Editing 1552 (section)

== Events ==
[[File:Eustachi - Tabulae anatomicae, 1769 - 2981432.jpg|110px|thumb|[[Bartolomeo Eustachi]] completes his ''Tabulae anatomicae''.]]

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[Henry II of France]] and [[Maurice, Elector of Saxony]], sign the [[Treaty of Chambord]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Balmain Mowat|title=A History of European Diplomacy, 1451–1789|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EL1rAAAAIAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Archon Books|isbn=978-0-208-01021-6|page=54}}</ref>
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Pedro de Valdivia]] founds the [[Chile]]an city of [[Valdivia (city)|Valdivia]], as ''Santa María la Blanca de Valdivia''.
* [[February 24]] &ndash; The privileges of the [[Hanseatic League]] are abolished in [[Kingdom of England|England]].
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Guru Amar Das]] becomes the Third [[Sikh]] [[Guru]].

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Maurice, Elector of Saxony]], liberates [[Augsburg]] and sets about to capture [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]].<ref>Geoffrey Parker, ''Emperor: A New Life of Charles V'' (Yale University Press, 2019)</ref>
* [[April 11]] &ndash; [[Metz Cathedral]] is consecrated.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMOIvAWDY44 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/sMOIvAWDY44 |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Timeline of the construction of Metz Cathedral, from 14th to 16th century.|website=[[YouTube]] |format=VIDEO |date= July 17, 2011|access-date= 6 January 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[April 15]] &ndash; The [[Act of Uniformity 1552|Act of Uniformity]] is given [[royal assent]] and imposes use of the [[Protestant]] [[Book of Common Prayer]] on [[Kingdom of England|England]].
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[Pedro de Valdivia]] founds the city of [[La Imperial, Chile]].
* [[April 18]] &ndash; King [[Henry II of France]] enters the city of [[Metz]], ceded to France by Saxony by the January 15 [[Treaty of Chambord]].
* [[April 28]] &ndash; The delegates to the [[Council of Trent]] adjourn for two years after learning that the Holy Roman Emperor is fleeing from Maurice of Saxony.<ref>Ernst Wilhelm Möller, ''History of the Christian Church: A.D. 1517-1648, Reformation and Counter-reformation'' (S. Sonnenschein & Company, 1900) p.240</ref>
* [[May 20]] &ndash; Learning of the rapid approach of the Elector Maurice, the Emperor Charles V flees from [[Innsbruck]] ahead of being captured.<ref>John S. C. Abbott, ''Austria : Its Rise and Present Power'' (P. F. Collier and Son, 1902) p.132</ref>
* [[June 6]] (14th waxing of Waso 914 [[Burmese calendar|ME]]) &ndash; [[Minye Sithu of Martaban|Minye Sithu]] is appointed as the Burmese [[List of rulers of Martaban|Viceroy]] of [[Martaban]] by his older brother, [[Bayinnaung]], King of Burma.<ref>{{cite book | last=Kala | author-link=U Kala | first=U | title=[[Maha Yazawin]] | publisher=Ya-Pyei Publishing | location=Yangon | year=1724 | edition=2006, 4th printing | language=Burmese | volume=2 |page=210}}</ref>
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Yuri of Uglich]], the only brother of the Russian Tsar [[Ivan the Terrible]], is placed in charge of Russia's domestic affairs as Ivan departs [[Moscow]] to lead 150,000 troops in the [[Russo-Kazan Wars#Wars of Ivan II|Russo-Kazan War]].
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort]], the [[List of governors of Luxembourg|Spanish Governor of Luxembourg]], is taken prisoner by France and remains captive for almost five years. 
* [[June 24]] &ndash; The [[Portugal|Portuguese]] ship ''São João'' is wrecked off of the coast of South Africa.<ref>''Further Selections from the Tragic History of the Sea, 1559-1565: Narratives of the Shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen'' (Taylor & Francis, 2017)</ref> While 480 people survive initially, all but 25 of them die during the next 165 days while trying to reach the mouth of the Maputo River in what is now [[Mozambique]].

