Editing 1579 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 10]] &ndash; In the village of [[Cuers]] in [[France]], near [[Toulon]] rebel peasants kill 600 nobles and upper-class gentlemen of the Catholic League serving the Count of Carces.<ref>Mack P. Holt, ''The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629'' (Cambridge University Press, 1995) p.112</ref>
* [[May 17]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Arras (1579)|Treaty of Arras]] is concluded between Spain (represented by the Duke of Parma), and members of the [[Union of Arras]] that had been formed in January. The Union of Utrecht continues its resistance against Spain while the [[County of Hainaut]], the [[County of Artois]], and the cities of [[Douai]], [[Lille]], [[Orchies]] and [[Arras]] agree to a separate peace under Spanish rule.<ref name=JIsrael>Jonathan Israel, ''The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477–1806'' (Clarendon Press, 1995)</ref>
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mimaomote]]: In [[Japan]], Doi Kiyonaga defeats the forces of Kumu Yorinobu.<ref>{{cite book |title=The samurai sourcebook |date=1998 |publisher=Arms and Armour Press |isbn=978-1-85409-371-4 |page=230 |url=https://archive.org/details/samuraisourceboo00turn_0/page/230/mode/2up?q=%2225+may%22 |access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Francis Drake]], during [[Francis Drake's Circumnavigation|his circumnavigation]] of the world, lands in modern-day [[California]], which he claims for [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gough |first1=Barry M. |title=Distant dominion : Britain and the northwest coast of North America, 1579-1809 |date=1980 |publisher=University of British Columbia Press |location=Vancouver |isbn=978-0-7748-0113-3 |page=15 |url=https://archive.org/details/distantdominionb0000goug/page/14/mode/2up?q=%2217+june%22 |access-date=28 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sugden |first1=John |title=Sir Francis Drake |date=24 April 2012 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-1-4481-2950-8 |page=134 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2CEgmN-3VcMC&dq=california+elizabeth+i+francis+drake+%2217+june+1579%22&pg=PA134 |access-date=28 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> With an [[England|English]] claim here and in [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], it becomes the basis for English colonial charters which will claim all land from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from "sea to sea." Drake's claim is called ''[[Nova Albion]]'' (''New England''), and subsequent maps will show all lands north of New Spain and New Mexico under this name.