Editing 1771 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 4]] &ndash; The first quarantines are started in [[Moscow]] and [[Saint Petersburg]] to fight the [[1770–1772 Russian plague|bubonic plague epidemic]].  Over the next 12 months, more than 52,000 people die from the plague in Moscow alone.<ref>John T. Alexander, ''Bubonic Plague in Early Modern Russia: Public Health and Urban Disaster'' (Oxford University Press, 2002) p150, p257</ref>
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Three battles of Sarbakusa]]: An alliance of three of the most powerful aristocrats of [[Ethiopia]] (Goshu of Amhara, [[Wand Bewossen]], and Fasil of Damot) defeats ''[[Ras (title)|Ras]]'' [[Mikael Sehul]] and Emperor [[Tekle Haymanot II]], taking control of Ethiopia.
* [[May 11]] &ndash; War of the Regulation: North Carolina Governor William Tryon marches his military out of [[Hillsborough, North Carolina|Hillsborough]], to come to the aid of General Hugh Waddell's beleaguered forces.  Tryon's army stops at Alamance Creek, {{convert|5|mi|km}} away from the Regulator army.
* [[May 16]] &ndash; War of the Regulation &ndash; [[Battle of Alamance]]: Regulators reject an appeal by Governor Tryon to peacefully disperse. Governor Tryon's forces crush the rebellion, causing many Regulators to move to frontier areas outside of North Carolina.
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lanckorona]]: A force of 4,000 [[Russian Empire|Russia]]ns under [[Alexander Suvorov]] defeat a [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Polish]] formation of 1,300 men.
* [[June 11]] — The [[Society of Gentlemen Supporters of the Bill of Rights]] meets in the London Tavern and changes its platform to a comprehensive program for British parliamentary reform in advance of the next election.<ref>Ian R. Christie, ''Myth and Reality in Late-eighteenth-century British Politics: And Other Papers'' (University of California Press, 1970) pp244-245</ref>