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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; The first biography of [[Nicolaus Copernicus]] (d.[[1543]]) is completed by [[Bernardino Baldi]].
* [[November 13]] &ndash; Dutch Republic and English forces capture [[Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1588)|Bergen op Zoom]], a fortress in the Spanish Netherlands, after a siege of 41 days.
* [[November 15]] &ndash; The English Navy ship ''[[San Salvador (Guipúzcoan squadron)|Great Spaniard]]'', formerly the Spanish Armada ship ''San Salvador'' until its capture on August 1, sinks off of the coast of England's [[Isle of Purbeck]], with the loss of 23 of the 57 crew. The survivors are rescued by an English [[Man-of-war|man-o-war]] boat.<ref>Boddie, John Bennett (April 1934). "Boddie of Essex, England and Virginia". William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. 14 (2): 114–140</ref>
* [[December 5]] &ndash; The Order of Augustinian Recollects is formally recognised as a separate province from the Order of Saint Augustine, an event later known as the ''Día de la Recolección'' or ''Day of Recollection''.
* [[December 23]] &ndash; Henry III of France strikes his ultra-Catholic enemies, having the Duke of Guise and his brother, [[Louis II, Cardinal of Guise]], killed, and holding the [[Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon (born 1523)|Cardinal de Bourbon]] a prisoner. As a result, large parts of France reject Henry III as their king, forcing him to side with [[Henry of Navarre]].