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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 2]] &ndash; In what is now the state of [[Western Australia]], administered at the time by the [[Dutch East India Company]], seven members of the crew of the ''Batavia'' are hanged on the [[Houtman Abrolhos|Abrolhos Islands]] for their massacre of 125 passengers and crew.
* [[October 24]] &ndash; Portuguese Navy Captain [[Pedro Teixeira]] leads 2,000 men in the capture of [[Fort Taurege]] from England in what is now Brazil.
* [[November 30]] &ndash; The [[St Etienne baronets]] [[British nobility]] title is created.<ref>{{cite web |title= Leigh Rayment's list of baronets |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage.htm  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021184256/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage.htm |archive-date=21 October 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[December 22]] &ndash; (Kan'ei 6, 8th day of the 11th month) [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] of Japan abdicates the throne in favor of his daughter, Princess Okiko, who becomes [[Empress Meishō]].
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[Giovanni I Cornaro]], [[Doge of Venice|Doge]] of the Republic of Venice since 1625, dies and is succeeded by [[Nicolò Contarini]].