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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 20]] &ndash; An estimated [[1687 Peru earthquake|8.7 magnitude earthquake]] strikes {{convert|50|km}} off of the coast of [[Peru]] and kills at least 5,000 people, primarily from a [[tsunami]] that washes away the city of [[Pisco, Peru|Pisco]] and causes severe damage to the Spanish colonial cities of Lima, Callao and Ica.  <ref>[http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/people/emile/PDF/EAO178.pdf "Evaluation of Tsunami Risk from Regional Earthquakes at Pisco, Peru"], by Emile A. Okal, José C. Borrero and Costas E. Synolakis, ''Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America'' (2006) pp. 1634-1648</ref>
* [[October 31]] &ndash; The legend of the [[Charter Oak]] begins as a successful attempt to hide the 1662 Royal Charter of the British colony (and now a U.S. state) of [[Connecticut]] after [[Edmund Andros]], the Governor of the [[Dominion of New England]], makes a mission of attempting to confiscate the founding documents for the seven colonies that make up the new administrative area.  After Governor Andros arrives in Hartford and comes to the tavern of Zachariah Sanford to demand the Connecticut Colony charter, Captain Joseph Wadsworth spirits the parchment away from the and hides the Charter in a hollowed out portion of a white oak tree on Wyllys Hyll until Andros is recalled to London.  <ref>[https://connecticuthistory.org/hiding-the-charter-images-of-joseph-wadsworths-legendary-action/ "Hiding the Charter: Images of Joseph Wadsworth’s Legendary Action"], ConnecticutHistory.org</ref>
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[Suleiman II of the Ottoman Empire|Suleiman II]] succeeds the deposed [[Mehmed IV]], as [[Ottoman Emperor]].
* [[December 31]] &ndash; In response to the revocation of the [[Edict of Nantes]] in [[1685]], a group of [[Huguenot]]s set sail from France, and settle in the recently established Dutch colony at the [[Cape of Good Hope]], where, using their native skills, they establish the first South African vineyards.
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