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=== October–December === * [[October 4]] – [[New Netherland]] is [[Conquest of New Netherland|captured]] by England. * [[October 28]] – The "[[James II of England|Duke of York and Albany]]'s maritime regiment of foot" is formed in London and serves as a precursor to the [[Royal Marines]] of the United Kingdom. * [[October 31]] – Surrounded by a [[Berber people|Berber]] army, the [[French Navy]] evacuates the presidio of [[Jijel]], a Mediterranean Sea port in what is now the Republic of Algeria, after having captured it from the [[Ottoman Algeria|Algiers Regency]] on June 12. * [[November 6]] – The oldest hospital in India, the [[Government General Hospital]], is opened at [[Madras]] by the English [[East India Company]] for the treatment of ill soldiers. * [[November 17]] – Lithuanian colonist [[Jacob Kettler]], [[Duchy of Courland and Semigallia|Duke of Courland]], gives up all of his rights to his African colony at [[Kunta Kinteh Island|St Andrew's Island]] in the [[Gambia River]] to representatives of King Charles II, in return for keeping possession of the Caribbean island of [[Tobago]]. * [[December 3]] – The English warships [[HMS Nonsuch (1660)|HMS ''Nonsuch'']] and [[HMS Phoenix (1660)|HMS ''Phoenix'']] are wrecked in a storm at [[Gibraltar]]. * [[December 20]] – All but 3 members of the over 200-person crew of the Dutch ship ''[[Kennemerland (1664)|Kennemerland]]'' are killed when the trade ship sinks in a storm near the [[Out Skerries]] islands off of the coast of [[Scotland]].
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