Editing 1734 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===  
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[Easter]] occurs on the latest possible date (the next time is in [[1886]]).
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Charles III of Spain|Prince Charles of Spain]] (later King Charles III) becomes the new King of Naples and Sicily, five days after his arrival in Naples.
* [[May 25]] &ndash; Spanish forces under the command of [[José Carrillo de Albornoz, 1st Duke of Montemar]], defeat the Austrian forces, completing the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples at the [[Battle of Bitonto]].
* [[May 27]] &ndash; French and Swiss troops suppress the [[1733 slave insurrection on St. John|slave insurrection in the Danish West Indies]] on the island of [[Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint John]] (part of the modern-day [[U.S. Virgin Islands]]) after six months and restore control of the plantations to the Danish owners.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=St. John Revolt (1733)|first=Lori|last=Lee|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion|editor-first=Junius P.|editor-last=Rodriguez|editor-link=Junius P. Rodriguez|publisher=Greenwood Press|year=2007|page=435}}</ref>
* [[June 6]] &ndash; With the conclusion of the [[1734 British general election|British general election]] (voting having begun in some constituencies on [[April 22]]), the [[Whigs (British political party)|Whigs]], led by Prime Minister [[Robert Walpole]], lose 85 seats but retain their majority.
* [[June 17]] &ndash; French troops take [[Philippsburg]], but the [[James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick|Duke of Berwick]] is killed.
* [[June 21]] &ndash; In [[Montreal]], [[New France]], a black slave known by the French name of [[Marie-Joseph Angélique]] is [[torture]]d then [[hanging|hanged]] by the [[France|French]] authorities for allegedly setting a fire that destroyed part of the city.
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[War of the Polish Succession]]: [[Russia]]n troops take [[Siege of Danzig (1734)|Gdańsk]] ([[Germanic language|German]]: Danzig), which had been besieged since [[February]] 1734, after the failure of a [[France|French]] expedition to relieve the city.