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 | | * May 13 - Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary I of ScotlandMary Queen of Scots are defeated by a confederacy of ScotlandScottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother. |
 | | * May 23 - Battle of Heiligerlee - Troops under Louis of Nassau, brother of William I of Orange, defeat a smaller loyalist force under the Jean de Ligne, Duke of ArembergDuke of Arenberg in an attempt to invade the Northern Netherlands. |
 | | * July 21 - Battle of Jemmingen - The main Spanish army of the Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of AlvaDuke of Alva utterly defeats Louis of Nassau's invading army in the Northeastern Netherlands. |
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