Editing 1689 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 6]] &ndash; The papal conclave in Rome unanimously elects Pietro Vito Ottoboni as the new Pope. Ottoboni takes the name [[Pope Alexander VIII|Alexander VIII]] and succeeds [[Pope Innocent XI]], to become the 241st pope, the first Venetian to hold the office in over 200 years.
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Skopje fire of 1689]] occurs, lasting for two days and burning much of the city.
* [[November 11]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Larache (1689)|Siege of Larache]] in Morocco ends when the Spanish troops surrender to Mawlay Ismail and the Moroccan forces.
* [[November 22]] &ndash; [[Peter the Great]] decrees the construction of the [[Great Siberian Road]] to China.
* [[December 10]] &ndash; A great [[comet]] is visible from [[Beijing|Pekin]] and sightings continue until December 24th, including many from Dutch ships near the equator.<ref name="Vogel">{{cite journal|author=Vogel|title=On the Comet of 1689|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|date=June 11, 1852|doi=10.1093/mnras/12.8.206|volume=12|issue=8|pages=206–208|issn=0035-8711|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* [[December 16]] &ndash; The [[Bill of Rights 1689|Bill of Rights]] (''An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown''), drawn up by the [[Convention Parliament (1689)|Convention Parliament]] of England to establish [[constitutional monarchy]] in England, but with Roman Catholics barred from the throne, receives [[royal assent]]; it will remain substantially in force into the 21st century.
* [[December 22]] &ndash; A serious earthquake strikes [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]].<ref name="Hammerl">{{cite journal|journal=Acta Geodaetica et Geophysica|volume=50|issue=1|pages=39–62|first=Christa|last=Hammerl|year=2015|title=The four strongest earthquakes in Tyrol/ Austria during XVIth and XVIIth centuries: from archival sources to macroseismic intensities|doi=10.1007/s40328-014-0083-3 |bibcode=2015AcGG...50...39H |s2cid=130499470 |url=https://www.emidius.eu/AHEAD/study/HAMM015}}</ref>