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=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Oliver Plunkett]], [[Roman Catholic]] [[Archbishop of Armagh (Roman Catholic)|Archbishop of Armagh]] and [[Primate of All Ireland]], falsely convicted in June of treason, is [[hanged, drawn and quartered]] at [[Tyburn]], London, the last Catholic [[martyr]] to die in England;<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1913 |title=Blessed Oliver Plunket |encyclopedia=Catholic Encyclopedia |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12169b.htm |access-date=2011-03-22}}</ref> he is [[Canonization|canonised]] in [[1975]].
* [[July 23]] &ndash; The Bombardment of [[Chios (town)|Chios]] during the [[French-Tripolitania War (1681-1685)]] is part of a wider campaign by France against the [[Barbary Pirates]] in the 1680s.
* [[August 10]] &ndash; English sea captain [[Robert Knox (sailor)|Robert Knox]] of the [[East India Company]] publishes his book ''[[An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon]]'', about his adventures, 20-years imprisonment and escape from [[Ceylon]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Knox |first=Robert |url=https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14346/pg14346-images.html#d0e14395 |title=An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon |via=[[Project Gutenberg]]}}</ref>
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Ahom dynasty|Ahom]] King [[Gadadhar Singha]] (or Gadapani), who takes the Tai name [[Supaatphaa]], ascends the throne. 
* [[August 31]] &ndash; English [[Perjury|perjurer]] [[Titus Oates]] is told to leave his state apartments in [[Whitehall]]; his fame begins to wane, and he is soon arrested and imprisoned for [[sedition]].
* [[September 30]] &ndash; France annexes the city of [[Strasbourg]] (German: Strassburg), previously a [[free imperial city]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].