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=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 5]] &ndash; [[Pylyp Orlyk]], a [[Cossack]] of [[Ukraine]], is elected as the Hetman of the [[Zaporizhian Host]] and immediately issues the ''[[Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk|Pacts and Constitutions of Rights and Freedoms of the Zaporizhian Host]]''.
* [[April 10]] &ndash; The world's first [[copyright]] legislation, [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain's]] ''[[Statute of Anne]]'', becomes effective.<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>
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain]], meets the [[Four Mohawk Kings]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pequotmuseum.org/Home/CrossPaths/CrossPathsFall2002/JohnSimonsEngravingsoftheFourKingsMoreThanMeetstheEye.htm|title=Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center|access-date=2007-12-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121184743/http://www.pequotmuseum.org/Home/CrossPaths/CrossPathsFall2002/JohnSimonsEngravingsoftheFourKingsMoreThanMeetstheEye.htm |archive-date=November 21, 2007<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref>
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hancorne (1642 – 1731)|Thomas Hancorne]] gives the [[Swansea|county of Swansea]]'s assize sermon, "The right way to honour and happiness" in which he espouses his [[High church|High Church]] beliefs.
* [[May 6]] &ndash; The [[South Sea Company]] begins.<ref name="Tegg1835">{{cite book|author=Thomas Tegg|title=A Dictionary of Chronology ... Fourth edition [of "Chronology, or the Historian's Companion"], considerably enlarged|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CKRfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA321|year=1835|page=321}}</ref>
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Battle of Chappar Chiri|Battle of Sirhind]]: An army of 70,000 [[Sikhism|Sikh rebels]], led by [[Banda Singh Bahadur]] defeat a force of 25,000 [[Mughal Empire]] troops commanded by [[Wazir Khan (Sirhind)|General Wazir Khan]], who is killed in the combat. The battle takes place near [[Sirhind-Fategarh|Sirhind]] in what is now the Indian [[Punjab (India)|state of Punjab]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=06k5ygAACAAJ|title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges|page=948|author= Jacques, Tony|year=2007|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-33536-5}}</ref>
* [[June 8]] &ndash; The [[Tuscarora people|Tuscarora]] nation sends a petition to the [[Province of Pennsylvania]], protesting the seizure of their lands and enslavement of their people, by citizens of the Province of Carolina.
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Köprülüzade Numan Pasha]] becomes the [[Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire|grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire]].
* [[June 24]] &ndash; In the [[Isle of Man]], [[Manx pound|Manx coins]] become legal tender.
* [[June]] &ndash; [[Protestant]] Swiss and [[German Palatines]], under the leadership of [[Christoph von Graffenried]], travel to Bath County in the [[Province of Carolina]]. The settlers displace the native town of Chattoka and found [[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]], named for von Graffenried's hometown of [[Bern]] in Switzerland.