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=== October &ndash;December === 
* [[October 5]] (September 25 O.S.) &ndash;  The English blockade of the Moroccan port of [[Salé]] begins as {{HMS|Garland|1660|6}} and [[HMS Francis (1666)|HMS ''Francis'']] retaliate for raids from the port by the Barbary pirates.  The blockade lasts for 10 days.
* [[October 7]] &ndash; French Jesuit missionary [[Jean Pierron]] arrives at the [[Mohawk Nation]] city of [[Tionondogen]] (near modern-day [[Palatine, New York]], U.S.) to replace [[Jacques Frémin]] in attempting to convert members of the Iroquois tribe to Christianity.  
* [[October 31]] &ndash; The English ship [[HMS Providence (1660)|HMS ''Providence'']] is wrecked at [[English Tangier|Tangier]] on the North African coast.
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Iliaș Alexandru]] steps down as the ''[[voivode]]'' or elected ruler of [[Moldavia]] (now part of [[Romania]] and the Republic of [[Moldova]]) and is replaced by his predecessor, [[George Ducas|Gheorghe Duca]].
* [[December 6]] &ndash; The [[Jesuati|Order of the Jesuati]], founded in [[1360]] by [[Giovanni Colombini]], is abolished by [[Pope Clement IX]].
* [[December 16]] &ndash; In [[China]], the 1661 edict of the "[[Great Clearance]]", the forcible evacuation of the coastal areas of [[Guangdong]], [[Fujian]], [[Zhejiang]], [[Jiangnan]], and [[Shandong]] in order to fight a rebellion, is rescinded by the [[Kangxi Emperor]] after lobbying by [[Zhou Youde]], the [[Viceroy of Liangguang]].   
* [[December 28]] &ndash; [[Fritz Cronman]] arrives in [[Moscow]] as the Swedish Empire's ambassador to the Russian Empire, accompanied by a staff of 35 people.