Events January–June January 4 – The Cortes of Castile approves a new subsidy, the millones. March 4 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, takes Breda, by concealing 68 of his best men in a peat-boat, to get through the impregnable defences. March 14 – Battle of Ivry: Henry IV of France again defeats the forces of the Catholic League, under Charles, Duke of Mayenne. May–August – Henry IV of France unsuccessfully attempts to besiege Paris. Henry is forced to raise the siege, when Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma comes to its rescue with a Spanish army. May 17 – Anne of Denmark is crowned queen consort of Scotland, at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh. May 21 – The Treaty of Constantinople is signed. July–December August 18 – John White, governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply-trip to England and finds his settlement deserted. After the unsuccessful search, he returns to England on October 24. September 5 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Henry IV of France to lift the siege of Paris. September 15 – Urban VII succeeds Sixtus V, as the 228th pope; he dies of malaria twelve days later. September 15 – The Neulengbach earthquake causes significant damage and some loss of life, in Lower Austria and Vienna; the effects are felt as far as Bohemia and Silesia. December 5 – Gregory XIV succeeds Urban VII, as the 229th pope. December 7 – North Berwick witch trials: Agnes Sampson is questioned by King James VI of Scotland, and confesses to practising witchcraft. Date unknown Orthodox Patriarch Meletius I of Alexandria succeeds Silvester. Japan is united by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The Spanish are pushed out of southern Gelderland, by the Dutch forces. Births January–June January 9 – Simon Vouet, French painter (d. 1649) January 13 – Arthur Bell, English Franciscan martyr (d. 1643) January 20 – Edward Convers, American settler (d. 1663) January 27 – Charles Caesar, English politician and judge (d. 1642) January 30 – Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford (d. 1676) February 7 – Barthold Nihus, Roman Catholic priest (d. 1657) March – Roger Ludlow, one of the founders of the colony (later the state) of Connecticut (d. 1664) March 6 – Margaret of the Blessed Sacrament, French Discalced Carmelite nun (d. 1660) March 10 – Dietrich Reinkingk, German lawyer and politician (d. 1664) March 18 – Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Spanish and