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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 11]] &ndash; The [[Sack of Wexford]] in Ireland ends after having started on October 2, with Cromwell's New Model Army breaking through, killing more than 1,500 Irish Catholic defenders and civilians, while losing only 20 of the English soldiers.  The capture of Wexford ends the remaining chance that [[Charles II of England|Charles II]], heir to the English throne, can land troops in Ireland, and Charles and the royalist fleet flee to Portugal.
* [[November 24]] &ndash; The first phase of the [[Siege of Waterford]] begins as Cromwell's New Model Army attempts to take on the strategically-located Irish city's defenders with his own exhausted army.  Cromwell is forced to call off the siege after eight days and his army retreats to its winter quarters at [[Dungarvan]] on December 2.
* [[December 6]] &ndash; The Scottish defenders of Ireland are defeated by Cromwell's forces in the [[Battle of Lisnagarvey]] in County Antrim, with 1,500 Scots killed or captured, and New Model Army battalion of Colonel [[Robert Venables]] suffering minimal losses.  The battle ends the Scottish presence in Ireland and settlers are expelled from the island in the days that follow.
* [[December 20]] &ndash; The Puritan law enforcers of the Commonwealth of England raid the [[Red Bull Theatre]] in [[London]] for violations of the laws against performance of plays and arrest the actors, as well as confiscating their property.
* [[December 30]] &ndash; Chinese General [[Geng Zhongming]], having reported to the [[Qing dynasty]] commanders to face charges of harboring runaway slaves during his fight against the [[Southern Ming]] dynasty troops, commits suicide while waiting for a verdict in his court-martial. (1943). <ref>"Kêng Chung-ming", by George A. Kennedy, in ''Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period'', ed. by Arthur W. Hummel Sr. (United States Government Printing Office, 1943) p. 417</ref>  His son, [[Geng Jimao]], continues to fight against the Southern Ming.