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=== October&ndash;December ===  
* [[October 7]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Tughlaqabad|Battle of Delhi]] is fought in India, at [[Tughlaqabad]]) near [[Delhi]] between forces of the [[Sur Empire]] (ruled by [[Muhammad Adil Shah (died 1557)|Muhammad Adil Shah]]) and the [[Mughal Empire]] (ruled by [[Akbar the Great]]). General [[Hemu|Hemchandra Vikramaditya]] (Hemu) of the Suris overwhelms the forces commanded by the Mughal Governor of Delhi, [[Tardi Beg Khan]] within one day.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qoRDAAAAYAAJ | title=Military History of India | publisher=Orient Longmans | last=Sarkar | first=Jadunath | author-link=Jadunath Sarkar | year=1960 | page=66 | isbn=9780861251551 }}</ref>
* [[November 5]] &ndash; [[Second Battle of Panipat]]: Fifty miles north of [[Delhi]], a [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] army defeats the forces of [[Hemu]] and recaptures Delhi for the Mughal Empire, guaranteeing [[Akbar]]'s rule.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bhardwaj |first1=Kanwal Kishore |title=Hemu: Napoleon of Medieval India |date=2000 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-663-7 |pages=35–38 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Emm0nTvllKoC&q=%225%20november%22 |access-date=10 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mubārak |first1=Abū al-Faz̤l ibn |title=The Akbar Nama of Abu-l-Fazl |date=1902 |publisher=Low Price Publications |isbn=978-81-7536-295-6 |pages=60–62 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TdIVAQAAMAAJ&dq=Panipat+hemu+akbar+%225+november+1556%22&pg=RA2-PA60 |access-date=10 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 10]] &ndash; The English ship ''Edward Bonadventure'', commanded by [[Richard Chancellor]] is wrecked on the coast of [[Scotland]] at [[Pitsligo]], killing most of its crew, including Chancellor. The few survivors include the first Russian ambassador to England, Osip Nepeya.<ref>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/5099?docPos=1|first=James |last=McDermott|chapter=Chancellor, Richard (d. 1556)|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|year=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/5099 }}
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* [[November 17]] &ndash; In the Holy Roman Empire, the ''[[Hofkriegsrat|Steter Kriegsrat]]'' is founded as a War Council with five generals and five civil servants to advise the Habsburg rulers.<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Richard |editor-last=Holmes |title=The Oxford companion to military history |year=2001 |page=411}}</ref>   
* [[December 7]] &ndash; The Mughal Emperor [[Akbar the Great|Akbar]] personally travels with [[Bairam Khan]] to lead an invasion force to defeat the Sultan of the Sur Empire, [[Sikandar Shah Suri]].<ref name=r2>Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2007). ''The Mughul Empire'', Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, {{Listed Invalid ISBN|81-7276-407-1}}, pp.106-7</ref>   
* [[December 27]] &ndash; [[Péter Erdődy]] is appointed as the [[Ban of Croatia|Ottoman Viceroy of Croatia]] after the death on September 7 of [[Nikola IV Zrinski]].    
* [[December 31]] &ndash; All military authorities in the Holy Roman Empire are ordered to submit to the decisions of the Imperial War Council.