Editing 1599 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 23]] – The Earl of Essex arrives in [[Dublin]] at the head of 16,000 troops, the largest army ever seen in Ireland.
* [[May 15]] – [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)]]: The [[Siege of Zaltbommel]], located in the Dutch Republic, is begun by Spanish general [[Francisco López de Mendoza]].
* [[May 16]] – The [[Kalmar Bloodbath (1599)|Kalmar Bloodbath]] takes place in [[Kalmar]], Sweden.
* [[May 29]] – Essex takes [[Cahir Castle]], supposedly the strongest in Ireland, after a short [[Siege of Cahir Castle|siege]].<ref>{{cite book|author=William R. Jones|title="The Mists of Error Withdrawn": Elizabethan Satire, Cultural Criticism, and the Bishops' Ban of 1599|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uOJO6W8NByoC|year=2004|publisher=University of California, Santa Cruz|page=69|language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 1]] – [[Bishops' Ban of 1599]]: The [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], [[John Whitgift]], and the [[Bishop of London]], [[Richard Bancroft]] order a ban on a selection of literary works, including ''[[Microcynicon: Six Snarling Satires]]'', by [[Thomas Middleton]]. 
* [[June 20]] – The [[Synod of Diamper]] is convened.