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=== April–June ===
* [[April 13]] – [[Edict of Nantes]] (promulgated April 30): [[Henry IV of France]] grants French [[Huguenot]]s equal rights with [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholics]]; this is considered the end of the [[French Wars of Religion]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Scott M. Manetsch|title=Theodore Beza and the Quest for Peace in France: 1572 – 1598|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZH9Rkw4Yl8EC&pg=PA332|year=2000|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-11101-8|pages=332|language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] – In [[Mexico]], on the day of the [[Feast of the Ascension]], [[Juan de Oñate]], dispatched by the Viceroy of New Spain to expand the Spanish colony's territory, assembles his group on the south side of the [[Rio Grande]] and formally claims all territory north of the river (near what is now the U.S. city of [[El Paso, Texas]]) as a colony of the Spanish Empire.<ref>Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá, ''Historia de la Nueva México, 1610 : a critical and annotated Spanish/English edition'' (translated by Joseph P. Sánchez, University of New Mexico Press, 1992)</ref>
* [[May 2]] – The [[Peace of Vervins]], mediated by Cardinal Alessandro de Medici, ends the war between France and Spain.
* [[May 6]] – King [[Philip II of Spain]] announces that his eldest daughter, [[Isabella Clara Eugenia]], will marry [[Albert VII, Archduke of Austria|Albert of Austria]] (at the time a Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Toledo), and that the two will jointly govern the [[Habsburg Netherlands]] (now Belgium).
* [[May 13]] ([[Keichō]] 3, 8th day of the 4th month) – The [[Mount Asama]] volcano on the Japanese island of [[Honshu]] erupts.
* [[May]] – [[Tycho Brahe]]'s [[star catalogue]] ''Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica'', listing the positions of 1,004 stars, is published.
* [[June 9]] – The Principality of Wallachia becomes a vassal state of the Austrian Habsburgs and the Holy Roman Empire, after [[Michael the Brave]] (Mihai Pătrașcu, with a regnal name of Michael II) signs an agreement at [[Prague]] with [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor]] to receive protection from the Ottoman Empire.<ref>Constantin C. Giurescu, ''Istoria Românilor'' (Editura Al.) p. 191</ref>
* [[June 15]] – [[Battle of San Juan (1598)|England invades the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico]] with a force of 20 ships and 1,700 men led by the [[George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland|Earl of Cumberland]].<ref>R. A. Van Middeldyk, ''The History of Puerto Rico'' (Echo Library, 2008) p.114</ref>
* [[June 27]] – The ill-fated Dutch expedition of [[Jacques Mahu]] begins as his ship ''Hoop'', along with the ships ''Liefde'', ''Geloof'', ''Trouwe'' and ''Blijde Boodschap'', departs from [[Rotterdam]].
* [[June 30]] – England's forces capture the [[Castillo San Felipe del Morro]], the Spanish fortress defending [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]], after a 15-day battle.<ref>George Williamson, ''George, Third Earl of Cumberland, 1558-1605: His Life and His Voyages'' (Kessinger Publishing, 2009) p.205</ref> When an epidemic begins taking its toll on the English forces, the Earl of Cumberland decides to withdraw and departs in August.