Editing 1604 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 4]] &ndash; The [[Jesuits etc. Act 1603|Jesuits Act 1603]] (officially "An Act for the due execution of the Statutes against Jesuits, seminary Priests and recusants") is given royal assent by King James I of England to create penalties against Jesuits and Catholics who send their children abroad to Catholic colleges.<ref>"Toleration and Diplomacy: The Religious Issue in Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1603–1605", by Albert J. Loomie, ''Transactions of the American Philosophical Society'' ((1963), p. 31</ref>
* [[July 7]]
**On 11 Safar 1013 AH in the Islamic calendar, the decree of Ottoman Sultan [[Ahmed I]] is read aloud in the [[Masjid al-Haram|Great Mosque of Mecca]], declaring that [[Idris ibn Hasan]] has been proclaimed the new [[Sharif of Mecca]], in partnership with Idris's brother [[Fuhayd ibn Hasan]] and Idris and Fuhayd's nephew, [[Muhsin ibn Husayn]]
**King James angrily dismisses the English parliament after failing to get full financial subsidies. He tells the members in his closing speech, "I am not of such a stock as to praise fools."<ref>Pauline Croft, ''King James'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003) p. 62</ref>
* [[July 16]] &ndash; The last of the 18 sessions of the English and Spanish peace conference is held at the [[Somerset House#Old Somerset House|Old Somerset House]] in [[London]], with the parties reaching an agreement on terms of a treaty.
* [[July 22]] &ndash; King James begins fundraising for his project for [[King James Version|an accurate translation of the Holy Bible into English]], asking [[Richard Bancroft]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], to contact all Anglican churches for donations. 
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha|Sokolluzade Mehmed Pasha]] becomes the new [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers#Absolute monarchy (1320–1839)|Ottoman Grand Vizier]], replacing the late [[Yavuz Ali Pasha]]
* [[August 18]] &ndash; England concludes the [[Treaty of London (1604)|Treaty of London]] with Spain, ending the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)]], an intermittent conflict within the [[Eighty Years' War]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=George Chapman|author2=Ben Jonson|author3=John Marston|title=Eastward Ho|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTxRAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-0-7190-1514-4|page=18|language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 19]] &ndash; The Dutch [[Siege of Sluis (1604)|siege of Sluis]] in the Spanish Netherlands ends after three months, a day after relief troops commanded by General [[Ambrogio Spinola]] retreat. At least 2,000 of the members of the Spanish garrison inside had been killed or incapacitated by disease and famine. Sluis becomes part of the Netherlands afterward.
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Sri]] ''[[Guru Granth Sahib]]'', the religious text of [[Sikhism]], whose compilation by [[Guru Arjan]] was completed on August 29, is installed at [[Harmandir Sahib]] in [[Amritsar]].
* [[September 20]] &ndash; After a bloody [[Siege of Ostend|three-year siege]]. [[Ostend]] is finally captured by [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] forces under [[Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases|Ambrogio Spinola]]