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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 13]] &ndash; [[Battle of Gegodog]]: [[Trunajaya]] defeats the [[Mataram Sultanate]].
* [[October 17]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Żurawno]] is signed, between the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman (Turkish) Empire]] and [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].
* [[November 16]] &ndash; A prison is founded on [[Nantucket Island]], in the English colony of [[Massachusetts]].
* [[November 27]] &ndash; A fire in [[Boston]], Massachusetts, is accidentally set by a careless and sleepy apprentice, who drops a lighted candle, or leaves it too near some combustible substance; this is the largest fire known at this time in the district. The Rev. [[Increase Mather]]’s church, dwelling and a portion of his personal library are destroyed.<ref>{{cite book|title=A General History of New England, from the discovery to MDCLXXX|first=William|last=Hubbard|author-link=William Hubbard (clergyman)|location=Boston|publisher=Little, Brown|year=1848}}</ref>
* [[December 4]] &ndash; [[Scanian War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lund]]: [[Sweden]] defeats the forces of Denmark.
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Ole Rømer]] makes the first quantitative measurements of the [[speed of light]].
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[Sands baronets]] created in the [[List of extant baronetcies|Baronetage of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Leigh Rayment's list of baronets |url=http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage.htm  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021184256/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage.htm |archive-date=21 October 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>