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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; The Convention of Vigevano is signed, bringing a general ceasefire in Italy and an end to the [[Nine Years' War]] between [[France]] and the remaining members of the Grand Alliance.
* [[October 20]] &ndash; The [[Imperial Russian Navy]] is founded on the recommendation of Tsar Peter the Great and approval by the Russian Duma.
* [[November 9]] &ndash; A total lunar eclipse is visible in North and South America.<ref name="ukho2">{{Cite web|url=http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/1511696/|website=astro.ukho.gov.uk|title=Total Eclipse of the Moon: 1696 November 09 | date=1996|access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref>
* [[November 12]] &ndash; [[Hand in Hand Fire & Life Insurance Society]], as predecessor to [[Aviva]], is founded in England.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wignall |first1=Katie |title=Look Up London: Discover the details you have never noticed before in 10 walks |date=May 26, 2022 |publisher=Quercus |isbn=978-1-5294-1943-6 |page=222 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_oJEEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT222 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="aviva">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aviva.com/newsroom/news-releases/2007/11/romania-311-years-of-history-for-the-aviva-group-3713/|title=Romania: 311 years of history for the Aviva group – Aviva plc|website=aviva.com|date=November 12, 2007 |access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref>
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[John Vanbrugh]]'s play ''[[The Relapse]]'' is first performed in London.
* [[November 25]] &ndash; In England, the House of Commons approves the [[bill of attainder]] to convict [[Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet|Sir John Fenwick]] of high treason for plotting to lead the assassination of and coup d'état against King William III, on its third and final reading, voting 187 to 161 in favor of conviction. The measure then moves to the House of Lords.<ref name=Horwitz>"House of Commons Votes, 1689–1702", in ''Parliament, policy, and politics in the reign of William III'', by Henry Horwitz (Manchester University Press, 1977) p. 338</ref>  
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]] captures and destroys [[St. John's, Newfoundland]] after a three-day siege.<ref>{{cite book|first=Spencer|last=Tucker|title=Almanac of American Military History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TO2mx314ST0C&pg=PA106|year=2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-530-3|pages=106}}</ref>
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[Connecticut Route 108]], one of Connecticut's oldest highways is laid-out to [[Trumbull, Connecticut|Trumbull]].
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Jean-François Regnard]]'s verse comedy ''[[:fr:Le Joueur (Regnard)|Le Joueur]]'' ("The Gamester") premieres in [[Paris]].
* [[December 23]] &ndash; By a vote of 66 to 60, the English House of Lords approves the bill of attainder for the conviction of Sir John Fenwick for high treason.<ref>"Bills of Attainder", in ''Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons: Relating to conference and impeachment'', by John Hatsell (L. Hansard and Sons) 1818 p. 324</ref> Fenwick is beheaded on January 28, 1697.
* [[December 24]] &ndash; The [[Inquisition]] in [[Portugal]] carries out the sentence of burning at the stake against several [[Marrano]] [[Judaism|Jews]] in [[Évora]].