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=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 13]] &ndash; [[Samuel Argall]] captures [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquian]] princess [[Pocahontas]] in [[Passapatanzy, Virginia]], to ransom her for some English prisoners held by her father, [[Chief Powhatan]]. She is brought to [[Henricus]] as a hostage.<ref>Rountree, Helen C. (December 8, 2010). [http://encyclopediavirginia.org/Pocahontas_d_1617 "Pocahontas (d. 1617)"]. [http://encyclopediavirginia.org/ Encyclopedia Virginia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503103811/http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/ |date=May 3, 2017 }}. Retrieved March 4, 2011.</ref> 
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Michael of Russia|Mikhail Romanov]] arrives in [[Moscow]] to begin his reign as Tsar of Russia, after having been elected on March 3.
* [[May 14]] 
**The city of [[Bago, Myanmar|Hanthawaddy]] (now Bago) is restored as the capital of Burma by King Anaukpetlun, who relocates the government from [[Inwa|Ava]] (now Inwa). 
**The ruler of the principality of [[Martaban]], Binnya Dala, surrenders to the armies of King Anaukpetlun of Burma. 
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[War of the Montferrat Succession]]: The defenders of the Italian city of [[Nizza Monferrato]] successfully resist a nine-day siege by the troops of [[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy]].
* [[May 27]] &ndash; After getting an official proclamation that he is the French Governor of [[New France]], explorer [[Samuel de Champlain]] begins exploration of the area westward from [[Quebec]], traveling along the [[Ottawa River]]. 
* [[June 28]] (July 8 N.S.) &ndash; From [[Jamestown, Virginia|Jamestown]], [[John Rolfe]] makes the first shipment to England of [[tobacco]] grown in Virginia, dispatching it on the ship ''The Elizabeth''. <ref name=AlexBrown>Alexander Brown, ''The Genesis of the United States: A Narrative of the Movement in England, 1605-1616, which Resulted in the Plantation of North America by Englishmen'' (Houghton  Mifflin, 1897) p. 639</ref> The tobacco arrives in England after a voyage of three weeks. 
* [[June 29]] &ndash; Fire destroys [[London]]'s famed [[Globe Theatre]], during a performance of Shakespeare's ''Henry VIII''.<ref name="Read1995">{{cite book|author=Alan Read|title=Theatre and Everyday Life: An Ethics of Performance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KPxiAotwtn4C&pg=PA229|year=1995|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-06941-0|pages=229}}</ref>