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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; The Netherlands enters the Dano-Swedish War to come to the rescue of Denmark, sending a 45-ship fleet from [[Vlie]].  
* [[October 29]] &ndash; The 45-ship fleet of the Netherlands arrives at Denmark and begins its counterattack on Sweden's army and navy with three squadrons.
* [[November 6]] &ndash; The [[Mexican Inquisition]] carries out the execution, by public burning, of 14 men convicted of homosexuality, while another 109 arrested are either released or given less harsh sentences.
* [[November 8]] (October 29 old style) &ndash; The [[Battle of the Sound]] takes place between the navies of the Dutch Republic (with 41 warships) and of Sweden (with 45) at the [[Øresund]], a [[strait]] between Denmark and Sweden's newly-acquired territory, the former Danish island of [[Scania]]. The Dutch Republic is successful at breaking the Swedish Navy's blockade of Copenhagen, and Sweden is forced to retreat, bringing an end to the attempted conquest of Denmark.
* [[November 23]] &ndash; The elaborate funeral of [[Lord Protector]] of England [[Oliver Cromwell]] (who had died on September 3 and was buried at Westminster Abbey two weeks later) is carried out in [[London]]. A little more than two years later (in January 1661), his body will be disinterred and his head severed and placed on a spike. 
* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Abaza Hasan Pasha]], an Ottoman provincial governor who is attempting to depose the Grand Vizier, wins a battle at the Turkish city of [[Ilgin]], defeating loyalist forces led by Murtaza Pasha. The victory is the last for the rebels. Two months later (February 16, 1659) Abaza Hasan is assassinated after being invited to peace negotiations by the loyalists.
* [[December 20]] &ndash; Representatives of the Russian Empire and the Swedish Empire sign the [[Treaty of Valiesar]] at the Valiesar Estate near [[Narva]], part of modern-day [[Estonia]]. In return for ceasing hostilities between the two empires in the [[Second Northern War]], Russia is allowed to keep captured territories in [[Livonia]] (part of modern-day [[Latvia]]) for a term of three years.
* [[December 25]] &ndash; Polish and Danish forces defeat a Swedish Army in the [[Siege of Kolding (1658)|Battle of Kolding]] in [[Denmark]].
* [[December 30]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Toruń (1658)|Siege of Toruń]] ends almost six months after it started, with Poland recapturing the city from Sweden.