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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 23]] &ndash; The six-month-long [[Siege of Isfahan]] ends, when the [[Safavid dynasty|Safavid]] capital [[Isfahan]] capitulates to the Afghan rebels. Safavid [[Sultan Husayn]] abdicates, and acknowledges [[Mahmud Hotak]] as the new Shah of [[Persia]].
* [[November 15]] (November 4 O.S.) &ndash; Russia's Emperor [[Peter the Great]] issues an order establishing the [[Caspian Flotilla]] during its war against Persia to gain complete control of the landlocked [[Caspian Sea]].
* [[November 20]] &ndash; The [[Dutch East India Company]] cargo ship ''[[Schoonenberg (ship)|Schoonenberg]]'' runs aground in [[South Africa]]'s [[Struisbaai|Struis Bay]] and is looted by most of its 110 crew, beginning a legend and questions of whether the wreck was part of a conspiracy or simply an accident. Almost 300 years later, the event is reconstructed in detail by investigators.
* [[December 20]] &ndash; After the longest reign by a Chinese Emperor in history (61 years), the [[Kangxi Emperor]] dies, and is succeeded by his son Yinzhen as [[Yongzheng Emperor]].