Editing 1712 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 3]] &ndash; In Scotland a warrant is issued for the arrest of outlaw [[Rob Roy MacGregor]] by [[Sir James Stewart (Lord Advocate)]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Notable Dates in History|url=http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm|work=The Flag in the Wind|publisher=[[The Scots Independent]]|access-date=2016-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126115905/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm|archive-date=26 January 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[October 31]] &ndash; King [[Philip V of Spain]] establishes the [[Biblioteca Nacional de España]] as the Palace Public Library (Biblioteca Pública de Palacio) in [[Madrid]].
* [[November 4]] &ndash; The [[Bandbox Plot]] aims to kill British [[Lord Treasurer]] [[Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford]] but is foiled by [[Jonathan Swift]] (author of ''Gulliver’s Travels'').
* [[November 22]] &ndash; The first performance of [[George Frideric Handel]]'s opera ''[[Il pastor fido (Handel)|Il pastor fido]]'' takes place at [[His Majesty's Theatre, London|the Queen's Theatre]] in the [[Haymarket, London]].
* [[December 7]] &ndash; The charter of [[Buchach Monastery]] in Ukraine, founded by [[Stefan Aleksander Potocki]] and his wife Joanna née Sieniawska, is signed in [[Lublin]].
* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Great Northern War]]: the [[Battle of Gadebusch]] is Sweden's final great victory in the war, preventing the [[Siege of Stralsund (1711–1715)|loss of the city of Stralsund]] to [[Denmark|Danish]] and [[Saxony|Saxon]] forces.
* [[December 27]] &ndash; The premiere of the opera ''[[Callirhoé]]'' by [[André Cardinal Destouches]] takes place at the [[Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré)|Théâtre du Palais-Royal]] in Paris.
* [[December 28]] &ndash; Total eclipse of the sun visible from {{coord|21.5|S|159.0|E}}