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* [[April 10]] &ndash; In the [[Ahom kingdom]] in what is now the northeastern Indian state of [[Assam]], Chamaguriya Khamjang Konwar is installed by the Chief Minister, the [[Borbarua]] Debera, as the [[figurehead]] [[List of rulers of Assam|King of Ahom]]. He takes the [[regnal name]] [[Suhung]] and makes plans to have Debera killed. On April 30, Debera, having learned of the King's intentions, succeeds in having the royal physician poison Suhung's medicine, and installs another ruler.<ref>"Reattribution of the Coins of Suhung", by J. N. Phukan, ''Journal of the Numismatic Society of India'' (1982), pp. 66-70</ref>
* [[April 24]] – In India, [[Shivaji|Shivaji Bhonsale]], the [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Empire]], captures the [[Kenjalgad|Kenjalgad Fort]] in what is now the [[Maharashtra]] state.
* [[April 26]] – In the Netherlands, the jurisdiction of [[William III of England|Willem, Prince of Orange]], [[Stadtholder]] of [[Holland]] (on the west coast, including Amsterdam and Rotterdam) and [[Zeeland]] (southwest coast, including [[Middelburg, Zeeland]]) , increases in the [[Dutch Republic]] as his followers in the inland States of Utrecht ([[Utrecht (province)|Utrecht]], [[Gelderland]] and [[Overijssel]]) designate him as the hereditary stadtholder. In 1689, he becomes the King of England in addition to his role as the Stadtholder of the Netherlands.
* [[May 21]] – [[John III Sobieski]] is elected by the nobility, as King of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] (to [[1696]]).
* [[June 6]] – [[Shivaji]] is crowned as Chatrapati Shivaji of the [[Maratha Empire]] at Raigad Fort in [[India]].