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=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 4]] &ndash; King [[James II of England]] issues the [[Declaration of Indulgence (1687)|Declaration of Indulgence]] (or Declaration for the Liberty of Conscience), suspending laws against [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]s and [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|nonconformist]]s.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=196–197|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Ignatius George II]] becomes [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox]] [[Patriarch of Antioch]] (or [[April 22]]).<ref>{{cite book | last1 =Barsoum| first1=Ephrem |date=2009|title=History of the Syriac Dioceses|volume=1|publisher=Gorgias Press|translator=Matti Moosa|author-link1=Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first1=George A. |last1=Kiraz |title=Giwargis II, Ignatius|encyclopedia=Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition |editor1=Sebastian P. Brock |editor2=Aaron M. Butts |editor3=George A. Kiraz |editor3-link=George A. Kiraz |editor4=Lucas Van Rompay |url=https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Giwargis-II-Ignatius|publisher=Gorgias Press |year=2011|access-date=17 September 2020|author-link=George A. Kiraz|page=178}}</ref>
* [[April 26]] &ndash; The Spanish city of [[Guayaquil]] (now part of [[Ecuador]]) is attacked and looted by English and French [[pirate]]s under the command of George Hout (English), Pierre Le Picard and Francois Groniet (French).<ref>"Intercolonial Friction (1660—1700)", in ''Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the Western Hemisphere'' (ABC-CLIO, 2008) p. 308</ref>  Of more than 260 pirates, 35 are killed and 46 were wounded; 75 defenders of the city died and more than 100 are wounded.
* [[May 6]] &ndash; [[Emperor Higashiyama]] succeeds [[Emperor Reigen]], on the throne of [[Japan]].
* [[June 14]] &ndash; In one of the few actions on land in the [[Anglo-Siamese War]], English sailors on the coast of Mergui in Burma (now [[Myeik, Myanmar]]) are massacred by Siamese troops.