Editing 1670 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 3]] &ndash; In India, [[Chhatrapati]] [[Shivaji]] maharaj, the ruler of the [[Maratha Empire]], leads an attack on the British settlement at [[Surat]] near [[Bombay]]. British Governor [[Gerald Aungier]] secures the British fortress at Surat and saves the lives and property of British citizens. 
* [[October 14]] &ndash; ''[[Le Bourgeois gentilhomme]]'', a five-act comedy and ballet authored by [[Molière]], is given its first performance, presented before King [[Louis XIV]] at the [[Château de Chambord]]. Public performances begin on November 23 at the [[Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré)|Théâtre du Palais-Royal]] in [[Paris]].
* [[October 18]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Kitombo]] takes place in southwest Africa in [[Angola]], when colonial soldiers of the [[Army of Portugal]] invade Soyo, an independent [[Kongo people|BaKongo]] kingdom, with the intent of annexing it to Portuguese West Africa.<ref>David Birmingham, ''Portugal and Africa'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 1999) p. 61</ref> The 400 Portuguese troops, led by João Soares de Almeida, encounter a stiff resistance. Soyo's Estevao da Silva, whose army has the benefit of weapons supplied by the Dutch Republic, is joined in battle by troops from the neighboring [[Ngoyo|Kingdom of Ngoyo]] on the other side of the [[Congo River]]. General Soares de Almeida is killed, and most of his troops die or are captured; Soyo's General da Silva is killed in the process of winning the battle. Because of the defeat, Portugal makes no further attempt to conquer Soyo or Ngoyo.
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Louis XIV of France]] inaugurates the construction of ''[[Les Invalides]]'', a veterans' hospital in [[Paris]].
* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Henry Morgan]], a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[privateer]] in English service, recaptures [[Santa Catalina Island, Colombia]].
* [[December 27]] &ndash; Henry Morgan captures [[Fort San Lorenzo]], on [[Panama]]'s Caribbean coast.
* [[December 31]] &ndash; The expedition of [[John Narborough]] leaves [[Corral Bay]] having surveyed the coast and lost four hostages to the Spanish.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Urbina C. |first1=María Ximena |author-link=Ximena Urbina |date=2017 |title=La expedición de John Narborough a Chile, 1670: Defensa de Valdivia, rumeros de indios, informaciones de los prisioneros y la creencia en la Ciudad de los Césares |trans-title=John Narborough expedition to Chile, 1670: Defense of Valdivia, indian rumours, information on prisoners, and the belief in the City of the Césares |url=https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-22442017000200011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=es |journal=[[Magallania]] |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=11–36 |doi=10.4067/S0718-22442017000200011 |access-date=December 27, 2019 |doi-access=free |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516145116/https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-22442017000200011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=es |url-status=dead }}</ref>