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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; At [[Banda Aceh]], on the island of [[Sumatra]] in what is now [[Indonesia]], [[Alauddin Mansur Syah]] becomes the new Sultan of Aceh upon the death of [[Zainul Abidin of Aceh|Sultan Zainul Abidin]].<ref>''Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch-Indië'' (M. Nijhoff & Brill, 1917)</ref> 
* [[October 11]] &ndash; [[Sokollu Mehmed Pasha]], [[Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] for more than 14 years, is assassinated in [[Constantinople]].<ref name=Kramers>"Murad III", by J. H. Kramers, in ''E. J. Brill's First Encyclopedia of Islam'', ed. by M. Th. Houtsma, et al., Vol. VI (Brill, 1993) p.730</ref>
* [[October 13]] &ndash; [[Semiz Ahmed Pasha]] is appointed as the new Ottoman Grand Vizier by Sultan [[Murad III]].<ref name=Kramers/>
* [[October 19]] &ndash; [[James VI and I|King James VI of Scotland]] makes his ceremonial [[Entry of James VI into Edinburgh|entry into Edinburgh]] to assume the throne at the age of 13, after being declared to have reached the age of majority.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meikle |first1=Maureen M. |title=Sixteenth-Century Scotland |date=1 January 2008 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-474-3373-6 |pages=277–294 |url=https://brill.com/display/book/edcoll/9789047433736/Bej.9789004168251.i-476_014.xml |access-date=30 January 2024 |language=en |chapter=Chapter Twelve. Anna Of Denmark’s Coronation And Entry Into Edinburgh, 1590: Cultural, Religious And Diplomatic Perspectives}}</ref> Scotland had been ruled by regents since 1567, when James was declared king.
* [[October 20]] &ndash; [[Nicolò Doria]] is elected to a two-year term as the new [[Doge of Genoa|Doge]] of the [[Republic of Genoa]].<ref>Sergio Buonadonna and Mario Marcenaro, ''Rosso Doge: I dogi della Repubblica di Genova dal 1339 al 1797'' (De Ferrari Press, 2000).
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[[File:Edward Frank Gillettː Stubbs has his hand cut off (Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation, 1922).jpg|150px|thumb|November 3: Seditious writer John Stubbs is barred from writing again]]
* [[November 3]] &ndash; The English puritan [[John Stubbs]], author of numerous pamphlets against the doctrines of the Church of England, is convicted of sedition, and his right hand is amputated as punishment.<ref>"Dismembering and Forgetting in Titus Andronicus", by Katherine A. Rowe, ''Shakespeare Quarterly'' (Autumn 1994) p.285</ref>
* [[November 13]] &ndash; During the [[Second Desmond Rebellion]], rebel troops in Ireland, led by [[Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Desmond]], carry out the [[Sack of Youghal]] and massacre the English Army garrison, then pillage and burn the homes of local residents.<ref>William Palmer, ''The Problem of Ireland in Tudor Foreign Policy, 1485–1603'' (Boydell & Brewer, 1995)</ref>
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Iancu Sasul]] becomes the new [[Prince of Moldavia]] as Peter the Lame steps down for the second time.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nouzille |first1=Jean |title=Moldova: istoria tragică a unei regiuni Europene |date=2005 |publisher=Prut Internaţional |isbn=978-9975-69-720-0 |page=52 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B70WAQAAMAAJ&q=%2221%20noiembrie%201579%22 |access-date=30 January 2024 |language=ro}}</ref> Peter will replace Sasul on October 17, 1582.
* [[November 23]] &ndash; [[Jeremias II of Constantinople|Jeremias II Tranos]] is removed from office as [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople]], leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and replaced by his rival [[Metrophanes III of Constantinople]], whom he deposed on May 4, 1572.<ref>"Jérémie II", in ''Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques'', Vol. 28 (Letouzey et Ané, 2003) pp. 999-1000</ref>
* [[December 16]] &ndash; After [[Willem van Pamele]], the Spanish Governor of Flanders, is forced to flee during the Dutch Revolt, the Duke of Parma orders Pamele and the Catholic members of the Council of Flanders to convene at [[Douai]] as the temporary Flemish capital.<ref>"Pamele (Guillaume de)", by Émile de Borchgrave, in ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique'', vol. 16 (Royal Academy of Belgium, 1901), pp.526-528</ref>
* [[December 24]] &ndash; German astronomer [[Michael Maestlin]] makes the first cataloging of the [[Pleiades]] cluster, recording 11 separate stars visible to the naked eye, with a detailed illustration and measurements.<ref>"On the Visibility of Stars in the Pleiades with the Naked Eye", by Friedrich Winnecke, ''Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society'' (December 1878), pp.146–148</ref>
* [[December 25]] &ndash; In France, Protestant French troops under the command of [[Matthieu Merle]], make a surprise attack on the Roman Catholic cathedral in the village of [[Mende, Lozère|Mende]] during Mass, and kill 400 civilians.<ref>"Léon Costecalde, ''Monographie illustré de la cathédrale de Mende'' (Imprimerie Ignon-Renouard, 1922) p.13 ("La nuit de Noel 1579, Mathieu Merle, chef des protestants cevenois, s'avanca vers Mende, a la feveur des tenebres, s'empara de la ville par trabison, y massacra 400 pretres ou fideles, la plupart, dans l'enceinte meme de la cathedrale."</ref>