Editing 1667 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 6]] &ndash; The [[1667 Dubrovnik earthquake]] in the [[Republic of Ragusa]] (part of modern-day [[Croatia]]) kills as many as 5,000 people, roughly one sixth of the population, and levels most of the buildings in [[Dubrovnik]].
* [[April 27]] &ndash; The blind, impoverished, 58-year-old [[John Milton]] seals a contract for publication of ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' with London printer [[Samuel Simmons (printer)|Samuel Simmons]], for an initial payment of £5.<ref>Equivalent to approximately £7,400 income in 2008. {{cite web|url=http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/|work=MeasuringWorth|year=2010|title=Purchasing Power of British Pounds from 1264 to Present|access-date=2011-03-13}}</ref><ref name="ODNB Milton">{{cite ODNB|first=Gordon|last=Campbell|title=Milton, John (1608–1674)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18800|access-date=2013-07-05|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/18800|quote=The sums involved are modest but quite normal.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Lindenbaum|first=Peter|year=1995|title=Authors and Publishers in the Late Seventeenth Century: New Evidence on their Relations|journal=The Library|publisher=Oxford University Press|volume=s6-17|issue=3|pages=250–269|issn=0024-2160|doi=10.1093/library/s6-17.3.250}}</ref> The first edition is published in October<ref name="ODNB Milton"/> and sells out in eighteen months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/milton.asp|title=John Milton's Paradise Lost|publisher=[[Morgan Library & Museum]]|access-date=2011-04-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174000/http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/milton.asp|archive-date=July 21, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[May 1]] &ndash; A Dutch flotilla under [[Willem Joseph van Ghent|Admiral van Ghent]] enters the [[Firth of Forth]].<ref name=Uglow>{{cite book|authorlink=Jenny Uglow|first=Jenny|last=Uglow|title=A Gambling Man|location=London|publisher=Faber|year=2010|orig-year=2009|isbn=978-0-571-21734-2|pages=406–26}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] &ndash; Prince Prithviraj Singh, eldest son of the [[Maharaja]] [[Jaswant Singh of Marwar|Jaswant Singh]] of the [[Jodhpur State|Kingdom of Marwar]] (within India's [[Mughal Empire]], part of the modern-day [[Rajasthan]] state) dies painfully at the age of 14, supposedly after putting on a [[khalat]] (a ceremonial robe) given to him by the Mughal Emperor [[Aurangzeb]].  According to the folklore of Marwar, the khalat was actually a [[poison dress|garment infused with poison]] that penetrated the skin. 
* [[May 22]] &ndash; Fabio Chigi, [[Pope Alexander VII]], dies at the age of 68 after a reign of 12 years. The election to find a successor opens on June 2.
* [[May 24]] &ndash; After King [[Philip IV of Spain]] reneges on payment of a large [[dowry]] to King [[Louis XIV]] of France, promised to Louis as a gift for Louis' marriage to Philip's daughter [[Maria Theresa of Spain|Princess Maria Theresa]], the [[War of Devolution]] begins between [[France]] and [[Spain]]. The French Army invades the [[Spanish Netherlands]] (modern-day Belgium), entering [[Flanders]] and [[Franche-Comté]]. By the time the war ends on May 2, 1668, parts of the Spanish Netherlands are ceded to France. 
* [[June 15]] &ndash; The first human [[blood transfusion]] is administered by Dr. [[Jean-Baptiste Denys]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=The history of peripheral intravenous catheters: How little plastic tubes revolutionized medicine|first=A. M.|last=Rivera|display-authors=etal|journal=Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica|volume=56|year=2005|issue=3 |page=273|pmid=16265830 }}</ref> He transfuses the blood of a sheep to a 15-year-old boy. (Though this operation is a success, a later patient dies from the procedure and Denys is accused of murder). 
* [[June 19]]–[[June 24|24]] &ndash; The [[raid on the Medway]] in England is carried out when a fleet from the [[Dutch Republic]] under Admiral [[Michiel de Ruyter]] takes [[Sheerness]] fort, sails up the [[River Medway]], raids [[Chatham Dockyard]], and tows away the royal flagship ''The Royal Charles''.<ref name=CBH190191>{{cite book |last1=Palmer |first1=Alan |last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica |year=1992 |title=The Chronology of British History |publisher=Century Ltd |location=London |pages=190–191 |isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] &ndash; Giulio Rospigliosi is [[1667 papal conclave|elected by the College of Cardinals]] to succeed the late [[Pope Alexander VII]], after receiving 61 of the 64 votes of the cardinals present.  He takes the regnal name [[Pope Clement IX]], becoming the 238th head of the Roman Catholic Church.
* [[June 26]] &ndash; [[Louis XIV]] of France conquers [[Tournai]].
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham|George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham]], one of the five members of the [[Cabal ministry]] in England (Lords Chudleigh, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley and Lauderdale), turns himself in after a warrant for his arrest is issued on February 25 on charges of treason (including the casting of the [[horoscope]] of King Charles II). He is held in the [[Tower of London]]<ref name=Uglow/> for four years before being released on July 17, 1671.