Editing 1603 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 27]] – The first permanent Dutch trading post in [[Indonesia]] is established in [[Banten]] by Vice Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck, who sets up a factory to store and package the trading commodity [[black pepper]].
* [[April 28]] – The funeral of [[Elizabeth I of England]] is held in [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Weir |first=Alison |title=Elizabeth the Queen |location=London |publisher=Pimlico |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-7126-7312-9 |page=486}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] – [[Moses Székely|Mozes Székely]] is installed as the [[List of princes of Transylvania|Prince of Transylvania]] by the Ottoman Sultan, [[Mehmed III]]. Székely is killed in battle on July 17. 
* [[May 13]] – In modern-day northern [[Thailand]], the rulers of [[Chiang Mai]] retake control of the [[Nan province]] and capture its ruler, Cao Cetabut.<ref>Sænluang Ratchasomphan and David K. Wyatt, ''The Nan Chronicle'' (SEAP Publications, 1994) p.69</ref>
* [[May 14]] – [[Pope Gabriel VIII of Alexandria]], leader of the [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic Christian Church]], dies after a reign of almost 16 years. He is succeeded by [[Pope Mark V of Alexandria|Pope Mark V]].
* [[May 19]] – [[King's Men (playing company)|The King's Men]], a troupe of English professional actors composed primarily of former members of the [[Lord Chamberlain's Men]], is granted its royal patent by King James. The company will give the first performances of many of the plays of [[William Shakespeare]], who is one of the company's 26 principal actors. Named in order of priority on the patent are manager [[Lawrence Fletcher]], Shakespeare, and [[Richard Burbage]].<ref>F. E. Halliday, ''A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964'' (Penguin, 1964) p. 168</ref>
* [[May 26]] – The [[Battle of Sluis (1603)|Battle of Sluis]] is fought at sea off of the Belgian Netherlands as Spanish ships try unsuccessfully to break through a blockade port of the port of [[Sluis]]. The Spanish ships are forced to return to port after at least 414 sailors are killed.<ref>Cesáreo Fernández Duro, ''Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Castilla y Aragón'' ("The Spanish Armada after the Union of the Kingdoms of Castille and Aragon") (Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, 1898) p. 223</ref>
* [[May 29]] – A [[Tabagie (feast)|tabagie feast]] is held in [[Tadoussac, Quebec|Tadoussac]] in the modern-day Canadian province of [[Quebec]], as representatives of France ([[Samuel De Champlain]] and [[François Gravé Du Pont]], form an alliance with representatives of the [[Innu people|Innu]], [[Algonquin people|Algonquin]] and [[Maliseet people|Maliseet]] tribes.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = France in America: The Foundation of the Alliances / La France en Amérique: La fondation des alliances
| work = Library of Congress Global Gateway, France in America
| accessdate = 2013-07-07
| url = http://international.loc.gov/intldl/fiahtml/fiatheme3a.html
}}</ref>
* [[June 7]] – Prince [[Şehzade Mahmud (son of Mehmed III)|Şehzade Mahmud]] of the Ottoman Empire, the 16-year-old son of [[Murad III|Sultan Murad III]], is executed on orders of his father, on advice of the Grand Vizier, after being accused unjustly of an assassination plot.<ref>''The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire'', ed. by Selcuk Aksin Somel (Rowman & Littlefield, 2010) p.41</ref>