Editing 1602 (section)

=== July–September ===
* [[July 7]] – The German duchy of [[Saxe-Altenburg]], with a capital at [[Altenburg]], is created as a separate duchy as a gift to [[Johann Philipp, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg|Johann Philipp]], the eldest son of his father [[Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar]].
* [[July 26]] – [[William Shakespeare]]'s tragedy [[Hamlet]], recently premiered by the [[Lord Chamberlain's Men]], is licensed for publishing in London but not in fact printed at this time.
* [[July 29]] – [[Juan de Zúñiga Flores]], [[Bishop of Cartagena]], becomes the [[Grand Inquisitor]] of [[Spain]] but serves for only five months before his death at the age of 55.
* [[August 22]] – [[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak]], the prime minister for [[India]]'s [[Mughal Empire|Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]], is assassinated at [[Narwar]] as part of a plot by Emperor Akbar's son, [[Jahangir|Prince Salim]], who will later succeed Akbar as Emperor Jahangir.<ref>R. C. Majumdar, ''The Mughul Empire'' (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 2007) p. 167.</ref> Abu'l-Fazl's killer, [[Vir Singh Bundela]], sends the victim's severed head to Prince Salim as proof of the plot's success. 
* [[September 1]] – The [[Mutiny of Hoogstraten]], a rebellion by soldiers of the [[Army of Flanders]], begins with the seizure by 3,000 disgruntled mercenaries of the town of [[Hoogstraten]] (now in Belgium). The mutineers hold the town for almost two years before surrendering on 18 May 1604. 
* [[September 10]] – [[Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell|Rory O'Donnell]] (Rudhraighe Ó Domhnaill) becomes the last Irish [[List of rulers of Tyrconnell|King of Tyrconnell]] upon the death of his brother, [[Hugh Roe O'Donnell]] (Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill). After less than a year, Rory allows Tyrconnell (modern-day [[County Donegal]] in [[Northern Ireland]]) to come under Irish control in return for being created the [[Earl of Tyrconnell]]. 
* [[September 12]] – King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland receives the delivery of eight specially woven [[Persian carpet]]s displaying Poland's royal [[coat of arms]], after having dispatched agent Sefer Muratowicz to [[Kashan]].<ref>Erdmann, Kurt; Hanna. ''Seven Hundred Years of Oriental Carpets'' (University of California Press, 1970)</ref>
* [[September 20]] – The [[Siege of Grave (1602)|siege]] of the Spanish Netherlands town of [[Grave, Netherlands|De Graaf]] ends after two months as a Dutch and English army forces the surrender of the Spanish defenders.<ref>R. B. Wernham, ''The Return of the Armadas: The Last Years of the Elizabethan Wars Against Spain 1595–1603'' (Clarendon Press, 2004) pp. 411-412.</ref>
* [[September 30]] – The [[siege of Weissenstein]], a Swedish town that is now [[Paide]] in [[Estonia]], ends after four months with a victory of 2,000 Polish and Lithuanian troops commanded by [[Jan Zamoyski]], the [[Hetmans of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Great Crown Hetman]] of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].