Editing 1711 (section)

===April&ndash;June===
* [[April 3]] &ndash; [[Clipperton Island]] is rediscovered by Frenchmen Martin de Chassiron and Michel Du Bocage, who draws up the first map and claims the island for France. The island had been discovered by Alvaro Saavedra Cedrón in 1528.
* [[April 5]] (Easter Sunday) &ndash; The central tower of [[Elgin Cathedral]] in northeast Scotland collapses.<ref name=CSH>{{cite book|first=David|last=Ross|title=Chronology of Scottish History|publisher=Geddes & Grosset|location=New Lanark|year=2002|isbn=1-85534-380-0}}</ref>
* [[April 13]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Lutsk|Treaty of the Lutsk]], a secret agreement between the [[Tsardom of Russia]] and the [[Moldavia|Ottoman Protectorate of Moldavia]] is signed in [[Lutsk]], [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Poland-Lithuania]] (modern-day Ukraine).
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor]] dies, opening the way for the succession of his brother [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VI]]. This complicates the ongoing [[War of the Spanish Succession]] as Charles is one of the two candidates for the Spanish throne, backed by the [[Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg)|Grand Alliance]].
* [[April 29]] &ndash; A [[rabies|rabid]] wolf fatally injures two shepherds in [[Roncà]], North Italy; it also attacks livestock.
* May &ndash; [[Alexander Pope]] publishes the poem ''[[An Essay on Criticism]]'' in London.
* [[May 25]] &ndash; In Denmark, [[Helsingør]] is put under military blockade to prevent an outbreak of plague from spreading to Copenhagen; this year about one third of Helsingør's population is killed by the disease.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oresundstid.dk/arkiv/arkivalt.aspx?id=1,645,644,647,648,650,646,955,1201,1202,660,655,1203,653,652,656,657,658,659,1204,762,956,1191&tekst=1700-tallet&standard=J|title=1700-tallet: Introduktion|language=da|publisher=Øresundstid|access-date=2013-09-13}}</ref>
* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Louis XIV|King Louis XIV]] becomes the [[list of longest-reigning monarchs|longest-reigning monarch]] in the world, surpassing the previous record of 68 years set by [[Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal]] in 683. As of 2022, Louis XIV still holds this record.