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=== October–December === * [[October]] – [[William Congreve]]'s comedy ''[[The Double-Dealer]]'' is first performed in London.<ref name=McGHEWD>{{cite book|title=McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama|volume=4|first=Stanley|last=Hochman|page=542}}</ref><ref name="CBH198200">{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=198–200|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref> * [[October 4]] – [[Battle of Marsaglia]] near [[Turin]] in the [[Counts and dukes of Savoy|Duchy of Savoy]]: A French force under the command of General [[Nicolas Catinat]] defeats the Savoyard forces, leaving 10,000 dead or wounded, while sustaining only 1,000 casualties. * [[October 11]] – [[Charleroi]] falls to French forces. * [[October 29]] – The Great Storm changes the course of rivers and alters the coastline from Virginia to Long Island in America.<ref name="WundergroundLate">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/late-season-tropical-storms-that-have-affected-the-us-north-of-hatte.html|title=Late Season Tropical Storms that have affected the U.S. north of Hatteras – Weather Extremes|website=wunderground.com|accessdate=September 29, 2022}}</ref> * [[November 7]] – [[Charles II of Spain|King Charles II of Spain]] issues a royal edict providing sanctuary in Spanish Florida for escaped slaves from the English colony of South Carolina.<ref>Alejandra Dubcovsky, ''Informed Power: Communication in the Early American South'' (Harvard University Press, 2016)</ref><ref>Ned Sublette and Constance Sublette, ''American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry'' (Chicago Review Press, 2015)</ref> * [[November 14]] – General [[Santaji Ghorpade]] of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] in [[India]] is defeated by General Himmat Khan of the Mughal Empire near Vikramhalli, and retreats. A week later, after regrouping his troops, Santaji defeats Himmat at their next encounter. * [[November 21]] – The 46-gun Royal Navy frigate [[HMS Mordaunt|HMS ''Mordaunt'']] founders off of the coast of Cuba. * [[November 29]] – A fleet of 30 English and Dutch ships captures the French port of [[Saint-Malo]] * [[December 16]] – [[Diego de Vargas]], Spanish colonial governor of [[Santa Fe de Nuevo México]] (now the area around the capital of the U.S. state of [[New Mexico]]), returns to the walled city of [[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]] and requests the [[Pueblo people]] to accept the authority of the colonial government. Negotiations fail and a [[Pueblo Revolt#Reconquest|siege begins]] on December 29. The Pueblo defenders surrender the next day and the 70 rebels are executed soon after. The 400 civilian women and children are made slaves and distributed to the Spanish colonists.<ref>Ramón A. Gutiérrez, ''When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500–1846'' (Stanford University Press, 1991) p. 145</ref> * [[December 27]] – The new 80-gun English Navy warship [[HMS Sussex (1693)|HMS ''Sussex'']] departs Portsmouth on its maiden voyage, escorting a fleet of 48 warships and 166 merchant ships to the Mediterranean Sea. The fleet runs into a storm on February 27, 1694, and on March 1, ''Sussex'' and 12 other warships sink, along with a cargo of gold.
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