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=== October–December === * [[October 11]] – [[Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda]], the Spanish [[Governor-General of the Philippines]], is assassinated in a bloody coup d'etat by supporters of the [[Archbishop of Manila]], whom Bustamante had imprisoned. * [[October 14]] – The British Army, under the command of Major General [[George Wade]], [[Capture of Vigo|invades and captures]] the forts of [[Vigo]] on the Atlantic coast of Spain.<ref>Charles Dalton, ''George The First's Army 1714~1727'' (Oxford University, 1912) p. 7</ref> * [[October 21]] – The [[Red Canal]] is opened in the Russian capital, [[Saint Petersburg]], after seven years of construction, at a ceremony in the presence of the Tsar [[Peter the Great]].<ref>[https://walkspb.ru/istoriya-peterburga/ulpl/millionnaya-ul (Миллионная улица) "Millionnaya Street"], Walk SPB</ref> * [[October 28]] – [[Sweden]] and [[Denmark-Norway]] sign an armistice, halting combat in the [[Great Northern War]] between them, with final terms agreed to in the [[Treaty of Frederiksborg]] on July 3, 1720.<ref>Oswald Kuylenstierna, ''Striderna vid Göta älfs mynning åren 1717 och 1719'' [The skirmishes at the mouth of Göta älv between 1717 and 1719] (in Swedish) (Norstedt, 1899) pp. 38-40</ref> * [[November 9]] – In [[Treaties of Stockholm (Great Northern War)#Treaty with Hanover|a treaty between Sweden and Hanover]] at the close of the [[Great Northern War]], Sweden cedes the [[Bremen-Verden|Duchies of Bremen and Verden]] (in northern Germany) to Hanover. * [[December 22]] – [[Andrew Bradford]] publishes the ''American Weekly Mercury'', Pennsylvania's first newspaper.
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