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 6]] &ndash; In Hungary, [[Drégely Castle]] is attacked by the [[Ottoman Empire]]. Captain [[György Szondy]] and c. 140 soldiers in the castle die, after 4 days of fighting against 8,000 Turkish raiders.
* [[July 27]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] [[Siege of Temesvar (1552)|capture]] the city of [[Temesvar]].
* [[August 2]] 
** [[John Frederick, Elector of Saxony]] and [[Philipp I of Hesse]], taken prisoner by [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] in [[1546]], are released.
** The [[Peace of Passau]] revokes the [[Augsburg Interim]] of [[1548]], and promises religious freedom to the [[Protestant]] princes.
* [[September 9]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Eger (1552)|Siege of Eger]] begins as thousands of Ottoman troops, led by General [[Kara Ahmed Pasha]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] attack a greatly outnumbered force of Hungarian defenders, captained by [[István Dobó]]
* [[September 24]] &ndash; The [[Debatable Lands]] on the border of [[England]] and [[Scotland]] are divided between the two kingdoms by a commission creating the [[Scots' Dike]] in an unsuccessful attempt to halt lawlessness here, but giving both countries their modern borders.

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 2]] &ndash; The [[Khanate of Kazan]] [[Siege of Kazan|falls to troops]] of [[Ivan IV of Russia]]
* [[October 17]] &ndash; After heavy losses by the Ottoman Empire, the Siege of Eger in Hungary is broken off by the Ottomans.
* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Radu Ilie Haidăul]] becomes the new [[Prince of Wallachia]] in what is now Romania after defeating Prince Mircea the Shepherd at the [[Mănești, Prahova|battle of Mănești]]. Prince Mircea retakes the throne seven months later.
* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa|Simeon Sulaka]] arrives in [[Rome]] from the Middle Eastern city of [[Mosul]] and brings a letter asking [[Pope Julius III]] to appoint him as the Patriarch of the [[Church of the East]], leader of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cranmer]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] and top cleric of the [[Church of England]], delivers the proposed [[Forty-two Articles]] to the Privy Council of [[Edward VI of England|King Edward VI]].<ref>{{cite book|last= Hardwick|first= Charles |title= A History of the Articles of Religion|publisher=John Deighton|location= Cambridge|year=1851|pages=74–79}}</ref>
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[Pope Julius III]] issues a papal brief revoking resolutions passed by the ''colegii'' [[Bologna|Papal State of Bologna]] in Italy.<ref>''War and Peace in the Religious Conflicts of the Long Sixteenth Century'' (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022) pp.47-48</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Miguel de Buría]] leads the first African rebellion in South America's history. This may be because Buría has more slaves than other regions in [[Venezuela]], of which most join Miguel, and is still being contested between the Europeans and the natives, who also join his side. During this insurrection he takes over the Gold mines de San Felipe de Buría, established within the area with the consent of the Spanish Crown, to pull out the ore that was discovered in the Buria river, a task that heavily depends on slave work.
* In the [[Persian Gulf]], the [[Ottoman Empire]] Red Sea Fleet attacks the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] stronghold of [[Hormuz Island|Hormuz]], but fails to capture it.<ref>{{New Cambridge History of Islam|volume=2|chapter=Chronology|page=xxxiii|quote=Failed Ottoman attempt to conquer Hormuz.}}</ref> 
* In [[Italy]], [[Bartolomeo Eustachi]] completes his ''Tabulae anatomicae'', presenting his discoveries on the structure of the [[inner ear]] and [[heart]],<ref>{{cite book|first=Bernard|last=Grun|title=the Timetables of History|edition=3rd|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1991|isbn=0-671-74919-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun/page/245 245]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun}}</ref> although, for fear of the [[Inquisition]], it will not be published until [[1714]].
* King [[Edward VI of England]] founds 35 [[Grammar schools in the United Kingdom|grammar school]]s by royal charter,<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/218|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/218 218–223]}}</ref> including [[Shrewsbury School|Shrewsbury]]; [[Leeds Grammar School]] is also established.