Editing 1606 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; Scottish minister [[Patrick Simson]] and 44 other ministers of the [[Church of Scotland]] sign Simson's Protest to the Scottish Parliament against the introduction to Scotland of a hierarchy of bishops.
* [[July 3]] &ndash; The Russian Orthodox bishop [[Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow|Hermogenes]] is installed as the new [[Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia]], replacing [[Ignatius of Moscow|Ignatius]].
* [[July 10]]
**[[Simion Movilă]] becomes the new [[Prince of Moldavia]] upon the death of his older brother, [[Ieremia Movilă]]. Simion will reign for only 14 months before being poisoned on September 14, 1607. 
**England deports 47 Roman Catholic priests, including [[Thomas Garnet]], putting them on board a ship bound for [[Flanders]] in what is now [[Belgium]]. A royal proclamation is read to the group, warning them that they will be put to death if they ever return to the British Isles. 
* [[July 14]] &ndash; The expedition commanded by Portuguese explorer [[Luís Vaz de Torres]], with the ships ''San Pedrico'' and ''Los Tres Reyes Magos'', makes the first European sighting of South Pacific islands in [[New Guinea]], starting with [[Rossel Island]] and [[Tagula Island]]. Discoveries follow on July 18 ([[Basilaki Island]] and [[Sideia Island]]), July 20 (the [[Dumoulin Islands (Louisiade)|Dumoulin Islands]] and [[Sariba Island]], and July 30 ([[Doini Island]]). 
* [[July 24]] &ndash; King [[Christian IV of Denmark]], as the guest of his brother-in-law, [[James VI and I|King James of England, Scotland and Ireland]], is welcomed at [[London]], and the two monarchs are driven by coaches to a banquet at [[Theobalds House]] at [[Cheshunt]], [[Hertfordshire]]. They are entertained by playwright [[Ben Jonson]]'s play, ''[[The Entertainment of the Kings of Great Britain and Denmark]]''.
* [[July 31]] &ndash; Playwright [[John Marston (playwright)|John Marston]] presents his own original play to King James and King Christian during the Danish monarch's visit to London.
* [[August 16]] &ndash; [[Battle of Cape Rachado]]: A [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] fleet is defeated by the [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]].
* [[August]] (''approx.'') &ndash; Possible first performance of [[William Shakespeare]]'s tragedy ''[[Macbeth]]'' in [[London]].<ref name="Shak.Encyc.">Scholars date completion as between 1603 and 1606. {{cite book|first=Charles|last=Boyce|title=Encyclopaedia of Shakespeare|location=New York|publisher=Roundtable Press|year=1990}}</ref><ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=166–168|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[September 20]] &ndash; The trial of alleged poisoners in the [[Frankenstein gravediggers scandal]] begins in the Bohemian town of [[Ząbkowice Śląskie|Frankenstein]].