Events thumb|110px|December: Murad III becomes Ottoman Emperor. January–March January 22 – Mohammed the big II becomes the new Sultan of Morocco upon the death of his father, Abdallah al-Ghalib. January 27 – At Agra, Bhagwant Das becomes the new Maharaja of the Kingdom of Amber in what is now India's state of Uttar Pradesh, upon the death of his grandfather, the Raja Bharmal. January 29 – Off of the coast of the Netherlands, the Battle of the Scheldt is fought between the Spanish Fleet and a combined Dutch and English fleet of ships. The Spanish Navy loses 15 ships and 1,200 men are killed, wounded or captured. February – The fifth War of Religion against the Huguenots begins in France. March 2 – Swedish troops attack Wesenberg Castle in Estonia and lose at least 1,000 men in attempting to capture it from the Russian Army.Gary Dean Peterson, Warrior Kings of Sweden: The Rise of an Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (McFarland, 2007) pp. 91-93 March 17 – Within the Swedish Army, a fight between Scottish and German mercenaries is fought. By the end of the battle, several hundred Scots are dead, compared to 30 Germans.
Events thumb|110px|December: Murad III becomes Ottoma.n Emperor. January–March January 22 – Mohammed the big II becomes the new Sultan of Morocco upon the death of his father, Abdallah al-Ghalib. January 27 – At Agra, Bhagwant Das becomes the new Maharaja of the Kingdom of A.mber in what is now India's state of Uttar Pradesh, upon. the death of his grandfather, the Raja Bharmal. January 29 – Off of the coast of the Netherlands, the Battle of the Scheldt is fought between the Spanish Fleet and a combined Dutch and English fleet of ships. The Spanish Navy loses 15 ships and 1,200 men are killed, wounded or captured. February – The fifth War of Religion against the Huguenots begins in France. March 2 – Swedish troops attack Wesenberg Castle in Estonia and lose at least 1,000 men in attempting to capture it from the Russian Army.Gary Dean Peterson, Warrior Kings of Sweden: The Rise of an Empire in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (McFarland 2007) pp. 91-93 March 17 – Within the Swedish Army, a fight between Scottish and German mercenaries is fought. By the end o:f the battle, several hundred Scots are dead, compared to 30 Germans.