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=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 2]] &ndash; Chief [[Canonchet]] of the [[Narragansett people]] is captured by mercenaries of the Pequot, Mohegan and Niantic nations who have been hired by English settlers. He is offered a chance to live if he makes peace with the English, refuses, and is executed the next day in [[Stonington, Connecticut]]. 
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Richard Raynsford]] becomes the new [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]].
* [[April 21]] &ndash; [[Sudbury Fight]]: The village of [[Sudbury, Massachusetts]] is attacked by Metacom's [[Wampanoag]] Confederation as one of the last major battles of [[King Phillip's War]]. Captain Samuel Wadworth and 28 of his men are killed in the defense of the town.
* [[April 22]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Augusta]] is fought in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off of the coast of [[Sicily]] during the [[Franco-Dutch War]]. The French Navy and the combined Dutch Republic and Spanish forces each lose over 500 men. 
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Mary Rowlandson]] is ransomed from captivity by Native Americans by a subscription raised by women of Boston.
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[Battle of Turner's Falls|Peskeomskut Massacre: Battle of Turner's Falls]] – Captain William Turner leads a raid at first light on an encampment consisting mainly of women and children. An estimated 300-400 lives are taken in less than half an hour, first from gunshot directly into the sleeping tents, then by sword and by drowning as the victims try to flee. This incident happens on the west bank of the Connecticut River, just above the falls known as Turner's Falls in Gill, Massachusetts.
* [[May 26]] &ndash; A fire destroys the town hall and 624 houses in [[Southwark]], London.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Fires, Great|title=The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance|editor=Walford, Cornelius|publisher=C. & E. Layton|year=1876|page=43}}</ref>
* [[May 31]] &ndash; The Massachusetts Council finally decides to move the Christian Indians from Deer Island to [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] (approximate date).
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Scanian War]]: [[Battle of Öland]] – A combined fleet of the [[Dutch Republic]] and [[Denmark–Norway]] decisively defeats the [[Swedish Navy]], which loses its [[flagship]] ''[[Kronan (ship)|Kronan]]''.
* [[June 12]] &ndash; The Indian coalition attacks Hadley, Massachusetts, but are repelled by [[Connecticut]] troops.
* [[June 19]] &ndash; Massachusetts issues a declaration of [[amnesty]] to any Indian who surrenders.
* [[June]] &ndash; [[Bacon's Rebellion]] begins in the [[Virginia Colony]]. On [[July 30]], [[Nathaniel Bacon (Virginia colonist and rebel)|Nathaniel Bacon]] and his followers issue the [[Declaration of the People of Virginia]].