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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 22]] &ndash; Louis XIV of France issues the [[Edict of Fontainebleau]], which revokes the [[Edict of Nantes]] and declares [[Protestantism]] illegal, thereby depriving [[Huguenot]]s of civil rights. Their Temple de Charenton-le-Pont is immediately demolished and many flee to England, Prussia and elsewhere.
* [[November 8]] (October 29 O.S.) &ndash; The [[Edict of Potsdam]] is issued by [[Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg]] in response to France's Edict of Fontainebleau, welcoming the Protestant Huguenots of France to resettle in eastern Germany in Brandenburg.  The [[French Colony of Magdeburg]] is established on December 1 in Saxony as a community separate from [[Magdeburg]].  
* [[November 11]] &ndash; [[Morean War]]: The [[Republic of Venice]] captures the fortress town of [[Igoumenitsa]] from the [[Ottoman Empire]], and razes it to the ground.
* [[December 3]] &ndash; King [[Charles XI of Sweden]] issues an order banning [[History of the Jews in Sweden|Jews]] from settling in Sweden, particularly in the capital at [[Stockholm]] "on account of the danger of the eventual influence of the Jewish religion on the pure evangelical faith."  <ref> "Sweden", by Gustav Linder, in ''The Jewish Encyclopedia'' (Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1906) </ref>
* [[December 10]] &ndash; In what is now [[Thailand]], [[Narai|King Narai]] of [[Ayutthaya Kingdom|Ayutthaya]] signs a treaty with representatives of France at [[Lopburi]], allowing [[Catholic Church in Thailand|Roman Catholic]] missionaries to preach the [[Gospel]] and exempting Thai Catholics from work on Sunday, as well as appointing a special court to settle disputes between Thai Christians and non-Christians.