Editing 1696 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)]]: Russia begins the second of the [[Azov campaigns (1695–96)]].
* [[April]] &ndash; A fire destroys the ''Gra Bet'' (Left Quarter) of [[Gondar]], the capital of [[Ethiopia]]. The fire starts "in the house of a prostitute" and destroys many buildings, including the churches of St. George, Takla Haymanot and Iyasu.<ref>E. A. Wallis Budge, ''A History of Ethiopia: Volume II, Nubia and Abyssinia'' (Methuen, 1928, reprinted by Routledge, 2014) p. 416</ref>
* [[May 1]] &ndash; A partial solar eclipse is visible in western Canada and Greenland.<ref name="ref1923598177">{{Cite web|url=http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/0121696/|website=astro.ukho.gov.uk|title=Partial Eclipse of the Sun: 1696 May 01 | date=1996|access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref>
* [[May 16]] &ndash; A total lunar eclipse is visible in western Europe and Africa.<ref name="ukho">{{Cite web|url=http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/1211696/|website=astro.ukho.gov.uk|title=Total Eclipse of the Moon: 1696 May 16-17 | date=1996|access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref>
* [[May 31]] &ndash; John Salomonsz is elected chief of [[Sint Eustatius]] in the [[Caribbean Netherlands]].
* [[June 4]] &ndash; A second [[Pueblo Revolt]] occurs in [[Santa Fe de Nuevo México]]. The Tiwas of Taos and Picuris, the Tewas of San Ildefonso and Nambe, the Tanos of Jemez and San Cristobal, and the Keres of Santo Domingo and Cochiti attack during the full moon and kill 21 Spanish civilians and five priests.<ref>Nicholas A. Robins, ''Native Insurgencies and the Genocidal Impulse in the Americas'' (Indiana University Press, 2005) p. 35</ref>
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[Qing dynasty|China]]'s [[Kangxi Emperor]] leads troops in the [[Battle of Jao Modo]], about {{convert|37|mi}} from the modern Mongolian capital, [[Ulaanbaatar|Ulan Bator]], and defeats 5,000 Mongolian troops of the [[Dzungar Khanate]] under the command of [[Galdan Boshugtu Khan]].
* [[June 17]]
** The throne of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] becomes vacant with the death of [[John III Sobieski|Jan Sobieski]], prompting a competition between [[Augustus II the Strong|Friedrich Augustus, Elector of Saxony]] and [[François Louis, Prince of Conti|Prince François Louis]] of France to compete under the commonwealth's "[[Golden Liberty]]" system for an [[elective monarchy]] of the new king by the nobility. Jerzy Albrecht Denhoff, the [[Chancellor (Poland)|Grand Chancellor]], remains the head of the Polish-Lithuanian government during the vacancy of the ceremonial throne.
** Seven French ships attack five Dutch ships escorting a convoy of 112 merchant ships in the [[Battle of Dogger Bank (1696)|Battle of Dogger Bank]].