WHAT HAPPENED ON 15. NOVEMBER
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Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. (15. November 655)

Battle of Morgarten: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I. (15. November 1315)

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. (15. November 1532)

Francisco Pizarro arrives in Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire. (15. November 1533)

The Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham. (15. November 1688)

Battle of Zsibó: Austrian-Danish victory over the Kurucs (Hungarians). (15. November 1705)

American Revolutionary War: After 16 months of debate the Continental Congress approves the Articles of Confederation. (15. November 1777)

The first U.S. Catholic college, Georgetown University, opens its doors. (15. November 1791)

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.) (15. November 1806)

The first modern revival of the Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece. (15. November 1859)

American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta, Georgia and starts Sherman's March to the Sea. (15. November 1864)

Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup. (15. November 1889)

Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League. (15. November 1914)

First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland. (15. November 1920)

Over 1,000 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (15. November 1922)

The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic. (15. November 1923)

The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations. (15. November 1926)

The RNLI lifeboat Mary Stanford capsized in Rye Harbour with the loss of the entire 17 man crew. (15. November 1928)

Manuel L. Quezon is inaugurated as the second President of the Philippines. (15. November 1935)

In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial. (15. November 1939)