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===April&ndash;June===
*[[April 10]] &ndash; [[Jamestown supply missions]]: [[Christopher Newport]] again sails for England, carrying Powhatan's tribesman Namontack for a visit to London.
*[[April 19]] &ndash; The [[Burning of Derry]] launches [[O'Doherty's Rebellion]] in the [[Kingdom of Ireland]].
*[[April 20]] &ndash; [[Old Bushmills Distillery]] is first licensed to distil [[Irish whiskey|whiskey]] at [[Bushmills, County Antrim|Bushmills]], [[County Antrim]], Ireland by [[James VI and I|King James I]].
*[[May 8]] &ndash; A newly [[Nationalization|nationalized]] silver mine in Scotland at [[Hilderston, West Lothian]] is re-opened by [[Bevis Bulmer]].<ref>Samuel Lythe, ''The Economy of Scotland in Its European Setting, 1550-1625'' (Edinburgh, 1960), pp. 55-6.</ref>
*[[May 14]] &ndash; The [[Protestant Union]] is founded in [[Auhausen]].
*[[June 15]] &ndash; During a voyage in the [[Arctic Ocean]], explorer [[Henry Hudson]] and the crew of the ''Hopewell'' sight what they claim to be a [[mermaid]], swimming in the seas near [[Norway]]. <ref>Francis L. Hawks, ''The Adventures of Henry Hudson'' (D. Appleton & Company, 1842) p.37</ref>
*[[June 26]] &ndash; [[Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor|Matthias I]], already [[List of Bohemian monarchs|King of Bohemia]] becomes the [[List of Hungarian monarchs|King of Hungary]] and the [[List of rulers of Croatia|King of Croatia]] upon the abdication of both jobs by his older brother, [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolf II]], who continues as [[Holy Roman Emperor]].