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===July&ndash;September===
*[[July 3]] &ndash; The settlement of [[Quebec City]] is founded by [[Samuel de Champlain]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Arthur M. Woodford|title=Charting the Inland Seas: A History of the U.S. Lake Survey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VF1H6E0BNJEC&pg=PA3|year=1991|publisher=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District|isbn=978-0-8143-2499-8|pages=3}}</ref>
*[[August 24]] &ndash; The first official English representative to India, Captain [[William Hawkins (fl. c. 1600)|William Hawkins]], lands at [[Surat]].
*[[September 10]] &ndash; [[John Smith (explorer)|John Smith]] is elected [[President (government title)#Sub-national|council president]] of Jamestown, and begins expanding the fort.
*[[September 21]] &ndash; The [[University of Oviedo]] in Spain is founded.
*[[September 23]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Troitsky monastery|siege of the Troitsky monastery]] by the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] begins in [[Russia]] north of [[Moscow]], but fails after 16 months.