Editing 1701 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 21]] &ndash; In Japan, the young ''[[daimyō]]'' [[Asano Naganori]] is ordered to commit [[seppuku]] (ritual suicide). A group of [[Forty-seven Ronin|47 samurai]] of his service begin planning to avenge his death.
* [[May 23]] &ndash; Scottish-born Captain [[William Kidd]], having been imprisoned in [[Boston Gaol (Massachusetts)]] and [[Newgate Prison]] (London) and convicted by the [[King's Bench Division#Admiralty Court|High Court of Admiralty]] of [[piracy]] and the murder of one of his crew, is hanged at [[Execution Dock]] in [[Wapping]] (London).<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref> His body suffers [[gibbeting]] over the [[River Thames]] at [[Tilbury]] Point; ballads are already spreading the legend that he has left [[buried treasure]] in the Americas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidkidd.net/Captain_Kidd_Lyrics.html|title=Captain Kidd Lyrics|date=2011-07-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723082022/http://www.davidkidd.net/Captain_Kidd_Lyrics.html|archive-date=2011-07-23|website=David Kidd.net|via=Wayback Machine}}</ref>
* [[June 24]] &ndash; The [[Act of Settlement 1701]] is passed by the [[Parliament of England]], to exclude the Catholic Stuarts from the British monarchy.  Under its terms, [[William III of England|King William III]], childless, will be succeeded by [[Mary II of England|Queen Mary II]]'s sister [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Princess Anne]] and her descendants.  If Anne should have no descendants, she will be succeeded by [[Sophia of Hanover]] and her descendants (hence the [[Hanoverian Succession]] in [[1714]]).