Editing 1663 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 12]] &ndash; The [[Farnley Wood Plot]], a conspiracy in the English county of [[West Yorkshire]] to overthrow the recently-restored monarchy and to return to the military rule that had been established by the late Oliver Cromwell, fails when only 26 men gather at [[Farnley, Leeds|Farnley]]. The group is arrested and 21 of the rebels are later executed for treason.   
* [[October 16]] &ndash; With 2,000 men under his command, [[Petar Zrinski]], the [[Ban of Croatia|Viceroy]] of [[Croatia]] within the Holy Roman Empire, defeats a much larger force of 8,000 Ottoman soldiers in the [[Battle at Jurjeve Stijene]], near the modern town of [[Otočac]].  The Croatians lose 10 soldiers killed; the Ottoman invasion force suffers over 1,500 deaths.
* [[November 6]] &ndash; The Kingdom of Sweden adopts a law creating the flag in use in the nation now, a yellow [[Nordic cross]] on a blue background.  The original version, used as a state flag and on ships, had three pennants. <ref>Svante Svärdström, ''Rikets vapen och flagga'' (''The coat of arms and flag of the kingdom'' (Swedish Royal Armory, 1960) pp. 23-48</ref>
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy]] is appointed by King Louis XIV of Frances as the new [[List of governors general of the French Antilles|Governor General of the French West Indies]] as the colonies of [[Saint-Domingue]], [[Saint Martin (island)|Saint Martin]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Dominica]], [[Saint Barthélemy]], and [[Saint Croix]] are put under a unified rule for the colonies in the Caribbean Sea for the first time since 1651.
* [[November 24]] &ndash; The General Court of Commissioners for Rhode Island and Providence Plantations convenes for the final time, meeting in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]] to formally receive the Rhode Island Royal Charter issued on July 8 by King Charles II.
* [[December 12]] &ndash; The [[Dutch Republic]] prohibits practice of the common law custom of ''[[jus naufragii]]'', the doctrine that permitted people to seize property that had washed ashore on their land after a shipwreck.
* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba|Queen Ana Nzinga]] of the [[Kingdom of Ndongo]] and the [[Kingdom of Matamba]], both located in the northern part of what is now the [[Republic of Angola]] in Africa, dies after a 39-year reign in Ndongo and 32 years after conquering Matamba.  She is succeeded by her sister, [[Barbara of Matamba|Barbara Mukambu Mbandi]], who rules for less than three years.
* [[December 27]] &ndash; [[Jacob Hustaert]] becomes the new [[Governor of Dutch Ceylon]].