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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 8]] &ndash; The [[Shunzhi Emperor]] of China is crowned at five years old, 17 days after the death of his father and the decision of the [[Deliberative Council of Princes and Ministers]].
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[Dutch expedition to Valdivia]]: The Dutch end their occupation of [[Valdivia]] in [[Chile]].
* [[November 14]] &ndash; [[Empress Meishō]] abdicates and [[Emperor Go-Kōmyō]] accedes to the throne of Japan.
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Battle of Tuttlingen]] &ndash; France is defeated by forces of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].
* [[December 12]] &ndash; Swedish Field Marshal [[Lennart Torstensson]]'s forces enter [[Denmark-Norway|Danish]] territory in [[Holstein]], beginning the [[Torstenson War]].
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[First English Civil War]]: At the [[Battle of Alton]] in [[Hampshire]], the Parliamentarians  defeat the Royalists.
* [[December 25]] &ndash; [[Christmas Island]] in the Indian Ocean is sighted and named by Captain William Mynors of the [[British East India Company]] ship ''Royal Mary''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/christmas/culture-history/island-history.html |title=Christmas Island history |publisher=Australian Government, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities |access-date=December 9, 2011 |date=November 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304001240/http://www.environment.gov.au/parks/christmas/culture-history/island-history.html |archive-date=March 4, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[December 28]] &ndash; [[Dutch expedition to Valdivia]]: The failed Dutch expedition arrives back at [[Recife]] in [[Dutch Brazil]].