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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 2]] 
**[[Leonardo Loredan]] is elected 75th [[Doge of Venice|doge]] of the [[Venetian Republic]], taking office on October 13, and serves for almost 20 years.
**Spanish princess [[Catherine of Aragon]] arrives in [[England]] and arrives at [[Plymouth]]. Although she will later become the wife of King Henry VIII in 1509, she initially arrives to marry Henry's older brother, Prince Arthur.
* [[October 13]] &ndash; [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian of Austria]] and [[Louis XII]] of France sign the [[Treaty of Trente]] with [[Archduchy of Austria|Austria]] recognizing all [[Kingdom of France|French]] conquests in the northern territories of [[Italy]].
* [[October 30]] &ndash; The [[Banquet of Chestnuts]] is purportedly held by [[Cesare Borgia]], in the [[Apostolic Palace|Papal Palace]] of Rome (this account is not historical fact, and could be attributed to enemies of Alexander VI).
* [[November 1]] ([[All Saints' Day|All Saints]]) &ndash; [[Amerigo Vespucci]] discovers and names [[Baía de Todos os Santos]], in [[Brazil]].
* [[November 4]]
** [[Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars#Second war (1500–1503)|Second Muscovite–Lithuanian War]]: At the [[Battle of Mstislavl]], [[Ivan III of Russia|Grand Prince Ivan]]'s Southern Muscovite army defeats the forces of the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]].<ref name=Ivan>{{cite web|title=Ivan III Vasil'yevich (1440&ndash;1505)|work=Russia &ndash; Rulers|url=http://www.xenophon-mil.org/rushistory/rulers/ivan3.htm|publisher=Xenophon Group International|access-date=July 22, 2013}}</ref>
** [[Philip I of Castile|Philip]] and [[Joanna of Castile]] leave for [[Spain]].
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Sten Sture the Elder]] is elected Regent of Sweden for the second time, becoming the Scandinavian nation's chief executive after King Hans of Denmark is deposed. No replacement of the monarchy is planned by the rebel Swedish nobles.
* [[November 14]] &ndash; [[Arthur, Prince of Wales]], marries the Spanish princess [[Catherine of Aragon]].
* [[November 24]] &ndash; A large army of the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]] overruns [[Livonia]] during the [[Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars#Second war (1500–1503)|Second Muscovite–Lithuanian War]].<ref name=Ivan/>
* [[December 12]] &ndash; Grand Duke [[Alexander Jagiellon|Aleksandras Jogailaitis]], [[List of Lithuanian monarchs#Grand Duke|Grand Duke of Lithuania]] becomes the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|King of Poland]] as Aleksander I Jagiellończyk.
* [[December 22]] &ndash; (1 Jumada al-Thani 907 AH) [[Ismail I]] is enthroned as the first [[List of heads of state of Iran|Shah of Iran]], choosing [[Tabriz]] as his capital, founding the [[Safavid dynasty]] in northern [[Iran]]. He declares [[Shi'ism]] the official and compulsory religion, under penalty of death.
* [[December 31]] &ndash; [[First Battle of Cannanore]]: [[João da Nova]] fleet engaged the fleet of the [[Zamorin of Calicut|Zamorin]] in a battle outside of the Cannanore harbor, the first Portuguese [[Naval warfare|naval battle]] in the [[Indian Ocean]].