Editing 1694 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 2]] – [[Sheikh Yusuf]], exiled by the administrators of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), arrives at the [[Dutch Cape Colony]] on the ship ''De Voetboog'', at what is now [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]], along with two wives, two concubines and 12 children.  Resettled by the colonial government at a farm in Zandvliet, the Sheikh introduces [[Islam]] to [[South Africa]].
* [[April 7]] – The English Navy's 40-gun warship, [[HMS Ruby (1660)|HMS ''Ruby'']], captures the French [[privateer]] ''[[HMS Ruby Prize (1694)|Entreprenant]]'' in battle.  The confiscated ship is renamed HMS ''Ruby Prize''.
* [[April 12]] – The French ship ''Diligente'', commanded by [[René Duguay-Trouin]], covers the escape of a convoy of ships that he is escorting, but then is surrounded and attacked by six Royal Navy ships led by [[David Mitchell (Royal Navy officer)|David Mitchell]].  Most of the ''Diligente'' crew is lost in the battle, and Duguay-Trouin is captured.
* [[April 13]] – The largest volcanic eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]] since 1631 takes place, with lava flows towards both [[San Giorgio a Cremano]] and [[Torre del Greco]], after explosions in the crater that began April 5. Around April 20, ash falls are experienced as far away as [[Calabria]].<ref name="MtuVESUVIO">{{Cite web|url=http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/boris/mirror/mirrored_html/VESUVIO_1632-1794.html|title=Vesuvio: Activity from 1632 until 1794|website=geo.mtu.edu|accessdate=2022-09-28}}</ref>
* [[April 27]] – [[Augustus II the Strong|Frederick Augustus of Wettin]], later known as "Augustus the Strong" and the future King of Poland, becomes the new [[Elector of Saxony]] upon the death of his 25-year-old older brother, [[John George IV, Elector of Saxony|John George IV]]
* [[May 27]] – Taking advantage of a fog, the French Army, with 24,000 troops, fights the [[Battle of Torroella]] against an equally large Spanish Army force on the banks of the [[Ter (river)|Ter]] in Spain, near the city of [[Girona]] during the [[Nine Years' War]]. The Spaniards suffer 3,000 casualties, while the French sustain 500.
* [[June 22]] – An annular [[solar eclipse]] is visible across North America and the Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="EclipsewiseSe1694jun22aprime">{{Cite web|url=https://eclipsewise.com/solar/SEprime/1601-1700/SE1694Jun22Aprime.html|title=EclipseWise - Annular Solar Eclipse of 1694 Jun 22|website=eclipsewise.com|author=Fred Espenak|accessdate=2022-09-28}}</ref>
* [[June 24]] – The [[Tunisian–Algerian War (1694)|Tunisian–Algerian War]] begins as Algerian troops cross into Tunisia.<ref>Henri-Delmas de Grammont, Histoire d'Alger sous la domination turque (1515-1830), Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1887, 458 p. (lire en ligne [archive]), p. 265</ref>
* [[June 29]] – The [[Battle of Texel (1694)|Battle of Texel]] is fought near the Dutch island of [[Texel]], one of the [[West Frisian Islands]]. The French Navy force of 8 ships, commanded by [[Jean Bart]], locates and rescues three French ships that had been captured by the [[Dutch Republic]] in late May. Bart fights a larger force commanded by [[Hidde Sjoerds de Vries]], who dies of his wounds after being captured.