Events on 15 November 54
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Battle of Morgarten: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I.
Year 1532
Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Inca Empire leader Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging a meeting on the city plaza the following day.
Year 1760
The secondly-built Castellania in Valletta is officially inaugurated with the blessing of the interior Chapel of Sorrows.
Year 1777
American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation.
Year 1806
Pike expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. (It is later named Pikes Peak.)
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 4
Birthdays on 15 November 207
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B'utz Aj Sak Chiik
b. 459 – d. 501
B'utz Aj Sak Chiik, Mayan king (d. 501)
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John I of France
b. 1316 – d. 1316
John I of France (b. 1316)
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Pope Nicholas V
b. 1397 – d. 1455
Pope Nicholas V (d. 1455)
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Eleanor of Austria
b. 1498 – d. 1558
Eleanor of Austria (d. 1558)
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Johannes Secundus
b. 1511 – d. 1536
Johannes Secundus, Dutch poet and author (d. 1536)
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Jacques Davy Duperron
b. 1556 – d. 1618
Jacques Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
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Madeleine de Scudéry
b. 1607 – d. 1701
Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (d. 1701)
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Hermann von der Hardt
b. 1660 – d. 1746
Hermann von der Hardt, German historian and orientalist (d. 1746)
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Christoph von Graffenried
b. 1661 – d. 1743
Christoph von Graffenried, Swiss-American settler and author (d. 1743)
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Louis Bertrand Castel
b. 1688 – d. 1757
Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (d. 1757)
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Eusebius Amort
b. 1692 – d. 1775
Eusebius Amort, German poet and theologian (d. 1775)
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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
b. 1708 – d. 1778
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1778)
Deaths on 15 November 105
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Malo (saint)
d. 621
Malo, Welsh bishop
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Æthelhere of East Anglia
d. 655
Æthelhere, king of East Anglia
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Penda of Mercia
d. 655
Penda of Mercia
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Odo II, Count of Blois
d. 1037 (b. 983)
Odo II, Count of Blois (b. 983)
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Leopold III, Margrave of Austria
d. 1136 (b. 1073)
Leopold III, Margrave of Austria (b. 1073)
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Margaret I, Countess of Flanders
d. 1194
Margaret I, Countess of Flanders
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Albertus Magnus
d. 1280 (b. 1193)
Albertus Magnus, German bishop, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1193)
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James I of Urgell
d. 1347 (b. 1321)
James I of Urgell, Prince of Aragon (b. 1321)
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Joanna of Pfirt
d. 1351
Joanna of Pfirt, duchess consort of Austria
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Otto V, Duke of Bavaria
d. 1379 (b. 1346)
Otto V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1346)
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Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini
d. 1463 (b. 1393)
Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples (b. 1393)
Catherine of York
d. 1527 (b. 1479)
Catherine of York, English Princess (b. 1479)