The 15t o November is the 319t day o the year (320t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 46 days bidin.
Events
Banner o Brazil showin the nicht sky on 15t November 1889.
1953: The succar spreader
1983: Banner o Northren Cyprus
- 655 - Battle o Winwaed: Penda o Mercia is defeatit bi Oswiu o Northumbria.
- 1688 - William II, Keeng o Scots lands at Brixham, statirtin the "Glorious Revolution".
- 1825 - John II o Portugal recognises the unthirldom o Brazil.
- 1889 - Emperor Pedro II o Brazil is overthrown. Deodoro da Fonseca declares Brazil a republic an becomes Preses.
- 1908 - Leopold II o Belgium sells the Congo Free State (nou the Democratic Republic o the Congo) tae the Belgian state.
- 1920 - In Geneva, the first sittin o the League o Naitions occurs.
- 1945 - Venezuela jyns the Unitit Naitions.
- 1949 - Nathuram Godse an Narayan Apte are executit for the murther o Mahatma Gandhi.
- 1953 - The succar spreader is patentit in Wast Germany.
- 1955 - The Leeberal Democratic Pairty o Japan is creatit.
- 1983 - Declaration o the Turkish Republic o Northren Cyprus. It is recognisit anly bi Turkey.
- 1985 - The Anglo-Erse Agreement is signed, giein the Republic o Ireland the richt tae mediate in the Northren Ireland conflict.
- 1988 - An independent state o Palestine is declarit.
- 1990 - Space Shuttle Atlantis launches, on mission STS-38.
- 2000 - In Indie, the state o Jharkhand is creatit oot o pairt o the state o Bihar.
- 2003 - Bomb attacks on synagogues in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 25 fowk.
- 2004 - Colin Powell propales his demission as Unitit States Secretar o State.
- 2007 - Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killin 3,447 fowk.
- 2017 - The result o a postal survey suggest a 61.6% level o support for same-sex marriage in Australie.
- 2017 - The militar taks ower in Zimbabwe, as lang-term Preses Robert Mugabe is placit unner hoose reest.
- 2017 - The UK Supreme Coort in Lunnon rules that the Scots Govrenment is alloued tae introduce minimum pricin for alcohol.
- 2017 - Leonardo da Vinci's pentin "Salvator Mundi" smashes the record for a wirk o airt sauld at auction.
- 2017 - Argentine submarine "ARA San Juan" disappears aff the coast o soothren Argentinae, wi 44 fowk on baird.
- 2018 - Several Breetish govrenment meenisters propale thair demissions ower Theresa May's proposed Brexit deal, incluidin Brexit Secretar Dominic Raab an Wirk an Pensions Secretar Esther McVey.
Births
William Herschel
- 1708 - William Pitt, 1st Yerl o Chatham, Prime meenister o Great Breetain (d. 1778)
- 1738 - William Herschel, German-Inglis astronomer an componer (d. 1822)
- 1862 - Gerhart Hauptmann, German writer (d. 1946)
- 1889 - King Manuel II o Portugal (d. 1932)
- 1891 - Erwin Rommel, German general (d. 1944)
- 1922 - Francesco Rosi, Italian director an screenwriter (d. 2015)
- 1929 - Ed Asner, American actor
- 1945 - Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norse-Swadish sangster
- 1958 - Lesley Laird, Scots politeecian
- 1983 - Fernando Verdasco, Spainish tennis player
- 1993 - Paulo Dybala, Argentine fitbawer
Daiths
Halidays
Banner o Palestine
Banner o Belgium
St. Malo, Breetany, Fraunce
- Republic Proclamation Day (Brazil)
- Independence Day (Palestine)
- Belgium:
- The 15t o November is the eat day o the follaein saunts:
- St. Albert the Great
- St. Zachary
- St. Leopold
- St. Abibus
- St. Arnulf
- St. Zachariah
- St. Secundus, Fidentian, & Varicus
- St. Desiderius
- St. Findan
- St. Gaius o Korea
- St. Hugh Faringdon, Blessed
- St. Hugh Green, Blessed
- Bl. John Eynon
- Bl. John Rugg
- Bl. John Thorne
- St. Luperius
- St. Machudd
- St. Malo
- Bl. Richard Whiting
- Bl. Roger James
- St. Paduinus
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