Editing 1566 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 2]] &ndash; [[Richard Onslow (Solicitor General)]] is elected as the Speaker of the English House of Commons by a vote of 82 to 70.  
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland|Catherine of the Austrian Habsburgs]], Queen of consort of Poland since 1553 as wife of [[Sigismund II Augustus]], leaves Poland to return to Austria after the failure of her marriage. She never comes back to Poland, though she remains the official queen consort until her death in 1572.<ref>{{cite book |last=Duczmal |first=Małgorzata |title=Jogailaičiai | location=Vilnius |year=2012 |publisher=[[Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras]] |isbn=978-5-420-01703-6 | language= Lithuanian |translator=Birutė Mikalonienė |translator2=Vyturys Jarutis |page=319}}</ref>
* [[October 19]] &ndash; [[Gastón de Peralta, 3rd Marquess of Falces]] becomes the [[List of viceroys of New Spain|Viceroy of New Spain]], replacing [[Francisco Ceinos]]. Peralta is removed from office by King Philip II after charges are made that Peralta is planning a rebellion against the crown.<ref>Manuel García Puron, ''México y sus gobernantes'' (in Spanish)(Joaquín Porrua Publishing, 1984)</ref>
* [[October 28]] &ndash; In [[Kneiphof]], a city in the [[Duchy of Prussia]] (modern-day Ostrov Immanuinga Kanta in Russia), [[Albert, Duke of Prussia]] has three of the town's five councilors beheaded on charges of causing political and religious disputes with the other Prussian states. [[Johann Funck]], Matthias Horst, and Hans Schnell are executed in the town's marketplace, while [[Paul Skalich]] and Johann Steinbach are able to flee the country.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/newschaffherzog13haucgoog/page/410/mode/1up?view=theater"Funck, Johann"], by Paul Tsackert in ''The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge'', ed. by Samuel Macauley Jackson (Funk and Wagnalls Co., 1909) pp.410-411</ref>
* [[November 5]] &ndash; Queen Elizabeth I of England addresses the English Parliament and champions [[English nationalism]], asking "Was I not born in this realm? Were my parents born in any foreign country? Is there any cause I should alienate myself from being careful over this country? Is not my kingdom here?"<ref>''Elizabeth I: Collected Works'', ed. by Leah S. Marcus, Janel Mueller, and Mary Beth Rose, (University of Chicago Press, 2002), p.95</ref>
* [[November 23]] &ndash; By decree of King [[Philip II of Spain]], the content of gold in the Spanish [[gold escudo]], is raised from 350 maravedis (equivalent to 338 [[centigram]]s) of gold to 400 (386 cg) and equivalent to 16 silver reales.<ref>"El Marviedi— Su Grandeza y Decadencia", in ''Revista de Archivos, Bibliotecas y Museos'' (March–April, 1905) p.218</ref>
* [[November 26]] &ndash; At the Craigmillar Castle, the advisers to Mary, Queen of Scots – [[James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray]]; Secretary of State [[William Maitland of Lethington]]; Lord Chancellor  [[George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly]]; [[Archibald Campbell, 5th Earl of Argyll]]; and [[James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell]] – advise her to divorce her husband, [[Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley]]. She refuses and the advisers decide that Darnley must be killed.<ref>''Letters of Mary, Queen of Scots'', ed. by Agnes Strickland (Henry Colburn, 1848) p.37.</ref>
* [[December 17]] &ndash; The [[Baptism of James VI|baptism of Prince James, son of Mary Queen of Scots]], takes place at [[Stirling Castle]]
[[File:Mostar1.gif|thumb|The [[Stari Most]] bridge]]