Editing 1561 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 10]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Moji]] in Japan ends with the defenders retaining their position.<ref>Ken Yagita, ''Kitakyushu Sengoku History'' (Imai Shoten, 1999) p.67</ref>
* [[October 18]] &ndash; [[Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima]]: [[Takeda Shingen]] defeats [[Uesugi Kenshin]], in the [[wikt:climax#Noun|climax]] of their ongoing [[War|conflicts]].
* [[November 4]]  &ndash; Upon the death of his father, [[Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi]], [[Afonso II of Kongo|King Afonso II Mpemba a Nzinga]] becomes [[List of Rulers of Kongo|the new monarch]] of the [[Kingdom of Kongo]], located in what is now the southern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the northern portion of Angola. Afonso II reigns for less than a month before being overthrown by his brother, Bernardo.
* [[November 28]]  &ndash; The [[Treaty of Vilnius (1561)|Treaty of Vilnius]] is concluded during the [[Livonian War]], between the [[Livonian Confederation]] and the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]]. With the treaty, the non-Danish and non-Swedish part of [[Livonia]], with the exception of the [[Free imperial city]] of [[Riga]], subjects itself to Polish king and [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Grand Duke of Lithuania]], [[Sigismund II Augustus]] with the ''Pacta subiectionis (Provisio ducalis)''. In turn, Sigismund grants protection from the [[Tsardom of Russia]], and confirms the Livonian estates' traditional privileges, laid out in the ''[[Privilegium Sigismundi Augusti]]''.
* [[December 1]]  &ndash; In the Kingdom of Kongo, [[Bernardo I of Kongo|Bernardo Mpemba a Nzinga]] overthrows his brother, King Afonso II, and becomes King Bernardo I.<ref>[[John Thornton (historian)|Thornton, John]] (2006): "Elite Women in the Kingdom of Kongo: Historical Perspectives on Women's Political Power", page 447. ''The Journal of African History'', Vol. 47.</ref>