Editing 1568 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[William the Silent]] invades the southeastern Netherlands.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lovett |first1=A. W. |title=Early Habsburg Spain, 1517-1598 |date=1986 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-822139-5 |page=160 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKIhAAAAMAAJ&q=%225%20october%201568%22 |access-date=6 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[October 18]] — [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]] is installed as Shōgun, beginning the [[Azuchi–Momoyama period]] in Japan.<ref>{{cite book |title=Japan Encyclopedia |date=2002 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-01753-5 |page=55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&dq=Ashikaga+Yoshiaki+shogun+%221568%22&pg=PA55 |access-date=6 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>Katsumi Kuroita, ed., ''Public Court Appointments, Part 3'', Vol. 55 (Kokushi Taikei Publishing Association, 1936)</ref>
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Battle of Jodoigne]]: Spanish forces under the Duke of Alba destroy [[William the Silent]]'s rearguard and William abandons his offensive.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Trevor Nevitt Dupuy|author2=Curt Johnson|author3=David L. Bongard|title=The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Y4UAQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-270015-5|page=800|language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] &ndash; Dutch rebels commanded by [[William the Silent]] defeat Spanish Habsburg troops led by [[Sancho d'Avila]] in the [[Battle of Le Quesnoy (1568)|battle of Le Quesnoy]] in northern France. 
* [[November 22]] &ndash; The second [[Treaties of Roskilde (1568)|treaty of Roskilde]] is signed between representatives of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kingdom of Sweden to end the [[Northern Seven Years' War]]. Sweden cedes the [[Estonia under Swedish rule|Duchy of Estonia]] (Estland) to Danish control. 
* [[November 27]] &ndash; [[Burmese–Siamese War (1568–1569)|Burmese–Siamese War]]: Dispatched by King [[Bayinnaung]], 55,000 Burmese troops arrive at [[Phitsanulok]] (in modern-day Thailand) and drive back the attack by armies from the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]] (Thailand) [[Lan Xang]] (Laos), then prepare to invade Ayutthaya to put down the rebellion by Ayutthayan King [[Maha Chakkraphat]]<ref>''Hmannan chronicle'', Vol. 2, p.403)</ref> 
* [[December 24]] &ndash; The [[Morisco Revolt]] against King Philip II of Spain begins as [[Aben Humeya]] (formerly Fernando de Válor) is proclaimed as King of the Granadan rebels.
* [[December 28]] &ndash; [[Louis III, Duke of Württemberg|Ludwig III]] becomes the [[Duke of Württemberg]] in German Bavaria after the death of his father, [[Christoph, Duke of Württemberg|Christoph]].