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=== October–December ===
* [[October 21]] &ndash; [[The Great Thunderstorm]] in [[Widecombe-in-the-Moor]], England: probable [[ball lightning]] strikes the parish church, killing 4 and injuring about 60.
* [[November 21]] &ndash; The General Assembly of the [[Church of Scotland]] is summoned to Glasgow, by [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]].<ref>James Pagan, ''Sketch of the History of Glasgow'' (Robert Stuart and Company, 1847) p. 35</ref>
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[New Haven]], the first planned city in America, is founded when local Indians make a deed of Quinnipiac to Theophilus Eaton and other English settlers.<ref>"The New Haven Colony", by Henry White, in ''Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society'' (New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1865) p.3</ref>
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Cardinal Mazarin]] becomes the first adviser to French potentate [[Cardinal Richelieu|Richelieu]], on the death of [[François Leclerc du Tremblay|Leclerc du Tremblay]].
* [[December 21]] &ndash; The full moon is in total eclipse from 1:12 to 2:47 UT, and the solstice occurs later in the day, at 16:05 UT.
* [[December 25]] &ndash; [[Capture of Baghdad (1638)|Capture of Baghdad]] by the Ottomans under [[Sultan]] [[Murad IV]].