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=== April–June ===
* [[April 15]] – The coronation of King [[Frederick IV of Denmark]] takes place at [[Frederiksborg Castle]] in [[Copenhagen]].
* [[April 18]] – Hungarian freedom activist [[Francis II Rákóczi|Ferenc Rákóczi]] is arrested by Austrian authorities and charged with sedition.  Imprisoned near [[Vienna]] and facing a death sentence, he escapes and later leads the overthrow of the Habsburg control of Hungary.
* [[April 21]] – In [[India]], the siege of the fortress of [[Sajjangad]] (located in the [[Maharashtra]] state) is begun by an army led by Fateullahakhan.  The fortress falls on June 6.
* [[April]] – Fire destroys many buildings in [[Gondar]], the capital of [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]], including two in the palace complex.
* [[May 5]] – Within a few days of poet [[John Dryden]]'s death in London ([[May 1]] O.S.), his last written work (''[[The Secular Masque]]'') is performed as part of [[John Vanbrugh|Vanbrugh]]'s version of ''[[The Pilgrim (play)|The Pilgrim]]''.
* [[May]] – In [[Rhode Island]] (American colony), [[Walter Clarke (governor)|Walter Clarke]], three-term former [[List of colonial governors of Rhode Island|Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations]], is elected deputy governor for the second time, serving under his brother-in-law [[Samuel Cranston]].
* [[June 8]] (May 28 O.S.) – The legislature for the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]] (the modern-day Commonwealth of [[Massachusetts]] in the United States) passes into law "An Act against Jesuits & Popish Priests" making a finding that Roman Catholic clerics have attempted to incite American Indians into a rebellion against the Crown, and declaring "That all and every Jesuit, Seminary Priest, Missionary, or other Spiritual or Ecclesiastical Person made or ordained by any Authority, Power or Jurisdiction derived, challenged or pretended from the Pope or See of Rome, now residing within this Province or any part thereof, shall depart from and out of the same, at or before the tenth day of September next, in this present year, One Thousand and Seven Hundred."<ref>[https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N00762.0001.001/1:1.1?rgn=div2;view=fulltext "Acts and Laws, Passed by the Great and General Court or Assembly of His Majesties Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England"], Evans Early American Imprint Collection.</ref> The [[Province of New York]] enacts similar legislation later in the year.