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=== October &ndash;December ===
* [[October 12]] &ndash; The [[Delft Explosion]], in the arsenal, devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100, among whom is [[Carel Fabritius]] (32), the most promising student of [[Rembrandt]].
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria]], is crowned. His [[Absolutism (European history)|absolutist]] style of leadership becomes a benchmark for the rest of Germany.
* [[November 23]] &ndash; French mathematician, scientist and religious philosopher [[Blaise Pascal]] experiences an intense mystical vision that marks him for life.
* [[December 11]] &ndash; Sir [[William Petty]] wins the contract from the [[Commonwealth of England]] to make a survey of [[Ireland]]. 
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[Count of Atouguia#List of the Counts of Atouguia (1448)|Jerónimo de Ataíde]], Count of Atouguia, becomes Portugal's new [[List of governors-general of Brazil|Governor-General of Brazil]], succeeding [[João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 2nd Count of Castelo Melhor|João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos e Sousa]].
* [[December 25]] &ndash; An English Navy fleet of 17 warships and 20 transports, carrying 325 cannons, 1,145 seamen, and 1,830 troops, under the command of Admiral [[William Penn (Royal Navy officer)|William Penn]] departs from Portsmouth to begin [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s planned [[Western Design|surprise attack on Spain's colonies in the New World]].</onlyinclude>