Editing 1564 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 20]] &ndash; French explorer [[René Goulaine de Laudonnière]] and a group of 300 Huguenot Protestants depart from [[Le Havre]] on three ships (''L'Élisabeth'' , ''Le Faucon'' and ''Le Breton'') to colonize what is now the U.S. state of Florida.<ref>Bernard Le Nail, '' L'almanach de la Bretagne'' ("The Almanac of Brittany") (Larousse, 2003)</ref>
* [[May 31]] &ndash; The [[Swedish warship Mars|Swedish warship ''Mars'']], flagship of the Swedish Navy, catches fire while fighting against the navy of Denmark in the [[First battle of Öland (1564)|battle of Öland]] off of the coast of the island of the same name in the [[Baltic Sea]], and sinks along with its crew of 350 sailors and 450 soldiers it had been transporting. The wreckage of the ship will go undiscovered for 447 years until being found on August 19, 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shipwreck of 16th-century Swedish vessel found in Baltic |url=https://calgaryherald.com/travel/Shipwreck+16th+century+Swedish+vessel+found+Baltic/5282851/story.html |newspaper=[[Calgary Herald]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |date=20 August 2011 |access-date=20 August 2011}}</ref> 
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[French people|French]] settlers abandon [[Charlesfort]], the first French attempt at colonizing what is now the United States, and, with the help of a relief force commanded by René Goulaine, establish [[Fort Caroline]] in [[Florida]], near what is now the city of [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rowland |first1=Lawrence Sanders |last2=Moore |first2=Alexander |last3=Rogers |first3=George C. |last4=Rogers Jr. |first4=George C. |last5=Wise |first5=Stephen R. |last6=Spieler |first6=Gerhard |title=The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: 1514-1861 |date=1996 |publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press |isbn=978-1-57003-090-1 |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WjdhnfG0tYcC&dq=%22june+22+1564%22+Charlesfort+Fort+Caroline&pg=PA26 |access-date=8 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref>