Editing 1701 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 9]] &ndash; The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed [[Yale University]]) is chartered in [[Old Saybrook, Connecticut]].
* [[November 2]] &ndash; King [[Philip V of Spain]] marries for the first time, to 13-year-old [[Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy]], who serves as Queen Consort until her death from tuberculosis at the age of 25.
* [[November 11]] (O.S., November 22 N.S.) &ndash; The [[5th Parliament of King William III|House of Commons of England]] is dissolved by [[William III of England|King William III]] and [[November 1701 English general election|new elections]] are called for all 531 seats.<ref name=Ridgway>A.M. Sullivan, ed., ''Ridgway's Parliamentary Manual for the Year 1884'' (William Ridgway, 1884) p. 100</ref>
* [[December 29]] (O.S., January 9, 1702 N.S.) &ndash; The [[Battle of Erastfer]] takes place near what becomes [[Erastvere]] in [[Estonia]], as a large Russian force commanded by [[Boris Sheremetev]] invades Swedish Livonia and overwhelms a smaller force led by [[Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach]] in  the first significant Russian victory in the Great Northern War.