Editing 1602 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 20]] – The [[Danish–Icelandic Trade Monopoly]] is established.
* [[May 25]] ([[May 15]] Old Style) – English explorer [[Bartholomew Gosnold]], sailing in the ''Concord'', becomes the first European at [[Cape Cod]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ancientlights.org/gosnold.html|title=Gosnold: 1602|publisher=Ancient Lights|author=Karle Schlieff|language=English|accessdate=26 December 2022}}</ref>
* [[June 2]] – Dutch explorer [[Joris van Spilbergen]] lands on the eastern side of the island of [[Sri Lanka]], at Santhamuruthu, and begins the process of attempting to establish a relationship with the rulers of the [[Kingdom of Kandy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lankalibrary.com/geo/dutch/wimala.htm|title=Vimala Dharma Suriya I of Kandy}}</ref>
* [[June 3]] – [[Anglo-Spanish War (1585)]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sesimbra Bay]] off of the coast of [[Portugal]]: Five galleons of the English Royal Navy defeat a larger force of Spanish Navy ships.<ref>R. B. Wernham, ''The Return of the Armadas: The Last Years of the Elizabethan Wars Against Spain 1595–1603'' (Clarendon Press, 1994) pp. 395-396.</ref>
* [[June 5]] – [[James Lancaster]]'s [[East India Company]] fleet arrives at Achin (modern-day [[Aceh]]), [[Sumatra]] to deal with the local ruler. Having defeated [[Portuguese Empire|Portugal]]'s ally, the ruler is happy to do business, and Lancaster seizes a large Portuguese [[galleon]] and loots it.
* [[June 17]] – An expedition of 14 Dutch Republic ships, commanded by Admiral Wybrand van Warwijck, departs from [[Texel]] on its expedition to the [[East Indies]].
* [[June 18]] – [[Nine Years' War (Ireland)]]: [[Dunboy Castle]] in [[Ireland]] is taken by the English after 143 Irish defenders had withstood an 11-day siege by more than 4,000 English soldiers under the command of [[George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes|Sir George Carew]]. Of the 143 soldiers, who had been loyal to [[Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare]], 85 are killed in the siege, and the 58 survivors are hanged after the English victory.<ref>{{cite book|first=Mary Francis|last=Cusack|title=An Illustrated History of Ireland: From the Earliest Period|publisher=Irish National Publications|year=1868|page=410}}</ref>