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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 1]] &ndash; During the [[War of the League of Cambrai]] [[Pope Julius II]] proclaims a Holy League against French dominance in Italy. It is an alliance between the Papal States, the Swiss Confederation, Venice (which had been the opponent of the League of Cambrai) and Aragon. Emperor Maximilian and the English king Henry VIII join the League soon after. 
* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[James IV of Scotland]]'s [[great ship]], the ''[[Great Michael|Michael]]'', is launched at [[Newhaven, Edinburgh]]; she is the largest ship afloat at this date.<ref>{{cite book|last=Oliver|first=Neil|author-link=Neil Oliver|title=A History of Scotland|date=January 4, 2011|page=191|publisher=Orion Publishing |isbn=978-0-7538-2663-8}}</ref>
* [[November 17]] &ndash; The [[War of the League of Cambrai|Treaty of Westminster]] creates an alliance between [[Henry VIII of England]] and [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] against [[Kingdom of France|France]].<ref>Baumgartner, Frederic J. ''Louis XII'' (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996) p.219 {{ISBN|0-312-12072-9}}.</ref> Mallett and Shaw, ''The Italian Wars'', 103; Hutchinson, ''Young Henry'', 159.
* [[November 20]] &ndash; The vessel ''[[Frol de la Mar]]'', transporting [[Afonso de Albuquerque]] and the valuable treasure of the conquest of [[Malacca]], sinks ''en route'' to [[Goa]].
* [[November 23]] &ndash; In India, [[Mahmud Begada|Mahmud Shah Begada]], [[Gujarat Sultanate|Sultan of Gujarat]] since [[1458]], dies at the age of 66 after a reign of more than 50 years. He is succeeded by his eldest son, Prince Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar, who takes the name [[Muzaffar Shah II]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=James Macnabb Campbell|editor-link=James Macnabb Campbell|title=History of Gujarát|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/54652/54652-h/54652-h.htm|series=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency|volume=I. Part II.|year=1896|publisher=The Government Central Press|pages=251–254|chapter=II. Ahmedabad Kings (A.D. 1403–1573.)}}</ref> 
* [[December 21]] &ndash; In an impassioned sermon on the fourth Sunday of [[Advent]] at [[Santo Domingo]], Dominican friar [[Antonio de Montesinos]] openly denounces the Spanish conquistadors' cruelty and abuse of the [[Taino]] people practice of ''[[Encomienda]]'' (forcible enslavement of non-Christian peoples) on the island of [[Hispanola]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomas |first1=Hugh |title=Rivers of Gold |date=2003 |publisher=Random House |location=New York |isbn=0375502041 |pages=294}}</ref> and adds that neither he nor any of his missionaries will allow slaveholders to partake in [[confession (religion)|confession]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/antonio-de-montesinos-2136370|title=Biography of Antonio de Montesinos, Defender of Indigenous Rights|last=Ph. D.|first=Spanish|last2=M. A.|first2=Spanish|website=ThoughtCo|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19|last3=B. A.|first3=Spanish}}</ref>