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=== April–June === * [[April 13]] – King [[Charles II of England]] suspends Parliament after just nine weeks when the members refuse to vote additional funding to him.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=191–192|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref> * [[April 20]] – An uprising by the [[Chahars]] in the Chinese Empire region of Inner Mongolia, led by brothers Abunai Khan and Lubuzung Khan with 3,000 followers, is harshly put down by Imperial troops of the Manchu dynasty. Survivors of the battle, part of the [[Revolt of the Three Feudatories]], are put to death. * [[April 27]] – [[Lê Hy Tông]] becomes the new Emperor of [[Đại Việt|Vietnam]] at the age of 12, after being appointed as a figurehead by the warlord [[Trịnh Tạc]] upon the death of [[Lê Gia Tông]]. * [[April]] – [[English people|English]] merchant [[Anthony de la Roché]], blown off course after rounding [[Cape Horn]] eastabout, makes the first discovery of land south of the [[Antarctic Convergence]], landing on [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands#South Georgia|South Georgia]] and (probably) [[Gough Island]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Robert|last=Headland|title=The Island of South Georgia|edition=2nd|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1992|isbn=0-521-42474-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Francisco|last=de Seixas y Lovera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l7PWN7_1wAoC&q=Descripcion%20geographica%2C%20y%20derrotero%20de%20la%20region%20austral%20Magallanica&pg=PT96|title=Descripcion geographica, y derrotero de la region austral Magallanica|location=Madrid|publisher=Antonio de Zafra|year=1690}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Wace|first=N. M.|year=1969|title=The discovery, exploitation and settlement of the Tristan da Cunha Islands|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch)|volume=10|pages=11–40}}</ref> * [[May 6]] – The [[Siege of Ponda]], an action by the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] in southern India against the [[Adil Shahi dynasty|Sultanate of Bijapur]], ends after four weeks when the [[Mughal Empire]] fails to send reinforcements. Most of the defenders are massacred after Emperor [[Shivaji]]'s troops storm the fortress in what is now a small city in the Indian state of [[Goa]]. * [[May 15]] – After [[Swedish invasion of Brandenburg (1674–75)|an invasion and attempt to take over]] the German principality of [[Margraviate of Brandenburg|Brandenburg]], the army of [[Sweden]] makes its first conquest, forcing the surrender of the fortress at [[Löcknitz]]. * [[May 18]] – Misirliohlu Ibrahim Pasha becomes the new ruler of [[Ottoman Tripolitania|Tripolitania]], a province of the Ottoman Empire at the time and now part of the North African nation of [[Libya]]. He reigns for 19 months as the Beylerbey of Tripoli. * [[May 23]] – [[Sujinphaa]] becomes the new figurehead monarch of the [[Ahom kingdom]] in northeastern India, enthroned at the capital at [[Garhgaon]] (now in the Indian state of [[Assam]]), after [[Gobar Roja]] is deposed and executed by order of the nobles who control the nation. * [[June 1]] – The [[Torsåker witch trials]] is concluded in Sweden with the execution of 71 people (65 of them women) executed on the same day at the village of Häxberget. The condemned prisoners are beheaded and their bodies are then burned.<ref>Lars Guvå, ''Ångermanland'' (Almqvist & Wiksell, 1984) p. 135</ref><ref> ''Rättshistoriskt bibliotek'' ("Legal history library"), Vol. 48 (Institutet för rättshistorisk forskning, 1962)</ref> * [[June 8]] – [[John Sassamon]]'s alleged murderers are executed at [[Plymouth, Massachusetts]]. * [[June 11]] – Armed [[Wampanoag (tribe)|Wampanoag warriors]] are reported traveling around [[Swansea, Massachusetts]]. * [[June 14]] – Colonial authorities of [[Rhode Island]], [[Plymouth Colony|Plymouth]], and [[Massachusetts]] attempt a negotiation with [[Metacomet]] (King Philip), leader of the Wampanoags, and seek guarantees of fidelity from the [[Nipmuck]] and [[Narragansett (tribe)|Narragansett]] tribes. The negotiations end after 11 days, closing on June 25. * [[June 21]] – Reconstruction of [[St Paul's Cathedral]] begins in [[London]] under the direction of [[Christopher Wren]], to replace the portion destroyed by the [[Great Fire of London]] nine years earlier.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref> * [[June 24]] – [[King Philip's War]] breaks out, as the Wampanoags attack Swansea. * [[June 26]] – The Wampanoag warriors begin a three-day assault on English colonial towns in the [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] in North America, with an assault on the villages of [[Rehoboth, Massachusetts|Rehoboth]] and [[Taunton, Massachusetts|Taunton]]. At the same time, Massachusetts troops march to Swansea, to join the [[Plymouth Colony]] troops. The warriors elude colonial troops and leave Mount Hope for [[Pocasset, Massachusetts]]. The [[Mohegan]] tribe travels to [[Boston]], in order to assist the English colonists against the Wampanoags. * [[June 28]] – [[Brandenburg]] defeats the [[Swedish Army]] in the [[Battle of Fehrbellin]].
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