Editing 1682 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 19]] &ndash; [[Iyasus I of Ethiopia|Iyasus]] succeeds his father [[Yohannes I of Ethiopia|Yohannes I]] as [[Emperor of Ethiopia]].
* [[August 6]] &ndash; The Ottoman Empire declares war on the Holy Roman Empire and makes plans to attack [[Vienna]]. 
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Vesuvius]] begins a period of volcanic activity lasting for 10 days.
* [[August 23]] &ndash; A [[comet]] that will later become known as [[Comet Halley]], is observed from several locations on Earth after reaching magnitude 2 and becoming visible to the naked eye.  [[Arthur Storer]] sees it from the North American colony of Maryland, while German astronomer [[Johannes Hevelius]] measures it from [[Danzig]] (now Gdansk in Poland). <ref>"Comet Halley 1682", in ''Atlas of Great Comets'', by Ronald Stoyan (Cambridge University Press, 2015) p. 90</ref>  [[Edmond Halley]] successfully predicts that it will return in [[1758]].
* [[August 25]] &ndash; Following the [[Bideford witch trial]], three women (probably) become the penultimate known to be hanged for witchcraft in England, at [[Exeter]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gent|first=Frank J.|title=The Trial of the Bideford Witches|location=Bideford|year=1982}} Another woman was sentenced to be hanged for witchcraft in Exeter in 1685 although there is no surviving confirmation that the sentence was carried out. {{cite web|title=The Devon "Witches"|url=https://exetercivicsociety.org.uk/plaques/devon-witches/|publisher=Exeter Civic Society|accessdate=2022-07-27}}</ref>
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Bishop Gore School]] is founded in [[Swansea]], Wales.
* [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Trịnh Căn]] becomes the new ruler of [[Tonkin]] (located in the northern part of [[Vietnam]] as far south as the [[Hà Tĩnh province]] upon the death of his father, [[Trịnh Tạc]], and begins a program of reforms.