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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 1]] &ndash; The [[siege of Fort Crozon]] begins as an English and French army attacks the Spanish held fortress at the [[Pointe des Espagnols]] in France.
* [[October 3]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Glenlivet]] is fought in [[Scotland]] between the Protestant forces loyal to [[James VI and I|King James VI]], assisted by the armies of 8 clans and led by the [[Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll|Earl of Argyll]], against Roman Catholic rebels supported by [[Clan Gordon]] (led by the Earl of Huntley), [[Clan Hay]] (led by the Earl of Errol), [[Clan Cumming|Clan Comyn]] and [[Clan Cameron]]. Despite being outnumbered 5 to 1, the Catholic clans win the battle, killing 500 of the Protestant forces. <ref>John Keay and Julia Keay, ''The Collins Enclyclopaedia of Scotland'' (HarperCollins, 1994) p.468</ref>
* [[October 9]] &ndash; The [[Campaign of Danture]], which began on July 5 as part of the [[Sinhalese–Portuguese War]], concludes with a decisive victory by forces of the [[Kingdom of Kandy]] over the [[Portuguese Empire]], reversing near-total control of [[Sri Lanka]] by Portugal. [[Pedro Lopes de Sousa]], the Governor of Portuguese Ceylon, is killed in the battle and replaced on December 24 by Jerónimo de Azevedo.
* [[November 13]] &ndash; After the [[Principality of Wallachia]] (now in Romania) joins other Eastern European nations in a Holy League, a rebellion breaks out in [[Bucharest]] as Christian residents massacre the soldiers of the Ottoman Muslim garrison, entering Wallachia into the ongoing [[Long Turkish War|Thirteen Years' War]]. 
* [[November 18]] &ndash; The Spanish fortress at [[Château de Brest]] in France falls after a siege of five months.
* [[November 19]] &ndash; The [[siege of Fort Crozon]] by English and French soldiers ends with a massacre of all but 13 of the nearly 400 Spaniards living there, including women and children. <ref>Cesáreo Fernández Duro, ''Armada Española desde la unión de los reinos de Aragón y Castilla'' ("The Spanish Armada after the Union of the Kingdoms of Aragon and Castile") Vol. III. (Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, 1897). pp. 86–90.</ref>
* [[December 2]] &ndash; The proposal for the [[Union of Brest]] (moving the [[Metropolis of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus' (1441–1596)|Metropolitan of Kiev, Galicia and all Rus]] from the [[ecclesiastical jurisdiction]] of the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] to the [[Roman Catholic Church]]) is made in a petition by the Metropolitan [[Michael Rohoza]] in a petition to [[Sigismund III Vasa|Sigismund]], monarch of Poland, Lithuania, Sweden and Finland.<ref name=Herbermann>"Union of Brest", by Charles Herbermann, in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' (Robert Appleton Company, 1913)</ref> After a similar petition to Pope Clement VIII on June 12, 1595, the Union will be proclaimed on October 8, 1596. <ref name=Herbermann/>
* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Udai Singh of Marwar|King Udai Singh]] of [[Kingdom of Marwar|Marwar]] (now the [[Rajasthan]] and [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] states of India and the [[Punjab (province)|Punjab province]] of Pakistan) returns to [[Lahore]] after having captured the [[Siwana]] fort. <ref>Visheshwar Sarup Bhargava, ''Marwar And The Mughal Emperors (1526–1748)'' (Munshiram Manoharlal, 1966) pp. 61–62</ref> 
* [[December 27]] &ndash; French university student [[Jean Châtel]] attempts to assassinate [[King of France|King]] [[Henry IV of France]] after gaining entrance into the King's office. Châtel attacks the monarch with a knife and causes a minor injury. After the court jester, [[Mathurine de Vallois]] intervenes, she detains Châtel until the King's bodyguard can carry out the arrest. Two days later, is executed by dismemberment. The [[Lycée Louis-le-Grand|Collège de Clermont]], the Jesuit institution where Châtel was a student, is closed and the order of the [[Jesuits]] is temporarily banned. <ref>[[Voltaire]] (François-Marie Arouet) ''Histoire du Parlement de Paris'' (1769)</ref>
* [[December 28]] &ndash; The earliest known performance of [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' takes place at [[Gray's Inn]] in [[London]], and is played by the [[Lord Chamberlain's Men]] acting company. The production is held before members of the English court on Innocents' Day as part of the Gray's Inn Christmas festivities. <ref>"Introduction", by Charles Whitworth, ed., ''William Shakespeare: The Comedy of Errors'' (Oxford University Press, 2003) p.1</ref>