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=== April–June ===
* [[April 5]] – [[Charles XII of Sweden|Charles XII]] becomes king of Sweden at age 14 on the death of his father, [[Charles XI of Sweden|Charles XI]], from stomach cancer.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rystad |first=Göran |title=Karl XI: en biografi |date=2001 |publisher=Historiska media |isbn=978-91-89442-27-6 |location=Lund |pages=368–369 |language=Swedish}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://runeberg.org/nfbm/0509.html |title=Karl XI |encyclopedia=[[Nordisk familjebok]] |edition=2nd |year=1910 |volume=13 |page=962 |language=sv}}</ref>
* [[April 23]] – As Chinese troops from the Manchu Dynasty (ruled by the [[Kangxi Emperor]]) complete their conquest of [[Outer Mongolia|Mongolia]], [[Galdan Boshugtu Khan]], ruler of the last part of Mongolia to be conquered, the [[Dzungar Khanate]], poisons himself, ending the resistance to conquest.<ref>Gaston Cahen, ''History of the Relations of Russia and China Under Peter the Great, 1689-1730'', translated by W. Sheldon Ridge (The National Review, 1914) pp. 61-62; another source, ''The Tea Road: China and Russia Meet Across the Steppe'' by Martha Avery (China Intercontinental Press, 2003) p. 107, gives the date as May 3. </ref>
* [[May 6]] – General [[Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis]] of [[France]] carries out [[Raid on Cartagena (1697)|an attack and pillaging]] of the Spanish South American fort of [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena de Indias]] (now in [[Colombia]]) with 1,200 soldiers and 650 pirate mercenaries. The French attackers overwhelm the city for the next 18 days. The Baron reneges on a contract to share the wealth with the pirates, who will come back to Cartagena a second time and makes a more violent attack. <ref>"La Percée de l'Europe sur les océans vers 1690-vers 1790",  in ''Revue d'histoire maritime'' (October 1997)</ref>
* [[May 17]] (May 7 [[Old Style]]) – The 13th century royal ''[[Tre Kronor (castle)|Tre Kronor]]'' ("Three Crowns") castle in [[Stockholm]] burns to the ground, and a large portion of the royal library is destroyed.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Malmborg|first1=Boo von|last2=Palmstierna|first2=Carl-Fredrik|title=Slott och herresäten i Sverige, ett konst- och kulturhistoriskt samlingsverk.|trans-title=Castles and manors in Sweden|volume=1, Kungliga slottet i Stockholm|date=1971|page=39|publisher=Allhem|location=Malmö|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/483510|language=sv}}</ref>
* [[June 2]] – [[Augustus II the Strong|Augustus, Elector of Saxony]] converts to Roman Catholicism in order to be eligible to rule Poland.
* [[June 10]] – The last mass execution for witchcraft in western Europe when the five [[Paisley witches]] are hanged and then burned in Scotland.
* [[June 27]] – After becoming a Roman Catholic, [[Augustus II the Strong|Augustus the Strong]] is elected [[List of Polish monarchs|King Augustus II of Poland]].
* [[June 30]] – The earliest reported [[first-class cricket]] match takes place in [[Sussex]] in England.