Editing 1674 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 10]] &ndash; In the [[Ahom kingdom]] in what is now the northeastern Indian state of [[Assam]], Chamaguriya Khamjang Konwar is installed by the Chief Minister, the [[Borbarua]] Debera, as the [[figurehead]] [[List of rulers of Assam|King of Ahom]].  He takes the [[regnal name]] [[Suhung]] and makes plans to have Debera killed.  On April 30, Debera, having learned of the King's intentions, succeeds in having the royal physician poison Suhung's medicine, and installs another ruler.<ref>"Reattribution of the Coins of Suhung", by J. N. Phukan, ''Journal of the Numismatic Society of India'' (1982), pp. 66-70</ref>
* [[April 24]] &ndash; In India, [[Shivaji|Shivaji Bhonsale]], the [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]], captures the [[Kenjalgad|Kenjalgad Fort]] in what is now the [[Maharashtra]] state.
* [[April 26]] &ndash; In the Netherlands, the jurisdiction  of [[William III of England|Willem, Prince of Orange]], [[Stadtholder]] of [[Holland]] (on the west coast, including Amsterdam and Rotterdam) and [[Zeeland]] (southwest coast, including [[Middelburg, Zeeland]]), increases in the [[Dutch Republic]] as his followers in the inland States of Utrecht ([[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]], [[Gelderland]] and [[Overijssel]]) designate him as the hereditary stadtholder.   In 1689, he becomes the King of England in addition to his role as the Stadtholder of the Netherlands. 
* [[May 21]] &ndash; [[John III Sobieski]] is elected by the nobility, as King of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] (to [[1696]]).
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Shivaji Maharaj]] is crowned as Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj of the [[Maratha Empire]] at Raigad Fort in [[India]].
* [[June 12]] &ndash; The British [[East India Company]] arranges a commercial treaty with the [[Maratha Empire]] after [[Sir Henry Oxenden, 3rd Baronet|Henry Oxenden]], the company's deputy governor, meets Emperor Shivaji for his recent coronation.<ref>V. G. Hatalkar, ''Relations Between the French and the Marathas, 1668-1815'' (Chidambaran Press, 1958) p. 11</ref><ref>''Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Maratha period'' (Maharashtra State Directorate of Government Printing, Stationery and Publications, 1967) p. 125</ref>