Editing 1606 (section)

=== January–March ===
* [[January 9]] &ndash; The [[Black Nazarene]], a  statue, arrives in [[Manila]] from Mexico.
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Gunpowder Plot]]: The trial of [[Guy Fawkes]] and other conspirators, for plotting against [[Parliament]] and [[James I of England]], begins in London.<ref>{{cite book|author=Guy Eden|title=The Parliament Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mnvjys4fbsUC|year=1949|publisher=Staples Press|page=29|language=en}}</ref> They are [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] on January 30–31.
* [[January 29]] &ndash; Explorer [[Pedro Fernandes de Queirós]] of [[Portugal]], accompanied by a party of 160 men on the ships ''San Pedro'', ''San Pablo'' and ''Los Tres Reyes'', leads the first Europeans to discover the [[Pitcairn Islands]].
* [[February 9]] &ndash; Queirós and his crew discover [[Mehetia]], followed three days later by the [[Tauere]] [[atoll]].
* [[February 26]] &ndash; Sailing on the Dutch ship ''[[Duyfken]]'', Dutch navigator [[Willem Janszoon]] and the crew make the first confirmed sighting of [[Australia]] by a European, reaching the [[Cape York Peninsula]], at the [[Pennefather River]]  near what is now [[Weipa, Queensland]]. <ref>Norman Davies, ''Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey Into History'' (Penguin Books, 2017)</ref> The ''Duyfken'' follows by exploring the western coast.<ref>{{cite book|last=McHugh|first=Evan|title=1606: An Epic Adventure|location=Sydney|publisher=University of New South Wales Press|year=2006|page=20|isbn=978-0-86840-866-8}}</ref>
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]], in the Fortezza Vecchia Chapel of Saint Francesco, elevates [[Livorno]] to the rank of city.