Editing 1608 (section)

===January&ndash;March===
*[[January 2]] &ndash; The first of the [[Jamestown supply missions]] returns to the Colony of Virginia with [[Christopher Newport]] commanding the ''John and Francis'' and the ''Phoenix'' bringing about 100 new settlers to supplement the 38 survivors he finds at Jamestown.
*[[January 7]] &ndash; At [[Jamestown, Virginia]], fire destroys "all the houses in the fort"; the fort is repaired in March.
*[[January 11]] &ndash; [[John Smith (explorer)|John Smith]] is released by [[Powhatan]] after 15 days of captivity, and arrives back at [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]] the next day. <ref>Alexander Brown, ''The First Republic in America: An Account of the Origin of this Nation, Written from the Records Then (1624) Concealed by the Council, Rather Than from the Histories Then Licensed by the Crown'' (Houghton, 1898) p.55</ref> Upon his return, instead of being welcomed, he is charged with negligence for the deaths of the two men with him at the time of his capture, Jehu Robinson and Thomas Emery, but later exonerated.
*[[January 17]] &ndash; Emperor [[Susenyos I]] of [[Ethiopia]] defeats an [[Oromo people|Oromo]] army at [[Ebenat]]; 12,000 Oromo are reportedly killed at a cost of 400 [[Amhara people|Amhara]].
*[[January 23]] &ndash; Treaty of The Hague, a defensive alliance between France and the [[United Provinces of the Netherlands]], is signed.<ref>{{cite book|first=Gaëtan|last=de Raxis de Flassan|title=Histoire générale et raisonnée de la diplomatie française ou de la politique de la France depuis la fondation de la monarchie jusqu'à la fin du règne de Louis XVI|volume=2|publisher=Treuttel et Würtz|location=Paris|year=1811|via=Google Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vc8TAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA258|page=258}}</ref>
*[[February 6]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Báthory]] makes an agreement with Hungarian mercenary soldiers, the ''[[Hajduk (Kingdom of Hungary)|Hajduk]]'', in order to overthrow the government of Transylvania.
*[[February 7]] &ndash; A peace conference opens at the [[Binnenhof]] at [[The Hague]], in the Netherlands, to end a war between the [[Dutch Republic]] and the [[Spanish Netherlands]] (now [[Belgium]]).
*[[February 14]] &ndash; The brutal winter of 1607-1608 in England ends after 10 weeks of sub-freezing temperatures.
*[[February 18]] &ndash; [[Don Julius Caesar d'Austria]], the illegitimate son of [[Rudolf II]], [[Holy Roman Emperor]], brutally murders his girlfriend, Markéta Pichlerová, then dismembers her body. Emperor Rudolf imprisons Julius for the rest of his life. <ref>[https://castle.ckrumlov.cz/docs/en/zamek_oinf_dojuda.xml "Don Julius D'Austria and His Fate"],  Český Krumlov website</ref>
*[[February 26]] &ndash; After being held captive in [[Morocco]] for more than 13 years, popular professor Malian [[University of Timbuktu#Ahmad Baba|Ahmad Baba]] is able to return to [[Timbuktu]] on 10 Dhu 'l-Qa'da 1016 A.H.
*[[March 5]] &ndash; [[Sigismund Rákóczi]], Prince of Transylvania, abdicates in favor of [[Gabriel Báthory]] in order to avoid a civil war.
*[[March 16]] &ndash; [[Gwanghaegun of Joseon|Gwanghaegun]] becomes the new King of Korea upon the death of his father, [[Seonjo of Joseon|King Seonjo]], who had reigned for more than 40 years.
*[[March 18]] &ndash; [[Susenyos I|Susenyos]] is formally crowned [[Emperor of Ethiopia]], at the ancient city of [[Axum]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Philip Caraman|title=The Lost Empire: The Story of the Jesuits in Ethiopia, 1555-1634|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qn8hAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Sidgwick & Jackson|isbn=978-0-283-99254-4|page=60|language=en}}</ref>