Editing 1549 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[Thomas Smith (diplomat)|Sir Thomas Smith]] is replaced by Ambassador [[Nicholas Wotton]] as the [[Secretary of State (England)|second Secretary of State of England]], primarily in charge of England's foreign affairs. Wotton serves for less than a year before being dispatched by [[Edward VI of England|King Edward VI]] back to France.
* [[October 11]] &ndash; [[Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset]], the [[Lord Protector#Feudal royal regent|Lord Protector of England]] and [[Lord High Treasurer]] since 1547, is arrested on orders of the Regency Council on charges of "ambition, vainglory, entering into rash wars" as well as malfeasance and improper use of the royal treasury.<ref>{{citation |last=Elton |first=G. R. |author-link=Geoffrey Elton |year=1962 |title=England Under the Tudors |publisher=Methuen |place=London |page=350 |oclc=154186398}}</ref>
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland|Catherine of Habsburg]], daughter of [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand, Duke of Habsburg]], marries [[Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua]]. Francesco, only 16 years old, dies of pneumonia after only four months of marriage.<ref>{{cite book |last=Duczmal |first=Małgorzata |title=Jogailaičiai | location=Vilnius |year=2012 |publisher=[[Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras]] |page=312 |isbn=978-5-420-01703-6 | language= Lithuanian |translator=Birutė Mikalonienė |translator2=Vyturys Jarutis}}</ref>
* [[November 4]] &ndash; The ''[[Pragmatic Sanction of 1549|Pragmatic Sanction]]'' is proclaimed by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]]. The [[Seventeen Provinces]] of the Habsburg Low Countries are declared inseparable.
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul III]] dies at the age of 81 after a reign of 15 years.
* [[December 3]] &ndash; The [[Papal conclave, 1549–50|papal conclave]] to decide on a successor to [[Pope Paul III]], goes into session in the [[Apostolic Palace]] in Rome with 51 cardinal electors.Participants at the papal conclave agree to elect the next Pope by secret ballot.<ref>Kenneth M. Setton, ''The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571), Volume III: The Sixteenth Century to the Reign of Julius III'' (The American Philosophical Society, 1984) p.509</ref>
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Robert Kett]] is hanged from the walls of [[Norwich Castle]] after being found guilty of treason for leading [[Kett's Rebellion]].<ref>{{Cite ODNB|id=15485|title=Kett, Robert (c.1492–1549)}}</ref> His brother William is hanged from the walls of [[Wymondham Abbey]] on the same day.
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Ottoman Empire]] Sultan [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] abandons his campaign against [[Safavid Iran]] after 21 months, during which he was unable to proceed further than [[Tabriz]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Akgunduz |first1=Ahmed |last2=Ozturk |first2=Said | title=Ottoman History: Misperceptions and Truths |publisher=IUR Press |year=2011 |page=185 |isbn=978-90-902610-8-9}}</ref>