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=== July–September === * [[July 2]] – [[Luis de Velasco, 1st Marquess of Salinas del Río Pisuerga|Luis de Velasco]] returns to office as the Spanish Viceroy of New Spain, which at this time includes Mexico, parts of the future United States and much of Central America. Velasco had previously been Viceroy from 1590 to 1595, then served as Viceroy of Peru (encompassing much of South America) from 1596 to 1604. He serves as New Spain's viceroy until 1611. * [[July 5]] – [[Zebrzydowski Rebellion]]: The [[Battle of Guzów]] is fought in Poland near [[Guzów, Szydłowiec County|Guzów]] against rebels by the combined armies of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], led by Poland's Hetman, General [[Stanisław Żółkiewski]], and the Hetman of Lithuania, [[Jan Karol Chodkiewicz]]. The rebels, led by [[Mikołaj Zebrzydowski]] and [[Janusz Radziwiłł (1579–1620)|Janusz Radziwiłł]], are forced to retreat. * [[July 10]] – Ottoman Grand Vizier [[Kuyucu Murad Pasha]] launches a secret expedition to confront rebel Kurdish tribal chief [[Ali Janbulad]], who has seized control of [[Aleppo Eyalet|Aleppo]] in what is now [[Syria]]. * [[July 17]] – In the (modern-day) South Kalimantan province of Indonesia, Sultan Mustain Billah of [[Sultanate of Banjar|Banjar]] orders the massacre of the crew of a Netherlands East India Company ship visiting the capital at [[Banjarmasin]]. * [[July 20]] – The second "[[False Dmitry II|False Dmitry]]", one of three people claiming to be [[Dmitry of Uglich|Dmitry Ivanovich]], son of the late Tsar [[Ivan the Terrible]], appears at the Russian town of [[Starodub]] and persuades residents that he is the rightful heir to the Russian throne. * [[August 3]] – After Catholics and Protestants clash in [[Donauwörth]], emperor [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolph II]] declares an [[imperial ban]] over the city and orders Bavarian duke [[Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria|Maximilian I]] to execute the ban leading to the occupation of the city by a force of 15,000 in December. This in turn leads to the creation of the [[Protestant Union]] in 1608. * [[August 13]] – The ship ''Gift of God'' of the [[Plymouth Company]] arrives at the mouth of the modern-day [[Kennebec River]] in [[Maine]]. English colonists establish [[Fort St. George (Popham Colony)|Fort St. George]], also known as the [[Popham Colony]]. The settlement lasts little more than a year, before residents return to England in the first oceangoing ship built in the [[New World]], a 30-ton [[Full-rigged pinnace|pinnace]] called ''The Virginia''. * [[September 5]] – ''[[Hamlet]]'' is performed aboard the [[East India Company]] ship ''Red Dragon'', under the command of Capt. [[William Keeling]], anchored off the coast of [[Sierra Leone]], the first known performance of a Shakespeare play outside England in English, and the first by amateurs. * [[September 10]] – Jamestown President [[Edward Maria Wingfield]] is deposed and [[John Ratcliffe (governor)|John Ratcliffe]] elected. * [[September 14]] – [[Flight of the Earls]]: [[Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone]], and [[Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell]], flee [[Gaelic Ireland|Ireland]] for [[Spanish Empire|Spain]] with 90 followers, to avoid capture by the English crown, never to return. * September – The [[Scrooby Congregation]] of Protestant [[English Separatists]] attempt to flee to the [[Dutch Republic]] from [[Boston, Lincolnshire]], but are betrayed, arrested and imprisoned for a time.
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