How do i generate a rotation matrix iteratively.

I have two matrices containing coordinates:
example1 = [1 3;
4 5;
2 3;
6 17];
example2 = [1 4;
6 2;
8 9;
10 11];
and I'm implementing the RANSAC algorithm to remove outlier coordinates. To do that, I will need to include a factor of whether a not one coordinate in example1 is either a rotation, scaling or translation which result in the coordinate in example2. (1 3 -> 1 4, 4 5 -> 6 2 etc..) Hence, I will need to have a rotation matrix, scaling and translation matrix to be built iteratively within the RANSAC algorithm.
For now, I'll just keep it simple by just using a rotation matrix.
How do i generate a rotation matrix [cos θ -sin θ; sin θ cos θ] if i do not have anything else other than the two coordinate matrices above?
Edit: sorry for the confusion but the goal is to "estimate" the transformation matrix in every N iteration. The following shows:
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 Accepted Answer

example1 = [1 3;
4 5;
2 3;
6 17];
example2 = [1 4;
6 2;
8 9;
10 11];
syms theta
RM = [cos(theta) -sin(theta); sin(theta) cos(theta)];
residue = simplify( sum(sum((example2 - (RM * example1.').').^2)) );
best_theta = vpasolve(diff(residue,theta));
It is also possible to code it as a numeric minimization of residue over a bounded range, without using the symbolic toolbox.

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@Walter Roberson thanks, but just in case i wasn't clear earlier, I've updated the post.
Your original goal was restricted to rotation matrix, and my code finds the rotation matrix that produces the least squared error of rotation between the given sets of coordinates.
I would suggest that Bruno's answer is probably better for your purposes.

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Bruno Luong
Bruno Luong on 11 Sep 2019
Edited: Bruno Luong on 11 Sep 2019
You can use this implementation by Matt J using the Horn's method. It do for you the scaling and translation as well.

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