Editing 1666 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 20]] &ndash; In colonial British North America, "[[1666 Articles of Peace and Amity|Articles of Peace and Amity]]" are signed between the governments of the [[Province of Maryland]] and 12 Eastern Algonquian tribes — the [[Piscataway people|Piscataways]], [[Nacotchtank|Anacostancks]], [[Doeg people|Doegs]], [[Mattawomans]], [[Potapoco|Portobackes]], [[Chaptico|Chopticos]], Mikikiwomans, Manasquesends, Chingwawateicks, Hangemaicks, Sacayos, and Panyayos.
* [[April 23]] &ndash; On [[Saint Christopher Island]] more commonly called [[St Kitts]], a Caribbean Sea island divided between colonies of England and France, a battle near [[Sandy Point Town]] over control of the territory ends with a victory by the French over a numerically-superior English force two days after English Deputy Governor [[William Watts (colonial administrator)|William Watts]] of Anguilla had sent an expedition to capture the neighbouring island of [[Saint Martin (island)|Saint Martin]].  Governor Watts and the French Governor of Saint-Christophe, [[Charles de Sales]], are both killed in the battle.<ref>W. Earle Lockerby, "Le serment d'allégeance, le service militaire, les déportations et les Acadiens: opinions de France et de Québec aux 17e et 18e siècles", ''Acadiensis'' (March 2008) </ref>
* [[May 12]] &ndash; In [[India]], General [[Shivaji|Shivaji Bhonsale]] of the [[Maratha Empire]] arrives at the [[Agra Fort]] for a meeting with Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] of the [[Mughal Empire]], as part of the terms of peace under the 1665 [[Treaty of Purandar (1665)|Treaty of Purandar]].  After taking offence at the disrespect shown to him, he gets angry and attempts to leave; he and his son Sambhaji are immediately placed under arrest and imprisoned at the fort.<ref>Stewart Gordon, ''The Marathas, 1600–1818'' (Cambridge University Press, 1993) p. 78</ref>
* [[May 13]] &ndash; French theologian [[Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy]] is imprisoned in the [[Bastille]] after his conviction for [[heresy]] in connection with the [[Jansenism|Jansenist movement]]. Sacy uses his two and one-half years of incarceration (which lasts until November 14, 1668), to create the ''Bible du Port-Royal'', a first [[French language]] rendition of the Bible, finishing a translation of the [[Old Testament]] from the [[Vulgate]], written in [[Latin language|Latin]], that had been started by his brother Antoine, and then beginning work on the [[New Testament]]. 
* [[May 21]]
**The [[Holy Roman Empire]], ruled by [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]], repurchases the territory of the [[Duchy of Opole and Racibórz]] (Oppeln und Ratibor), which it had ceded to Poland in 1645, for the sum of 120,000 [[Hungarian forint|guldens]] and consolidates it with Upper Silesia. The territory will be ceded from [[Germany]] to [[Poland]] in 1945 at the end of [[World War II]].
**[[Iliaș Alexandru]] becomes the [[List of rulers of Moldavia|ruler of Moldavia]], part of modern-day [[Romania]].
* [[June 4]] &ndash; [[Molière]]'s comedy of manners ''[[The Misanthrope]]'' is premièred at the [[Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré)|Théâtre du Palais-Royal]] in [[Paris]] by the King's Players with himself in the title role.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W5-nmMMLKn4C&pg=PA19|title=The Misanthrope and Other Plays by Molière|first=Donald M|last=Frame|year=1968|publisher=New American Library |isbn=9780451524157}}</ref>
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Al-Rashid of Morocco|Moulai al-Rashid]] is let into [[Fes]] by the city's Jews, establishing the power of [[Morocco]]'s [[Alawi dynasty]], which will continue into the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite book|editor=Houdas, O.|author=Abū al-Qāsim ibn Aḥmad al-Zayyānī|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5598026d/f32.item#|title=Le Maroc de 1631 à 1812|year=1886|location=Paris|publisher=Ernest Leroux|page=2|language=fr}}</ref>
* [[June 14]] (June 4 [[Julian calendar]]) &ndash; The [[Four Days' Battle]] between the [[Dutch Republic]] fleet (84 ships under the command of Admiral [[Michiel de Ruyter]]) and the English Royal Navy (79 ships led by the [[George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle|Duke of Albemarle]]) in the [[North Sea]], one of the longest naval engagements in history, ends with a retreat by the English after having started on June 11.<ref>Frank L. Fox, ''The Four Days' Battle of 1666: The Greatest Sea Fight of the Age of Sail'' (Seaforth Publishing, 2009)</ref> A part of the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]], the battle ends with a Dutch victory, but heavy losses are sustained on both sides: the English lose 1,000 men and 10 ships are sunk, while the Dutch lose four ships and 1,550 men. Damaged, but not destroyed, the English fleet sets about repairs and refitting, and meets the Dutch fleet again on July 25 in the [[St. James's Day Battle]].