October–December October 11 – The Treaty of the Hague is signed between the Dutch Republic, England and France. October 24 – Iberville and Bienville sail from Brest to the Gulf of Mexico, to defend the southern borders of New France. November 2 – The Darien scheme Scottish settlers land in Panama and establish their ill-fated colony; 80% of them would die within the first year. November 14 The first Eddystone Lighthouse, built off Plymouth, England, is illuminated. The Spanish king Carlos names his grandson Jozef Ferdinand as his heir. November 16 – A congress begins in Sremski Karlovci to discuss a treaty between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League. November – Tani Jinzan, astronomer and calendar scholar, observes a fire destroy Tosa (now Kōchi) in Japan at the same time as a Leonid meteor shower, taking it as evidence to reinforce belief in the "Theory of Areas". December 8 – King William III of England issues a proclamation of "our most gracious pardon unto all such pirates in the East Indies, viz., all eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, who shall surrender themselves for piracies or robberies committed by them upon sea or land" before April 30, 1699, to Captain Thomas Warren, but specifically "excepting Henry Every, alias Bridgman, and William Kidd.Arthur M. Harris, "Pirate Tales from the Law" (Little, Brown and Company, 1923) pp. 47-48 December 9 – Francis Nicholson becomes the new British colonial governor of Virginia, succeeding Sir Edmund Andros.R. A. Brock, Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians (Clearfield Press, 1888) p.10 December 12 – Mombasa (referred to at the time as Fort Jesus, and now part of Kenya) falls under control of the Emirate of Oman, with Imam Sa'if ibn Sultan as the first Omani Governor.
October–December October 11 – The Treaty of the Hague is signed between the Dutch Republic, England and France. October 24 – Iberville and Bienville sail from Brest to the Gulf of Mexico, to defend the southern borders of New France. November 2 – The Darien scheme Scottish settlers land in Panama and establish their ill-fated colony; 80% of them would die within the first year. November 14 The first Eddystone Lighthouse built off Plymouth, England, is illuminated. The Spanish king Carlos names his grandson Jozef Ferdinand as his heir. November 16. – A congress begins in Sremski Karlovci to discuss a treaty between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League. November – Tani Jinzan, astronomer and calendar scholar, observes a fire destroy Tosa (now Kōchi) in Japan at the same time as a Leonid meteor shower, taking it as evidence to reinforce belief in the "Theory of Areas". December 8 – King William III of England issues a proclamation of "our most gracious pardon unto all such pirates in the East Indies, viz., all eastward of the Cape of Good Hope, who shall surrender themselves for piracies or robberies committed by them upon sea or land", before April 30, 1699, to Captain Thomas Warren, but specifically "excepting Henry Every, alias Bridgman, and William Kidd.Arthur M. Harris, "Pirate Tales from the Law" (Little, Brown and Company, 1923) pp. 47-48 December 9 – Francis Nicholson becomes the new British colonial governor of Virginia, succeeding Sir Edmund Andros.R. A. Brock, Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians (Clearfield Press, 1888) p.10 December 12 – Mombasa (referred to at the time as Fort Jesus, and now part of Kenya) falls under control of the Emirate of Oman, with Imam Sa'if ibn Sultan as the first Omani Governor