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=== October–December ===
* [[October 15]] &ndash; The [[University of Tartu]] officially opens, in [[Swedish Livonia]].
* [[October 30]] &ndash; [[Henri II de Montmorency]], is executed for his participation in the rebellion of [[Gaston, Duke of Orléans]], against French king [[Louis XIII]].
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Wladyslaw IV Waza]] is elected king of the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]], after [[Sigismund III Vasa]]'s death.
* [[November 16]] (November 6 [[Old Style]]) &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: [[Battle of Lützen (1632)|Battle of Lützen]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Franklin D. Margiotta|title=Brassey's Encyclopedia of Military History and Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmYjAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Brassey's|isbn=978-0-02-881096-6|page=418}}</ref> in Saxony &ndash; Swedish king [[Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden|Gustavus II Adolphus]] leads an assault on [[Wallenstein]]'s army, but is killed early in the battle, despite which the Swedish commanders manage to rally the army and eventually defeat Wallenstein, who withdraws from [[Saxony]]. Following the death of Gustavus Adolphus, he is succeeded as ruler of Sweden by his six-year-old daughter [[Christina of Sweden|Christina]], while five regents (headed by [[Axel Oxenstierna]]) govern the country. On November 17, [[Gottfried zu Pappenheim]], [[Field Marshal]] of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], dies from wounds sustained in the battle.
* [[December 6]] &ndash; Indians wipe out a new Dutch settlement of Swanadael in [[New Netherland]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=59|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref>