Editing 1606 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 10]] &ndash; [[Charter of 1606]]: The First [[s:Charter of Virginia, 1606|Charter of Virginia]] is adopted, by which [[James VI and I|King James I of England]] grants rights to the [[Virginia Company]] (comprising the [[London Company]] and [[Plymouth Company]]) to settle parts of the east coast of North America.
* [[April 12]] &ndash; The first version of the [[Union Flag]] is created,<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref> to be worn as a [[national flag]] by [[Kingdom of England|English]] and [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scottish]] ships.
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Venetian Interdict]]: [[Pope Paul V]] places the [[Republic of Venice]] under an [[Interdict (Catholic canon law)|interdict]], as well as excommunicating [[Leonardo Donato]], the [[Doge of Venice]], and members of the Venetian Senate. <ref>"The Impact of Jacques Gillot's Actes du Concile de Trente (1607) in the Debate Concerning the Council of Trent in France", by Tom Hamilton, in ''The Council of Trent: Reform and Controversy in Europe and Beyond (1545-1700)'' (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2018) p. 376</ref>
* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[Pedro Fernandes de Queirós]] discovers the islands of [[Vanuatu]] (formerly the New Hebrides). <ref>William Eisler, ''The Furthest Shore: Images of Terra Australis from the Middle Ages to Captain Cook'' (Cambridge University Press, 1995) p.47</ref> Believing them to be Australia, he names them ''{{Lang|es|La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo}}''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Richardson|first=William A. R.|title=Was Australia Charted Before 1606: the Jave la Grande Inscriptions|location=Australia|publisher=Everbest|year=2008|page=20}}</ref>
* [[May 17]] &ndash; Russia's [[Dmitry I of Russia|Tsar Dmitry I]] is assassinated in the [[Kremlin]] by supporters of [[Vasili Shuisky]].
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[Vasili IV of Russia|Vasili Ivanovich Shuisky]] becomes the new Tsar of Russia as Vasili IV.
* [[June]] or [[October]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1606)|Battle of Cape St. Vincent]]: An improvised Spanish fleet under [[Luis Fajardo (Spanish Navy officer)|Luis Fajardo]] defeats the Dutch fleet under [[Willem de Zoete|Willem Haultain]].
* [[June 21]] &ndash; [[Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha|Derviş Mehmed Pasha]] is appointed the new [[Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] by [[Ahmed I|Sultan Ahmed I]] after [[Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha]] dies of a stroke. Derviş Mehmed serves less than six months before Ahmed suddenly has him executed.
*[[June 22]] &ndash; By Act of Parliament in England, all Roman Catholics in England become required to [[Oath of Allegiance of James I of England|swear an oath of allegiance to King James I]], a Protestant raised in the Presbyterian Church in Scotland. <ref>W. B. Patterson, ''King James VI and I and the Reunion of Christendom'' (Cambridge University Press, 2000) p. 80</ref>
* [[June 23]] &ndash; A [[Treaty of Vienna (1606)|treaty is signed in Vienna]] between the [[Archduchy of Austria]] and the semi-independent  [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Principality of Transylvania]].  [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Rudolf]] agrees to recognize [[Stephen Bocskai]] as Prince of Transylvania in return for Bocksay's guarantee of constitutional and religious rights to the ethnic Hungarians within Transylvania's borders.