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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 29]] &ndash; [[Michel le Tellier]] becomes Chancellor of France.
* [[November 4]] &ndash; The future [[Mary II of England]] marries [[William III of England|William of Orange]] in London.
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[France|French]] troops occupy [[Freiburg]].
* [[December 7]] &ndash; Father [[Louis Hennepin]] of Belgium, exploring North America, becomes the earliest known European person to discover [[Niagara Falls]], and the first to report its existence.  In his book ''A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America'', published in 1698, Hennepin writes "Betwixt the lakes Ontario and Eire there is a vast prodigious Cadence of water which falls down after a surprising and astonishing manner, inasmuch that the Universe does not afford its parallel."<ref>"Hennepin at Niagara", by Eleanor Clapp Waltz, in ''Beeson's Marine Directory of the Northwestern Lakes'' (H. C. Beeson, 1910) pp. 169-170</ref>
* [[December 9]] &ndash; The French Navy, led by [[Charles de Courbon de Blénac]] with a land force of 950 men, lands at the Caribbean island of [[Tobago]], lays siege to the Dutch fort defending the territory during the [[Franco-Dutch War]], and destroys the structure when it fires a cannon overlooking the fort, striking the gunpowder arsenal. The explosion kills 250 of the defenders, including Dutch Admiral [[Jacob Binckes]] and 16 officers.  Combined with the sinking of four ships of the Netherlands Navy, the victory at Tobago ends Dutch military power in the Antilles.
* [[December 15]] &ndash; The Siege of Stettin (the modern-day Polish city of [[Szczecin]] but, at this time, a possession of Sweden) ends after almost five months with Sweden's surrender of the city to Prussia's [[Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg]]. The siege, part of the [[Scanian War]], had begun on June 25.