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  • September 11 - Battle of Zenta, Prince Eugene of Savoy beat the Ottoman army of Mustafa II
  • September 20 - The Treaty of Ryswick
  • December 2 – St Paul's Cathedral opened in London
  • Peter the Great travels in Europe officially with a false identity as "artilleryman Pjotr Mikhailov"
  • Use of palanquins increases in Europe
  • Christopher Polhem starts Sweden's first technical school.
  • The royal castle "Tre Kronor" in Stockholm burns to the ground. A large portion of the royal library is destroyed.
  • Karl XII of Sweden is made king at the age of 15.
  • Tayasal, capital of the Peten Itza Maya, the last Mesoamerican state which ruled itself, is taken over by Spain
  • The Manchu Empire takes over western Mongolia