Editing 1594 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Hyacinth of Poland]] is canonized by [[Pope Clement VIII]].
* [[April 27 ]] &ndash; After suppressing the Serbian [[uprising in Banat]], the [[Ottoman Empire]] rulers carry out [[Burning of Saint Sava's relics|the public burning of the bones]] of [[Saint Sava]] in [[Belgrade]]. <ref>Vladimir Ćorović, ''Istorija srpskog naroda'' (Ianis, 1997)</ref> 
* [[May 6]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Coevorden (1593)|siege of the Spanish-held city of Coevorden]] ends after six months as the city surrenders to the Dutch Republic.
* [[May 14]] &ndash; After almost two years of being closed because of [[bubonic plague]], theaters in England are allowed to reopen, as the [[Admiral's Men]] stage a performance of ''[[The Jew of Malta]]''. <ref>F. E. Halliday, ''A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964'' (Penguin, 1964) p.24</ref>
* [[May 19]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Groningen (1594)|Siege of Groningen]] by the [[Dutch Republic]] begins with an attack of 10,000 soldiers against the Spanish-held city. The Spanish commander surrenders after two months on July 22. 
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Willem Barents]] makes his first voyage to the  Arctic Ocean, in search of the [[Northeast Passage]].
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[Philip II of Spain]] recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paves the way for the stabilization of the rule of the [[Principalía]].
* [[June 23]] &ndash; A cargo ship explosion [[Action of Faial|kills over 700 people]] the day after three English Navy ships— the ''Mayflower'', ''Sampson'' and ''Royal Exchange''— set fire to the Portuguese [[carrack]] ''[[Cinco Chagas]]'' off of the coast of [[Faial Island]] during the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)|Anglo-Spanish War]]. The treasure inside, gathered from the [[East Indies]], sinks in the north Atlantic Ocean. Only 13 people on the ''Cinco Chagas'' survive, and the cargo is lost. <ref>Richard Hakluyt, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120408083737/http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/h/hakluyt/voyages/v11/chapter72.html#chapter72 The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation] '' (1598), reprinted 2002, p.571</ref>