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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 1]] &ndash; [[James Cook]] names [[Whakaari / White Island|White Island]], off the coast of New Zealand.
* [[October 7]] &ndash; James Cook lands in New Zealand, at [[Turanganui-a-kiwa|Poverty Bay]].
* [[October 9]] &ndash; In the first encounter between the [[Māori people]] and Europeans (at the future site of [[Gisborne, New Zealand]]), one Maori is shot and killed after he steals a sword from one of the officers of the Cook expedition. Several more Māori are killed in fighting the next day.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Martin|last1=Terry|first2=Susan|last2=Hall|title=Cook's Endeavour Journal: The Inside Story|publisher=National Library of Australia|location=Canberra|year=2008|page=90}}</ref>
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot]] demonstrates a steam-powered artillery tractor (''see drawing'') in [[Kingdom of France|France]].
* [[November 1]] &ndash; A party of the expedition of Spanish explorer [[Gaspar de Portola]] becomes the first Europeans to reach [[San Francisco Bay]]. Sergeant Jose Francisco de Ortega and his group accidentally discover the area while searching for [[Drakes Bay]] in [[Alta California]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Spanish Penetrations to the North of New Spain|first=Oakah L. Jr. |last=Jones|title=North American Exploration, Volume '''2''': A Continent Defined|editor=Allen, John Logan|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|location=Lincoln|year=1997|page=62}}</ref> 
* [[November 12]] &ndash;The  Gorkhali Army conquer the last standing Malla Kingdom of Bhaktapur marking the end of The Malla dynasty in Nepal.
* [[November 21]] &ndash; Ireland's House of Commons rejects a spending bill passed by Great Britain's parliament, by a 94–71 margin.<ref>{{cite book|first=John|last=Barrow|author-link=Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet|title=Some Account of the Public Life, and a Selection from the Unpublished Writings of the Earl of Macartney|volume=II|location=London|publisher=Cadell and Davies|year=1807|page=151}}</ref> 
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[Dartmouth College]] is established in [[Hanover, New Hampshire]], as [[John Wentworth (governor)|John Wentworth]], the Royal Governor, conveys a charter from King [[George III]] of Great Britain.
* [[December 22]] &ndash; The [[Sino-Burmese War (1765–69)]] is ended by a truce.