Editing 1606 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 2]] &ndash; King [[Charles IX of Sweden]] founds the city of [[Vaasa]], to the [[Korsholm|Korsholm Parish]] in the [[Coastal Ostrobothnia]].<ref>[https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000004424888.html HS: Kaarle IX perusti Vaasan 1606] (in Finnish)</ref>
* [[October]] &ndash; [[Luís Vaz de Torres]] is the first [[Europe]]an to sail through the [[Torres Strait]].
* [[November 11]] &ndash; The [[Peace of Zsitvatorok]] is signed, between the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] and [[Holy Roman Empire]]s. The independence of [[Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)|Transylvania]] is recognized by both sides, and [[Archduchy of Austria|Austria]]'s annual tribute to the Ottomans is abolished.
* [[December 19]] &ndash; The ''[[Susan Constant]]'' sets out from the [[River Thames]] in England leading the [[Virginia Company]]'s fleet for the foundation of [[Jamestown, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Evelyn Wrench|author2=Sir Evelyn Wrench|title=Transatlantic London: Three Centuries of Association Between England and America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nHADAAAAMAAJ|year=1949|publisher=Hutchinson|page=5}}</ref>
* [[December 26]] &ndash; [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[King Lear]]'' is given its first recorded performance, staged at the [[Palace of Whitehall]]. <ref>"The Tragedy of King Lear", in ''The New Cambridge Shakespeare'', ed. by Jay L. Halio (Cambridge University Press, 1992) p.1</ref>