Editing 1706 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 10]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Grodno (1706)|Battle of Grodno]] ends with a Swedish victory over Russian troops.
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: After [[Siege of Barcelona (1706)|a siege of 14 days]], a French and Spanish army retakes control of [[Barcelona]], which had been captured by England's army in 1705.
* [[May 12]] &ndash; A [[Solar eclipse of May 12, 1706|total eclipse of the Sun]] takes place and is visible in most of Europe, with a path crossing modern-day Spain, France, Germany, Poland and Russia
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ramillies]]: English, Dutch, German, Swiss and Scottish troops led by [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], defeat Franco-Bavarian forces in the Low Countries.
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Frederick IV of Denmark-Norway]] sends the first two Protestant missionaries to India, dispatching  Lutherans Heinrich Plütcshau and Bartholomeus Ziegenbalg to [[Danish India|Denmark-Norway's colony in India]], the ''Dansk Ostindien'', based at [[Tharangambadi]] ("Tranquebar") in what is now the [[Tamil Nadu]] state.  
* [[June 11]] &ndash; In [[Tibet]], [[Lha-bzang Khan]], khan of the [[Khoshut]], kills the regent and kidnaps the [[6th Dalai Lama]], Tsangyang Gyatso, and kills the Lama's regent.
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: Troops dispatched from Portugal capture [[Madrid]] and proclaim the Habsburg dynasty's [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Charles of Austria]] to be the King Carlos III of Spain, after the Bourbon ruler, [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]], has fled.
* [[June 29]] &ndash; Flemish Jesuit missionary [[François Noël (missionary)|François Noël]] is welcomed in [[China]] by the [[Kangxi Emperor]] at the Forbidden City in [[Beijing]], and discusses the Emperor's disdain over the [[Chinese Rites controversy|disapproval of Jesuit accommodation of Confucian rites by the Roman Catholic Church]].