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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 4]]
**The [[Battle of Entzheim]] takes place in [[France]] with 35,000 Holy Roman Empire troops and 22,000 French defenders during the [[Franco-Dutch War]], with the forces fighting near [[Entzheim]] south of [[Strasbourg]].  While the battle is inconclusive, the outnumbered French win a strategic victory by keeping the Germans from entering French territory.<ref>Spencer C. Tucker, ''A Global Chronology of Conflict'' (ABC-CLIO, 2010) p. 651</ref> Most of the former battlefield now lies beneath the [[Strasbourg International Airport]].
**A second coronation is held by the Maratha Empire for the [[Chhatrapati]] [[Shivaji|Shivaji Bhonsle]], after the Vedic priest Nischal Puri Goswami decides that the June 18 coronation was "held under inauspicious stars".<ref>Shripad Rama Sharma, ''The Making of Modern India: From A. D. 1526 to the Present Day'' (Orient Longmans, 1951) p. 223</ref>
* [[October 15]] &ndash; The [[Torsåker witch trials]] begin in the [[Torsåker Parish, Diocese of Härnösand|Torsåker Parish]] in [[Sweden]], with over 100 men and women accused of witchcraft and the abduction of children.  On June 1, 1675, the mass beheading of the 71 people convicted takes place at Häxberget, 65 of whom are women.<ref>Lars Guvå, ''Ångermanland'' (Almqvist & Wiksell, 1984) p. 135</ref><ref>''Rättshistoriskt bibliotek'' ("Legal history library"), Vol. 48 (Institutet för rättshistorisk forskning, 1962)</ref> The others are two men and four boys.  
* [[October 27]] &ndash; The town of [[Grave, Netherlands|Grave]] surrenders to a Dutch army after [[Siege of Grave (1674)|a difficult siege]].
* [[November 10]] &ndash; As provided in the Treaty of Westminster of February 19, the Dutch Republic cedes its colony of [[New Netherland]] to England. This includes the colonial capital, [[New Orange]], which is returned to its English name of [[New York City|New York]]. The colonies of [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Surinam]], [[Essequibo (colony)|Essequibo]] and [[Berbice]] remain in Dutch hands.
* [[December 4]] &ndash; Father [[Jacques Marquette]], along with Pierre Poteret and Jacque Poteret, sails southward along the shore of [[Lake Michigan]], accompanied by nine canoes of Indians from the [[Potawatomi]] tribe, and comes ashore at what is now [[Chicago]].  The three missionaries, the first Europeans to explore the area, camp there for the winter.<ref>John Moses and Joseph Kirkland, ''History of Chicago, Illinois'' (Munsell & Company, 1895) p. 15</ref>  Marquette notes in his journal "The land bordering it is of now value, except on the prairies," and adds "There are eight to ten quite fine rivers."<ref>"Miscellany: Sacred Spots in Illinois", ''Illinois Catholic Historical Review'' (January–April, 1923) p. 284</ref>  A historical marker is now erected on the site of the landing.<ref>John Graf and Steve Skorpad, ''Chicago's Monuments, Markers, and Memorials'' (Arcadia Publishing, 2002) p. 66</ref>  Father Marquette founds a mission (which will in time grow into the city of [[Chicago]]) on the shores of [[Lake Michigan]], in order to create a Christian ministry to convent Native Americans in the [[Illinois Confederation]].