Editing 1623 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 8]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory XV]] (Alessandro Ludovisi) dies from a kidney ailment after a reign of a little more than two years.
* [[July 10]] &ndash; The English [[The ships Anne and Little James|ship ''Anne'']] becomes the third vessel to bring settlers to [[Plymouth Colony]],<ref>Charles Edward Banks, ''The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers'' (Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006) p. 169</ref> the Puritan settlement in modern-day Massachusetts, carrying more settlers, after the ''[[Mayflower]]'' on November 21, 1620, and the ''[[Fortune (Plymouth Colony ship)|Fortune]]'' on November 9, 1621.
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[Trịnh Tùng]] is deposed as ruler of the kingdom of [[Đại Việt]] in northern Vietnam after more than 50 years. His son, Trịnh Xuan, burns the palace. Trinh Tung is carried away by his servants in a sedan chair and abandoned in the road to die. Another son, [[Trịnh Tráng]], succeeds to the throne of Đại Việt.
* [[July 16]] &ndash; A [[great conjunction]] of [[Jupiter]] and [[Saturn]], with the planets only 5 arc minutes apart, the closest between [[1226]] and 2874. This conjunction likely goes unobserved, as it occurs near the Sun and the telescope has been invented only recently.
* [[July 30]] (probable date) &ndash; The second [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]] is celebrated in [[Plymouth Colony]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/fastthanksgiving00love_0/page/84|title=The fast and thanksgiving days of New England|first=William DeLoss|last=Love|publisher=Houghton, Mifflin & Co.|location=Cambridge, Mass.|year=1895|accessdate=2023-01-13}}</ref>
* [[August 5]] &ndash; The English [[The ships Anne and Little James|ship ''Little James'']] arrives at Plymouth Colony, 26 days after the ''Anne''.<ref>"Troubles with Little James: Edward Winslow’s depositions at High Court of Admiralty", by Caleb Johnson, in ''The Mayflower Quarterly'' (March 2011) p. 51</ref>
* [[August 6]]
** [[1623 papal conclave]]: [[Pope Urban VIII]] (Maffeo Barberini) succeeds [[Pope Gregory XV]], as the 235th [[pope]].
** [[Thirty Years' War]]: Pursued by the army of the [[Catholic League (Germany)]] led by [[Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly]], the army of the Protestant [[Electoral Palatinate]] led by [[Christian the Younger of Brunswick]] attempts to flee to the [[Dutch Republic]]. Tilly's army catches Brunswick five miles from the border. In the resulting [[Battle of Stadtlohn]], Christian's army is destroyed. This brings the [[Palatinate campaign]] to an end.
* [[August 30]] &ndash; Negotiations, resumed in March, of the planned "[[Spanish match]]" break down.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8}}</ref> On October 5, [[Charles I of England|Prince Charles]] returns to England from Spain without a bride.
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Murat IV]], age 11, succeeds his deposed uncle [[Mustafa I]] as [[Ottoman Emperor]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Irene A. Bierman|author2=Rifaʻat Ali Abou-El-Haj|author3=Donald Preziosi|title=The Ottoman City and Its Parts: Urban Structure and Social Order|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZN_VAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=A.D. Caratzas|isbn=978-0-89241-473-4|page=241|language=en}}</ref> Because Murat is a minor, his mother, [[Kösem Sultan]], serves as [[regent]] until 1632.