Editing 1693 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 4]] – [[Anne Palles]] becomes the last accused witch to be executed for witchcraft in [[Denmark]], after having been convicted of using powers of sorcery. [[Christian V of Denmark|King Christian V]] accepts her plea not to be burned alive, and she is beheaded before her body is set afire.
* [[April 5]] – The [[Order of Saint Louis]], the first medal to be awarded in France to military personnel who are not members of nobility, is created by order of King Louis XIV, and named after his ancestor, King Louis IX.
* [[April 28]] – The 90-gun English Royal Navy warship [[HMS Windsor Castle (1679)|HMS ''Windsor Castle'']] is wrecked beyond repair on the [[Goodwin Sands]]. 
* [[April]] – [[Tituba]], a slave who had been convicted at the [[Salem witch trials]] of practicing witchcraft after making a confession, is released from jail in Boston after 13 months when an unknown purchaser pays her jail fees.<ref>[https://historyofmassachusetts.org/tituba-the-slave-of-salem/ "Tituba: The Slave of Salem"], by Rebecca Beatrice Books, History of Massachusetts blog</ref> 
* [[May 18]] – Forces of [[Louis XIV of France]] attack [[Heidelberg]], capital of the [[Electorate of the Palatinate]].
* [[May 22]] – Heidelberg is taken by the invading [[Early modern France|French]] forces; on [[May 23]] [[Heidelberg Castle]] is surrendered, after which the French blow up its towers using mines.
* [[June 5]] – The first performance of the opera ''[[Didon (Desmarets)|Didon]]'' by French composer [[Henri Desmarets]] takes place at the [[Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré)|Théâtre du Palais-Royal]] in Paris.
* [[June 27]] – [[Nine Years' War]] – [[Battle of Lagos (1693)|Battle of Lagos]] off Portugal: The French fleet defeats the joint [[Dutch Republic|Dutch]] and English fleet.