England removes Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, from his position as Lord Chancellor. November 11 – In the Battle of Khotyn, Polish and Lithuanian military units, under the command of soon-to-be-king Jan Sobieski, defeat the Turkish army. In this battle, which takes place one day after the death of Poland and Lithuania's monarch, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, the rockets invented by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used. November 13 – Dutch troops commanded by Raimondo Montecuccoli and William, Prince of Orange conquer Bonn. November 14 – Christopher Wren is knighted in England. November 23 – James, Duke of York, marries Mary of Modena; they meet for the first time immediately before the ceremony in Dover. December 8 – Pedro Nuño Colón de Portugal dies only five days after arriving in Mexico City to take office as the new viceroy of New Spain. He is replaced on December 13 by Payo Enríquez de Rivera, the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Mexico. December 19 – King Louis XIV of France issues a decree recognizing the legitimacy of (and giving royal titles to) the three children whom he had sired through his mistress, the Marquise de Montespan: Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine; Louis César, Count of Vexin; and Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Princess of Condé. December 28 – In China, General Wu Sangui begins the Revolt of the Three Feudatories, a rebellion against the Ming dynasty by killing the Governor of the Yunnan province, Zhu Guozhi. Within 10 days, he leads troops on an expedition to take over the neighboring Guizhou province and by 1676 controls 11 of China's provinces. Date unknown France begins its expedition against Ceylon. Chelsea Physic Garden, the second oldest botanic garden in England, is founded by the Society of Apothecaries, for the study of medicinal and other plants. The Mitsui family's trading and banking house is founded in Japan. The stalactic grotto of Antiparos (Aegean Sea) is discovered. Archpriest Petrovich Avvakum writes his Zhitie (Life), as the first Russian autobiography. Births January 31 – St. Louis Maria Grignion de Montfort, French missionary priest (d. 1716) April 27 – Claude Gillot, French artist (d. 1722) July 20 – John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (d. 1747) August 8 – John Ker, Scottish informer (d. 1726) August 10 – Johann Konrad Dippel, German alchemist (d. 1734) August 11 – Richard Mead, English physician (d. 1754) August