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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 5]] &ndash; The [[Slaying of the Spaniards|Spánverjavígin]], the last massacre to be carried out in Iceland, begins as 14 [[History of Basque whaling|Basque Whalers]] from [[Spain]] are murdered at [[Thingeyri]] while sleeping. Another 18 are killed on October 13, including Captain Martín de Villafranca. The 31 had been survivors of a shipwreck on Iceland in September. 
* [[October 27]] &ndash; In Russia, the [[Siege of Pskov (1615)|siege of Pskov]] ends with the withdrawal of Swedish Army troops. The siege is the last battle of the [[Ingrian War]].
* [[November 3]] &ndash; Japanese diplomat [[Hasekura Tsunenaga]] and his delegation are received by [[Pope Paul V]] in [[Rome]], and present a request for trade between the Roman Catholic Church and the Japanese shogunate<ref> "A Quarter Century of Trans-Pacific Diplomacy: New Spain and Japan, 1592–1617", by W. Michael Mathes, ''Journal of Asian History'' (1990) pp. 1–29</ref> 
* [[November 7]] &ndash; The Portuguese freighter ''Nossa Senhora da Luz'', carrying 150 crew and a cargo of Chinese and Burmese goods, sinks in a storm near the Azores.  
* [[November 22]] &ndash; [[Alexandru Movilă]] is installed as [[List of rulers of Moldavia|Prince of Moldavia]] by Poland as Prince [[Ștefan IX Tomșa]] is driven from the throne.
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Louis XIII|King Louis XIII of France]] marries [[Anne of Austria|Princess Ana María Mauricia]], the 14-year-old daughter of [[Philip III of Spain|King Philip III of Spain]]. The two had been legally united in a marriage by proxy on October 18.
* [[November]] &ndash; The [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] under [[Jahangir]] launch the first offensive against [[Kajali, Palghar|Kajali]], a border post of the [[Ahom kingdom]].
* [[December 2]] &ndash; In the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian Republic]], [[Giovanni Bembo]] is elected chief executive as the new [[List of Doges of Venice|Doge of Venice]] after the October 31 death of [[Marcantonio Memmo]].
* [[December 6]] &ndash; In [[Kingdom of England|England]], [[John Winthrop]], later governor of the future [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]], marries his second wife (of four), Thomasine Clopton, daughter of William Clopton of Castleins, near [[Groton, Suffolk]].
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Francisco de Borja y Aragón]] becomes the new [[List of viceroys of Peru|Viceroy of Peru]], a colony of Spain encompassing all of [[Spanish language]]-speaking [[South America]] and what are now the nations of Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, and Uruguay. 
* [[December 20]] &ndash; The [[Uskok War]] begins after the ports of the Holy Roman Empire on the Adriatic Sea are blockaded by the Republic of Venice, which has hired English and Dutch mercenaries.