christians are executed in [[Nagasaki]] during the [[Great Genna Martyrdom]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roldán-Figueroa |first=Rady |url=https://brill.com/view/title/58436 |title=The Martyrs of Japan: Publication History and Catholic Missions in the Spanish World (Spain, New Spain, and the Philippines, 1597–1700) |date=2021 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-45806-2 |pages=13–34 [32] |chapter=Background: Catholic Missions in Japan |doi=10.1163/9789004458062}}</ref>
* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Heidelberg]], the capital of the [[Electorate of the Palatinate]], is taken by the Imperial army of [[Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly|Tilly]]' after a three-month siege.