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=== July–September === * [[July 1]] – Anglo-Spanish War: [[Action of Atacames Bay]] – English [[privateer]] [[Richard Hawkins]] in the [[English ship Dainty (1588)|''Dainty'']] is attacked and captured by a Spanish squadron off [[Esmeraldas, Ecuador|Esmeraldas]] (now in [[Ecuador]]). <ref>David F. Marley, ''Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present'' (ABC-CLIO, 1994)</ref> * [[July 3]] – The [[Siamese–Cambodian War (1591–1594)|Ayutthayan–Cambodian War (1591–1594)]] concludes when [[Naresuan]], ruler of the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]], sacks [[Longvek]], capital of [[Cambodia]]. * [[July 22]] – After a [[Siege of Groningen (1594)|two-month siege]], the city of [[Groningen]] submits to Dutch troops, bringing the whole northern Netherlands under the [[Dutch Republic]]. * [[August 25]] – [[San Luis, Argentina|San Luis]], in the [[Viceroyalty of Peru]] (now in [[Argentina]]), is founded by Luis Jufré de Loaysa y Meneses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fundación de la Ciudad de San Luis |url=https://www.efemeridesargentina.com.ar/efemeridesargentina/default.asp?opt=1&condicion=5&buscar_efemerides=si&id_efemerides=1771 |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.efemeridesargentina.com.ar |language=es}}</ref> * [[August 28]] – [[Farkas Kovacsóczy]], who has served as [[Chancellor of Transylvania]] for 16 years, is arrested on orders of Prince [[Sigismund Báthory]], and [[István Jósika]] is appointed in his place. Kovacsóczy is imprisoned at [[Gherla|Szamosújvár]] (now Gherla in Romania) and executed by strangulation on September 11. <ref>László Markó, ''A magyar állam főméltóságai Szent Istvántól napjainkig – Életrajzi Lexikon'' ("The High Officers of the Hungarian State from Saint Stephen to the Present Days – A Biographical Encyclopedia") (Helikon Kiadó Kft., 2006) p.113</ref> * [[August 30]] – Diplomats meet at [[Stirling Castle]] for the [[Masque at the baptism of Prince Henry]], heir to the throne of Scotland. <ref>Clare McManus, ''Women on the Renaissance Stage: Anna of Denmark and Female Masquing in the Stuart Court, 1590–1618'' (Manchester, 2002), p. 83.</ref> * [[September 6]] – In France, [[Morlaix]], a walled city in Brittany controlled by the Spanish Army and the ''[[Catholic League (French)|Ligue catholique]]'', is [[Siege of Morlaix (1594)|besieged by the French Royal Army]] led by Marshal [[Jean VI d'Aumont]]. <ref>Wallace T. MacCaffrey, '' Elizabeth I: War and Politics, 1588-1603'' (Princeton University Press, 1994) pp. 193</ref> The French Army is supplemented by 2,000 troops commanded by [[John Norris (soldier)|John Norreys]]. * [[September 17]] – A fleet of six ships, commanded by the [[privateer]] [[Martin Frobisher]], arrives at Morlaix and prepares to bombard the city, under siege by the French Army. The Spanish Army commander of the Morlaix garrison surrenders, rather than facing the city's destruction. <ref>Hugh Bicheno, ''Elizabeth's Sea Dogs: How England's Mariners Became the Scourge of the Seas'' (Conway, 2012) pp. 279–280</ref>
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