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=== October–December ===
* [[October 18]] – The [[3rd Spanish Armada]], a fleet of 140 ships, departs from the port of [[La Coruña]] with 12,634 soldiers and sailors and a plan to invade the British Isles with a landing at [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]] in [[Cornwall]]. <ref name=Tenace>"A Strategy of Reaction: The Armadas of 1596 and 1597 and the Spanish Struggle for European Hegemony"", by Edward Tenace, in ''The English Historical Review'' (2003) pp. 869–872</ref>
* [[October 21]] – The Spanish Armada reaches the [[English Channel]] without opposition. An English ship sees the invading force's approach, but is intercepted and sunk, with the survivors being taken prisoner. The Armada encounters a storm the next day. <ref name=Wernham> R. B. Wernham, ''The Return of the Armadas: The Last Years of the Elizabethan Wars Against Spain 1595–1603'' (Clarendon Press, 1994) pp. 185–187</ref> 
* [[October 25]] – Following the loss of an artillery ship and the galleon ''San Bartolome'', Spanish Admiral [[Diego Brochero]] orders the remaining ships in the attacking Armada to disperse until the weather improves. <ref name=Wernham/> 
* [[October 26]] – [[Battle of Myeongnyang]]: The Koreans, commanded by [[Yi Sunsin]], are victorious over a Japanese invasion fleet.
* [[November 10]] – In the last major action during the war of the [[3rd Spanish Armada]], the galleon ''Bear of Amsterdam'' is captured as it approaches Falmouth, where an English squadron intercepts it and leads it into Dartmouth. 
* [[November 12]] – [[Siege of Lingen (1597)|Lingen capitulates]] to forces led by [[Maurice, Prince of Orange|Maurice of Nassau]].
* [[November 21]] – The remainder of the 3rd Spanish Armada is assembled at La Coruña. Only 108 of the original fleet of 140 ships is left, and many of the vessels require food and supplies. King Philip elects not to attempt another invasion of the British Isles.
* [[December 6]] – Queen Elizabeth of England appoints [[George Nicholson (diplomat)|George Nicholson]] as the English Resident in Scotland, the [[London]]'s chief diplomatic official to [[Edinburgh]], with a letter of accreditation for Nicholson to present to King James VI of Scotland. <ref>John Duncan Mackie, ''Calendar State Papers Scotland: 1597-1603'' (Edinburgh, 1969) p. 126.</ref>
* [[December 7]] – [[Lazzaro Grimaldi Cebà]] is elected as the new [[Doge of Genoa|Doge]] of the [[Republic of Genoa]], as the previous chief executive, [[Matteo Senarega]] completes his two-year term. Senarega is given the post of ''procuratore perpetuo''.
* [[December 23]]
**The Roman Catholic order of the [[Christian Doctrine Fathers|Congregatio Patrum Doctrinae Christianae]], which will later be more commonly known as the Christian Doctrine Fathers, is approved by [[Pope Clement VIII]]. Founded on September 29, 1592, the order continues to operate more than four centuries later and is headquartered in [[Rome]].
**Prince [[Sigismund Báthory]] signs an agreement with [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor]] to abdicate the throne of Transylvania in return for the Silesian duchies of Racibórz and Opole and an annual subsidy of 50,000 thalers.