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=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 1]] &ndash; [[Åmål]], [[Sweden]], is granted its city charter.
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Francisco de Lucena]], former Portuguese Secretary of State, is beheaded after being convicted of treason.
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] succeeds his father [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]] as King of France at age 4. His rule will last until his death at age 76 in [[1715]], a total of 72 years, which will be the longest reign of any European monarch in recorded history.
* [[May 19]]
** [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Battle of Rocroi]]: The French defeat the Spanish at [[Rocroi]] in France.
** The [[New England Confederation]] is formed as a military alliance between [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]], [[Plymouth Colony]], [[Saybrook Colony]] (Connecticut), and [[New Haven Colony]].<ref>William Henry Carpenter, Timothy Shay Arthur. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=tj4WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA78 The History of Connecticut: from its earliest settlement to the present time]'' (1872), ch. 5</ref>
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Dutch expedition to Valdivia]]: The Dutch fleet (led by [[Hendrik Brouwer]]) is spotted off [[Carelmapu]] in Chile, soon afterwards landing nearby and plundering the fort and village.
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[First English Civil War]]: [[Battle of Adwalton Moor]] &ndash; Royalists gain control of [[Yorkshire]].