Editing 1572 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk]], is tried for treason, for his part in the [[Ridolfi plot]] to restore [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] in England. He is executed on [[June 2]].<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/226|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/226 226–229]}}</ref>
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth I of England]] issues a proclamation which revokes all commissions, on account of the frauds which they had fostered.
* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Harrow School]] is founded, with a royal charter from Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]].<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of Harrow School|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jwa8ILtT3X8C&dq=Harrow+%22February+1572%22&pg=RA1-PA7 |last=Tyerman|first=Christopher|author-link = Christopher Tyerman|page=7|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-822796-5}} ("By his own admission, John Lyon did not found Harrow School. The Charter he received from Elizabeth I dated '''19 February 1572''' explicitly stated...")</ref>
* [[February 28]] &ndash; In what is now the [[Rajasthan]] state in [[India]], [[Maharana Pratap]] is crowned as the new [[List of Ranas of Mewar|Rana of Mewar]] at the Kingdom's capital at [[Udaipur]] after the death of his father, [[Udai Singh II]].
* [[March 2]] &ndash; [[Mem de Sá]], the [[Governorate General of Brazil|Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil]], dies after 14 years in office. He is succeeded by Lourenço da Veiga. 
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius V]] issues the papal bull ''Supremi omnipotentis Dei'', granting an [[indulgence]] reducing 50 days of punishment in the afterlife for Roman Catholics who recited the [[penitential psalm]]s.
* [[March 28]] &ndash; [[Queen Elizabeth I]] of England summons [[4th Parliament of Elizabeth I|a new Parliament]], which assembles on May 4.