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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 1]] &ndash; The founding deed of the [[University of Wrocław]] is signed by the Holy Roman Emperor [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]] of the House of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia.
* [[October 7]] &ndash; Great Northern War: Russian troops [[Siege of Nöteborg (1702)|besiege the Swedish fortress of Nöteborg]], and capture it after 15 days.
* [[October 14]] &ndash; War of the Spanish Succession: [[Battle of Friedlingen]] &ndash; [[France]] defeats forces of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].
* [[October 18]] &ndash; Queen Anne's War: [[Battle of Flint River]] &ndash; Spanish and [[Apalachee]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] forces fail in their attack against [[Muscogee (Creek)|Creek]] Indians, supported by English traders, in the modern-day U.S. state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].
* [[October 19]] &ndash; The opera ''[[Pomona (opera)|Der Sieg der fruchtbaren Pomona]]'' by [[Reinhard Keiser]] is premiered at the [[Hamburg Opera]] for the birthday of King [[Frederick IV of Denmark]].
* [[October 23]] &ndash; War of the Spanish Succession:
**[[Battle of Vigo Bay]] &ndash; Anglo-Dutch naval forces under English Admiral Sir [[George Rooke]] capture the defended Spanish port of [[Cádiz]] and take or destroy all the [[Spanish treasure fleet]] and escorting French [[warship]]s there.<ref name=Seapower/>
**[[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|Churchill]] forces the surrender of [[Liège]].
* [[October 27]] &ndash; Queen Anne's War in North America: English troops plunder [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]], [[Spanish Florida]].
* [[October 28]] &ndash; Sieur Juchereau, Lieutenant General of [[Montréal]], establishes the first trading post on the [[Wabash River]] in order to trade [[American Bison|buffalo]] hides with [[Indigenous people of the Americas|American Indians]]. The site of the trading post may be the modern-day location of [[Vincennes, Indiana]].
* [[November 7]] &ndash; The first performance of the opera ''[[Tancrède]]'' by [[André Campra]] takes place at the [[Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré)|Théâtre du Palais-Royal]] in Paris.
* [[November 10]] &ndash; [[Queen Anne's War]] in North America: The [[Siege of St. Augustine (1702)|Siege of St. Augustine]] opens as English forces besiege [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]], [[Spanish Florida]].
* [[November 15]] &ndash; The opera ''La Clemenza d'Augusto'' by [[Johann Joseph Fux]] is premiered in [[Vienna]].
* [[November 22]] &ndash; The [[Dutch East India Company]] ship ''Amsterdam'' (1691) founders en route from Bombay to [[Basra]] during a storm with the loss of all hands.
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|John Churchill]] is created [[Duke of Marlborough (title)|duke of Marlborough]].
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Queen Anne's War]]: The [[Siege of St. Augustine (1702)|Siege of St. Augustine]] in Spanish Florida is lifted.