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=== April–June ===
* [[April 9]] – A fire at the [[Palace of Whitehall]] in [[London]] destroys its Stone Gallery.<ref>"Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p46</ref>
* [[May 6]]
** The [[Spanish Inquisition]] condemns and forcibly baptizes 219 [[Xueta]]s in [[Palma, Majorca]]. When 37 try to escape the island, they are burned alive at the stake.
** The [[Province of New York]] establishes the [[New York Supreme Court]] as the Supreme Court of Judicature. It is the oldest Supreme Court with general original jurisdiction.
* [[May 16]] – [[Jacob Leisler]] is hanged for [[treason]].
* [[June]]  – The first performance takes place of the semi-opera ''[[King Arthur (opera)|King Arthur]]'' with a [[libretto]] by [[John Dryden]] and music by [[Henry Purcell]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/285 285]|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/285}}</ref>
* [[June 23]] – [[Ahmed II]] (1691–1695) succeeds [[Suleiman II of the Ottoman Empire|Suleiman II]] (1687–1691), as [[Ottoman Emperor]].