- Nov 2 Second Battle of Breitenfeld, aka First Battle of Leipzig; victory for the Swedish army under Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson over Holy Roman Empire army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
Van Diemen's Land
Nov 24 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman is the first European to discover Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)
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