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=== April–June === * [[April 30]] – [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange]] [[Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch|lays siege to]] [['s-Hertogenbosch]], one of Spain's most important fortresses along the Spanish–Dutch border. * [[May 14]]–[[May 28|28]] – [[Huguenot rebellions]]: After a [[Siege of Privas|15-day siege]], [[Louis XIII of France]] captures [[Privas]]. * [[May 22]] – [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Christian IV of Denmark]] and [[Albrecht von Wallenstein]] sign the [[Treaty of Lübeck]], ending Denmark's involvement in the Thirty Years' War. * [[May 29]] – [[Thirty Years' War]]: Prince [[Frederick III of Denmark|Frederick of Denmark]], the [[Lutheran]] administrator of the [[Prince-Bishopric of Verden]], is expelled by the [[Catholic League (German)|Catholic League]] as a result of the [[Edict of Restitution]]. He is replaced by the staunch [[catholic]] [[Francis of Wartenberg]]. * [[June 4]] – The [[Dutch East India Company]] ship ''[[Batavia (1628 ship)|Batavia]]'' is wrecked on a reef near [[Houtman Abrolhos|Beacon Island]], off Western Australia, on her maiden voyage to the Indies. Following mutiny among the survivors, two exiled murderers become the first Europeans to settle in Australia. Their subsequent fate is unknown.<ref>{{cite book|first=Geoffrey|last=Blainey|author-link=Geoffrey Blainey|title=The Tyranny of Distance|url=https://archive.org/details/tyrannyofdistanc00blai|url-access=registration|location=Melbourne|publisher=Sun Books|year=1966|isbn=0-7251-0019-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/tyrannyofdistanc00blai/page/5 5]}}</ref> * [[June 7]] – The Dutch States-General ratifies the [[Dutch West India Company]]'s [[Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions]], making it more attractive to invest in the [[colony]] of [[New Netherland]] in North America. * [[June 17]] ** [[Huguenot rebellions]]: [[Alès]] surrenders after [[Siege of Alès|an intense siege]]. As a result, the leader of the Huguenot Rebellions, the [[Henri, Duke of Rohan|Duke of Rohan]], surrenders. ** [[Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630)]]: A Spanish expedition, led by [[Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Mendoza|Fadrique de Toledo]], [[Battle of St. Kitts (1629)|wipes out]] the English colony on [[Nevis]]. *[[June 19]] – [[Puritan migration to New England (1620–1640)]]: The six ships of Puritans, led by [[Francis Higginson]] in the ''[[Lyon's Whelp]]'', arrive in America at [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]], to settle in the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]]. <ref name=Higginson/> * [[June 28]] – [[Huguenot rebellions]]: [[Louis XIII of France]] signs in his camp at Lédignan the [[Peace of Alès]], ending the Huguenot rebellions. The Huguenots are allowed religious freedom, but lose their political, territorial and military rights.
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