Editing 1573 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 8]] &ndash; The Spanish abandon the siege of the city of [[Alkmaar]] and concede the city to the Geuzen, the Dutch Calvinist rebels.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blok |first1=Petrus Johannes |title=Geschiedenis eener Hollandsche stad: Eene Hollandsche stad onder de republiek |date=1916 |publisher=M. Nijhoff |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rehWAAAAMAAJ&dq=Geuzen+Alkmaar+%228+october+1573%22&pg=PA47 |access-date=16 January 2024 |language=nl}}</ref>
* [[October 11]] &ndash; The Spanish under John of Austria take [[Tunis#Spanish occupation and Ottoman control|Tunis]] with little resistance.<ref>Jonathan Riley-Smith, ''The Crusades: A History'' (A&C Black, 2014)</ref>
* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Santa Fe, Argentina]], is founded by [[Juan de Garay]].<ref name="Henderson2000"/>
* [[November 29]] &ndash; The Duke of Alva resigns as the Spanish Governor-General of the Netherlands, and is succeeded by [[Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga|Luis de Requesens]], who attempts to pursue a more conciliatory policy.<ref>"Literature of Belgium and the Netherlands", in ''The Saturday Review'' (August 25, 1888) p. 246</ref>
* [[December 3]] &ndash; The French Duke of Anjou, recently elected as King Henry of Poland, departs from [[Metz]] with an entourage of 1,200 people, arriving at [[Kraków]] on February 18.<ref>Norman Davies, ''God's Playground A History of Poland: Volume 1: The Origins to 1795'' (Oxford University Press, ) p. 312</ref>  
* [[December 11]] &ndash; The Governor of Portuguese India issues an edict depriving [[Hinduism|Hindu]] followers of most rights, including the right to receive Jonoa, the share of the village community income.<ref>Manjul K. Agarwal, ''From Bharata to India: Volume 2: the Rape of Chrysee'' p.86</ref>
* [[December 17]] &ndash; Portuguese colonists are expelled from the [[Maldives]], where Portugal has had a presence since 1558, by order of the Sultan's son, Mohamed Bodu Takurufanu al-Azam.<ref>Ian Preston, ''A Political Chronology of Central, South and East Asia'' (Europa Publications, 2001) p.189</ref>
* [[December 23]] &ndash; In the Republic of Venice, the Council of Ten votes to grant safe conduct to Venice for Spanish and Portuguese Jews.<ref>Alisa Meyuhas Ginio, ''Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the Mediterranean World After 1492'' (Routledge, 2014) p. 123</ref>