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=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 1]] &ndash; [[Capture of Brielle]]: The [[Geuzen|Sea Beggars]], Netherlandish [[Calvinist]] rebels, capture the port city of [[Brielle]]. This leads to a wave of uprisings in [[Holland]] and [[Zeeland]] against Spanish [[Habsburg]] rule, leaving most of those provinces (with the exception of [[Amsterdam]]) under rebel control.
* [[May 13]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory XIII]] succeeds [[Pope Pius V]], as the 226th [[pope]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Mircea Eliade|title=The Encyclopedia of Religion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OuMkAAAAYAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-0-02-909820-2|page=175|language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 14]] (4th day of 5th month, [[Genki (era)|Genki 3]]) &ndash; At the [[Battle of Kizaki]], Shimazu Yoshihiro leads an army of just 300 men to defeat the 3,000 strong Ito clan of [[Itō Yoshisuke]].<ref name="Cassell">{{cite book|last1=Turnbull|first1=Stephen|title=The Samurai Sourcebook|date=2000|publisher=Cassell & C0|location=London|isbn=1854095234|page=221}}</ref>
* [[June 25]] &ndash; The [[Geuzen|Sea Beggars]] capture the city of [[Gorinchem|Gorkum]]; several Roman Catholic priests are imprisoned.