Editing 1612 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 10]] &ndash; In England, 12 persons who become known as the [[Pendle witches]] allegedly hold a [[coven]] at the [[Malkin Tower]] in [[Lancashire]] on Good Friday, after which 10 people die mysteriously.<ref>"The Lancashire Witches in Historical Context", by James Sharpe, in ''The Lancashire Witches: Histories and Stories'', ed. by Robert Poole, (Manchester University Press, 2002) p.2</ref> All but two of the accused witches are tried for causing harm by witchcraft on August 18.
* [[April 11]] &ndash; In [[Lichfield]], [[Edward Wightman]], a [[Radical Reformation|radical Anabaptist]], becomes the last person to be [[Execution by burning|burned at the stake]] in England as punishment for [[heresy]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
* [[May 10]] &ndash; [[Shah Jahan|Prince Khurram]], the 20-year-old son of the Mughal Emperor [[Jahangir]], marries 19-year-old [[Mumtaz Mahal|Arjumand Banu Begum]] at a ceremony in [[Delhi]]. In 1628, Khurram becomes the Emperor Shah Jahan with Arjumand Begum as his chief consort Mumtaz Mahal. Arjumand dies in 1631 and Khurram later commissions and builds the [[Taj Mahal]] in her memory.<ref>{{cite book|author=Soma Mukherjee|title=Royal Mughal Ladies and Their Contributions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v-2TyjzZhZEC&pg=PA52|year=2001|publisher=Gyan Books|isbn=978-81-212-0760-7|pages=52|language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] &ndash; A [[Kingdom of Sicily|Sicilian]]–[[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] galley fleet [[Raid on La Goulette (1612)|defeats]] the [[Ottoman Tunisia|Tunisian]]s at La Goulette after a battle.
* [[June 13]] &ndash; [[Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Matthias of Austria]] is formally elected as the new [[Holy Roman Emperor]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology"/>
* [[June 26]] &ndash; The coronation of Matthias as Holy Roman Emperor takes place at the [[Frankfurt Cathedral]].