| June 9 | Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England |
| June 9 | England enforces Act of Supremacy |
| July 12 | English boer army occupies Norwich |
| July 17 | Jews are expelled from Ghent Belgium |
| August 8 | France declares war on England |
| August 12 | French troops occupy Ambleteuse England |
| August 15 | Portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan |
| August 26 | Battle at Dussingdale: John Dudley beats rebels |
| August 27 | Battle at Dussindale: John Dudley destroys English boer army |
| September 13 | Pope Paul III signs Council of Bologna |
| October 10 | Duke of Somerset fired as Lord Protector and imprisoned |
| October 12 | John Dudley earl of Warwick becomes English premier |
