On This Day in History for November 15
Events in History
- 655 Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Bernicia.
- 1315 Battle of Morgarten: Swiss beat duke Leopold I of Austria
- 1348 Rudolph of Oron claims Jews have confessed to poisoning wells
- 1492 Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco
- 1492 In La Guardia, Spain, 6 Jews & 5 Conversos are accused of ritual murder
- 1515 Thomas Wolsey is invested as an English Cardinal
- 1527 Treaty of Schoonhoven: Henry of the Palatinate, Bishop of Utrecht, cedes lands to the Habsburgs in return for security help against resistant citizens
- 1532 Pope Clemens VII tells England's King Henry VIII to end relationship with Anna Boleyn
- More Events in History
William Pitt the Elder
William Herschel
Gerhart Hauptmann
August Krogh
Georgia O’Keeffe
Erwin RommelWeddings in History
- 2005 Emperor Akihito's only daughter Princess Sayako (36) gives up her imperial title to wed Yoshiki Kuroda (40) at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Justinian I
Johannes Kepler
John Witherspoon
Margaret MeadNovember in History
Nell Gwyn, the Temptress Who Enchanted a King
Nell Gwyn, who was brought up in a bawdy-house in London, caught the eye of King Charles II and became one of England’s most famous royal mistresses.
November 14, 1687
The 1918 Flu Pandemic
A village in Alaska was almost wiped out on this day as the 1918 flu pandemic took its toll. Are there lessons for the world combatting the Coronavirus in 2020?
November 15, 1918
Vietnam War Moratorium Demonstration
Millions marched against the Vietnam War outside the White House
November 15, 1969
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation, the first constitution of the United States of America
November 15, 1777