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=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 16]] &ndash; [[Wara Dhammaraza]] becomes the new [[Kingdom of Mrauk U|King of Arakan]] on the western coast of [[Burma]] upon the death of his brother, [[Thiri Thuriya]].
* [[April 23]] &ndash; The coronation of King [[James II of England]] (and his Queen Consort, [[Mary of Modena]]) takes place at [[Westminster Abbey]].
* [[May 7]] &ndash; [[Morean War]] &ndash; [[Battle on Vrtijeljka]]: Advancing Ottoman forces prevail over defending [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] irregulars, on a hill in the [[Sanjak of Montenegro]].
* [[May 11]] &ndash; [[The Killing Time]]: Five [[Covenanter]]s in [[Wigtown]], Scotland, notably [[Margaret Wilson (Scottish martyr)|Margaret Wilson]], are executed for refusing to swear an oath declaring [[James II of England|King James of England, Scotland and Ireland]] as head of the church, becoming the ''[[Wigtown martyrs]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wigtown Martyrs|url=http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/wigtown/martyrs/index.html|work=Undiscovered Scotland|access-date=2011-10-26}}</ref>
* [[June 11]] &ndash; [[Monmouth Rebellion]]: [[James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth]], illegitimate son of King [[Charles II of England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]], lands at [[Lyme Regis]] with an invasion force brought from the Netherlands, to challenge his uncle, [[James II of England|James II]], for the Crown of England.<ref name="ODNB Monmouth">{{cite ODNB|first=Tim|last=Harris|title=Scott (Crofts), James, duke of Monmouth and first duke of Buccleuch (1649–1685)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24879|access-date=2011-10-26|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/24879}} </ref>
* [[June 16]] &ndash; A [[lunar eclipse]] is observed in the evening by [[François-Timoléon de Choisy]], amongst others, onboard his ship in the vicinity of Madagascar. The ship was at a latitude of 37 degrees 40 minutes, and the eclipse was not visible from Europe.<ref>{{cite book |last=de Choisy |first=Abbé |title=Journal of a Voyage to Siam: 1685-1686 (Translated and Introduced by Michael Smithies) |year=1993 |publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Kuala Lumpur|isbn= 967-65-3026-3|page=89}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] &ndash; [[Monmouth Rebellion]]: [[James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth|James, Duke of Monmouth]] declares himself at [[Taunton]] to be King, and heir to his father's Kingdoms as James II of England and Ireland, and James VII of Scotland.<ref name="ODNB Monmouth"/>