Editing 1605 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 1]] – Cardinal Alessandro Ottaviano de' Medici, the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Pistoia|Bishop of Pistoia]], is elected by the assembled 61 cardinals at the [[March–April 1605 papal conclave|papal conclave]] after 17 days of balloting. He takes the regnal name of [[Pope Leo XI]] to become the 232nd pope, but serves for less than four weeks.<ref>{{cite book|title=Recusant History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLYvAQAAIAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Catholic Record Society|page=79|language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 8]] – The city of [[Oulu]] ({{langx|sv|Uleåborg}}) is founded by King [[Charles IX of Sweden]].<ref>[https://seura.fi/matkailu/torilla-tavataan-oulun-rikas-kulttuuritarjonta-hellii-kaiken-ikaisia-silla-tapahtumia-ja-festivaaleja-on-tarjolla-lapi-vuoden/ Torilla tavataan! Oulun rikas kulttuuritarjonta hellii matkailijaa, sillä tapahtumia ja festivaaleja on tarjolla läpi vuoden] – ''[[Seura]]'' (in Finnish)</ref>
* [[April 13]] – Tsar [[Boris Godunov]] dies; [[Feodor II of Russia|Feodor II]] accedes to the [[Tsardom of Russia|Russian]] throne.
* [[April 16]]
**[[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] abdicates as [[shogun]] of [[Japan]], becoming ''Ogosho'' (retired shogun). His son [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] succeeds him to the office.<ref>"Cases of Tensho, Bunroku, and Keicho periods, the appointment of samurai families and the granting of the Toyotomi surname", by Kohei Murakawa, ''Komazawa Shigaku'' (2013) pp. 112-129</ref>
**In England, [[John Winthrop]], later governor of the future [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]], marries his first wife (of 4), Mary Forth, daughter of John Forth, of [[Great Stambridge]], [[Essex]].
* [[April 27]] – Pope Leo XI dies suddenly from a cold at the age of 69, after a reign of only 26 days, prompting the return of the cardinals for [[May 1605 papal conclave|the second papal conclave in less than two months]]. During his brief reign, the Pope issued a bill requiring secret balloting in papal conclaves.
* [[May 8]] – A group of 59 Roman Catholic cardinals assemble at Rome for another [[Papal conclave, May 1605|papal conclave]] to elect a successor to Pope Leo XI. During the meeting, a fistfight breaks out among the cardinals over the two rival candidates, [[Antonio Sauli]] and [[Domenico Toschi]], neither of whom receive the necessary 40 votes for a two-thirds election. In the fight, Cardinal [[Alfonso Visconti]] sustains several fractures.<ref>Frederic J. Baumgartner, ''Behind Locked Doors: A History of the Papal Elections'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) p. 141</ref>
* [[May 16]] – Camillo Borghese, Cardinal Vicar of Rome and cardinal-priest of [[Sant'Eusebio]] is elected the 233rd pope, and takes the name of [[Pope Paul V]]. Another "[[Year of Three Popes]]" will not occur until 373 years later, in 1978. Borghese is elected as a compromise candidate after the physical disagreements during the conclave.<ref>{{cite book|author=Tyler Lansford|title=The Latin Inscriptions of Rome: A Walking Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0DPzpiQqiFsC&pg=PA513|date=17 July 2009|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-9149-6|pages=513|language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 1]] – Russian troops in Moscow imprison [[Feodor II of Russia|Feodor II]] and his mother, later executing them.
* [[June 20]] – Pretender [[False Dmitriy I|Dmitriy]] and his supporters, including troops of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], march to Moscow.<ref name=Russia>{{cite book|title=Political History and Culture of Russia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3N6NAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Nova Science Publishers|page=237|language=en}}</ref>