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=== April–June ===
* [[April 18]] – [[Giles Corey]], [[Mary Warren (Salem witch trials)|Mary Warren]], [[Abigail Hobbs]] and [[Bridget Bishop]], all residents of [[Salem, Massachusetts]], are arrested and charged with the practice of witchcraft.
* [[May 2]] – The first performance of the semi-opera ''[[The Fairy-Queen]]'' by [[Henry Purcell]], based on [[William Shakespeare]]'s comedy ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', takes place at the [[Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden]] in London.
* [[May 29]] (May 19 O.S.) – [[Nine Years' War]]: [[Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue|Battle of Barfleur]] – The Anglo-Dutch fleet breaks the French line off the [[Cotentin Peninsula]], foiling the French plan to invade England.<ref name=Jenkins>{{cite book|last=Jenkins|first=E. H.|title=A History of the French Navy|year=1973|isbn=0-3560-4196-4}}</ref>
* [[June 13]]–[[June 14|14]] (June 3–4 O.S.) – Nine Years' War: [[Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue|Battle of La Hogue]] – The action begun at Barfleur ends with further destruction of the French fleet.<ref name=Jenkins/>
* [[June 7]] – [[1692 Jamaica earthquake|Jamaica earthquake]]: An earthquake and related [[tsunami]] destroy [[Port Royal]], capital of [[Jamaica]], and submerge a major part of it; an estimated 2,000 are immediately killed, 2,300 injured, and a probable additional 2,000 die from the diseases which ravage the island in the following months.
* [[June 8]] – During a famine in [[Mexico City]], an [[angry mob]] torches the [[Viceroy]]'s palace and ignites the [[archive]]s; most of the documents and some paintings are saved by royal [[geographer]] [[Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora]].
* [[June 10]] – The [[Salem witch trials]]' first victim, [[Bridget Bishop]], is hanged for witchcraft.