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=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]], a proponent of the [[Counter-Reformation]], is crowned as [[King of Hungary]] at a meeting of the Bohemian diet at [[Bratislava|Pressburg]].
* [[July 3]] &ndash; [[Alonso Fajardo de Entenza]] becomes the new Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines.
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Pluto]] reaches its second most recent [[aphelion]], according to sophisticated mathematical calculations. The next one occurs in [[1866]], and the following one will occur in [[2113]].
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[Lenaert Jacobszoon]] and the crew of the [[Dutch East India Company]] ship ''[[Mauritius (1612)|Mauritius]]'' become the first Europeans to sight what is now the Australian state of [[Western Australia]], landing at the North Cape.
* [[August 29]] &ndash; [[Johan van Oldenbarnevelt]] and [[Hugo Grotius]] are imprisoned by [[Maurice, Prince of Orange]].
* [[September 4]] &ndash; Rodi [[avalanche]]: A [[Rockslide|rock]]- or snowslide buries the [[Alps|Alpine]] town of [[Piuro]], claiming 2,427 victims.<ref>{{cite journal|title=The 10 Worst Snow Disasters in History|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-10-worst-snow-disaste|date=2004-02-16|journal=[[Scientific American]]|access-date=2012-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Today in Switzerland History|url=http://www.historyorb.com/countries/switzerland|work=HistoryOrb|access-date=2012-01-03}}</ref>
* [[September 18]] &ndash; Beginning of the 13th [[Baktun]], in the [[Mesoamerican Long Count calendar]] (12.0.0.0.0).
* [[September 19]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Pilsen]] begins as the first major battle of the [[Thirty Years' War]], as Bohemian Protestants lay siege to the Bohemian Catholic city and lasts for more than two months. 
* [[September 28]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Orynin]] takes place. Polish and Lithuanian Army forces fail to stop an invasion by [[Crimean Tatars]], who then proceed in burning villages in Lithuania and enslaving residents.