Editing 1593 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 10]] &ndash; The English Parliament enacts a law for the first military disability pension in British history, titled "An Acte for relief of Soudiours". The Act states that "forasmuch as it is agreeable with Christian Charity Policy and the Honour of our Nation, that such as have since the 25th day of March 1588, adventured their lives and lost their limbs or disabled their bodies, or shall hereafter adventure the lives, lose their limbs or disable their bodies, in defence and service of Her Majesty and the State, should at their return be relieved and rewarded to the end that they may reap the fruit of their good deservings, and others may be encouraged to perform like endeavors..."<ref>''Papers Illustrative of the Origin and Early History of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea'' (Antiposi Verlag, 2023, reprint of 1872) p.5</ref>
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)|Anglo-Spanish War]]: Naval [[Battle of Blaye]] in the [[Gironde estuary]] sees a Spanish victory over the blockading English fleet, allowing the Spanish to relieve the French Catholic garrison of [[Blaye]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Jean-Claude|last=Castex|title=Dictionnaire des Batailles navales franco-anglaises|publisher=Les Éditions du Phare-Ouest|year=2012|isbn=9782921668194|page=59}}</ref>
* After April &ndash; [[William Shakespeare]]'s poem ''[[Venus and Adonis (Shakespeare poem)|Venus and Adonis]]'' probably becomes his first published work, printed in London from his own manuscript. In his lifetime it will be his most frequently reprinted work: at least nine times.<ref name=cocel>{{cite book|editor=Cox, Michael|title=The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-19-860634-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxfordchr00coxm}}</ref>
* [[May 5]] &ndash; "Dutch church libel" bills posted in [[London]] threaten Protestant refugees from France and the Netherlands, alluding to [[Christopher Marlowe]]'s plays.
* [[May 12]] &ndash; English dramatist [[Thomas Kyd]] is arrested over the "Dutch church libel". "[[Atheist]]" literature found in his home is claimed to be Marlowe's.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/ELRv3n1p44 |title=Marlowe, Kyd, and the Dutch Church Libel |last=Freeman |first=Arthur |journal=English Literary Renaissance |date=1973 |volume=3 |pages=44–52 |publisher=University of Chicago |doi=10.1086/ELRv3n1p44 |s2cid=151720064 |access-date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>
* [[May 18]] &ndash; A warrant for the arrest of [[Christopher Marlowe]] is issued. On [[May 20]] he presents himself to the [[Privy Council]].
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Christopher Marlowe]] is stabbed to death in a dispute over a bill at a lodging house in [[Deptford]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Leslie|last=Hotson|author-link=John Leslie Hotson|title=The Death of Christopher Marlowe|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.75347|location=London|publisher=Nonesuch Press|year=1925}}</ref>
* [[June 7]] &ndash; Battle of [[Salbertrand]] in Piedmont: Victory of [[François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières]], over the Spanish of Rodrigue Alvarez of Toledo, allies of [[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Théodore|last=Bèze|title=Correspondance. Tome '''XXXIV''', 1593|publisher=Librairie Droz|year=2010|isbn=9782600314688|page=165}}</ref>
* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sisak]] in [[Croatia]]: The [[Habsburgs]] defeat the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Branka Magaš|title=Croatia Through History: The Making of a European State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OY5pAAAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Saqi|isbn=978-0-86356-775-9|page=95}}</ref>