November 15th, 1285

Born on November 15th, 1285

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 269,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 223 days, exactly on February 9th, 2025, people who were born on November 15th, 1285 will be 270,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 15th?

November 15th, 2012

Xi Jinping replaced Hu Jintao as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, succeeding as the paramount leader of China.

November 15th, 1988

The Soviet spacecraft Buran, a reusable vehicle built in response to NASA's Space Shuttle program, was launched, uncrewed, on its only flight.

November 15th, 1959

Two men murdered a family in Holcomb, Kansas; the events became the subject of Truman Capote's non-fiction novel In Cold Blood, a pioneering work of the true crime genre.

November 15th, 1943

The Holocaust: In the Romani Holocaust, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler ordered that the Romani were to be put "on the same level as Jews and placed in concentration camps".

November 15th, 1935

The Commonwealth of the Philippines was officially established, with Manuel L. Quezon inaugurated as its president.

November 15th, 1922

During a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador, police and military fired into a crowd, killing at least 300 people.

November 15th, 1908

As a result of numerous atrocities in the territory, the Congo Free State was annexed to Belgium to form the Belgian Congo.

November 15th, 1889

Brazilian emperor Pedro II was overthrown in a coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca, while the country was proclaimed a republic.

November 15th, 1864

American Civil War: Union Army general William Tecumseh Sherman began his March to the Sea, inflicting significant damage to property and infrastructure using scorched-earth tactics on his way from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia.

November 15th, 1859

Sponsored by Greek businessman Evangelos Zappas (pictured), the first modern revival of the Olympic Games took place in Athens.

November 15th, 1760

The chapel of the newly constructed Castellania in Valletta, Malta, was consecrated.

November 15th, 0655

Penda of Mercia and Æthelhere of East Anglia were defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria at the Battle of the Winwaed in Yorkshire, England.

November 15th, 0565

Justin II became Byzantine emperor, having allegedly been chosen by his uncle Justinian I as his successor on his deathbed.

November 15th, 2022

The world population reached eight billion.

November 15th, 2020

Lewis Hamilton wins the Turkish Grand Prix and secures his seventh drivers' title, equalling the all-time record held by Michael Schumacher.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 15th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 15th?

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

57

Nicholas V

Pope of catholic church from 1447 until 1455

*November 15th, 1397, Sarzana †March 24th, 1455, Rome

30

Paulo Dybala

Argentine and Italian association football player (born 1993)

*November 15th, 1993, Laguna Larga

83

William Herschel

German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)

*November 15th, 1738, Hanover †August 15th, 1822, Slough

83

Gerhart Hauptmann

German dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 (1862-1946)

*November 15th, 1862, Szczawno-Zdrój †June 6th, 1946, Jagniątków

72

Beverly D'Angelo

American actress

*November 15th, 1951, Columbus

27

Vanessa Nakate

Ugandan Climate Change Activist

*November 15th, 1996, Kampala

88

Mahmoud Abbas

President of the State of Palestine since 2005

*November 15th, 1935, Safed

83

Sam Waterston

American actor, producer and director

*November 15th, 1940, Cambridge

41

Christian Andreas Siber

German theologian

*November 15th, 1662, Bad Schandau †January 31st, 1704, Bad Tennstedt

52

Erwin Rommel

German field marshal

*November 15th, 1891, Heidenheim an der Brenz †October 14th, 1944, Herrlingen

67

Gloria Foster

American actress (1933–2001)

*November 15th, 1933, Chicago †September 29th, 2001, New York City

87

Martin Bangemann

German politician

*November 15th, 1934, Wanzleben †June 28th, 2022, Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre

0

John I of France

King of France in 1316

*November 15th, 1316, Paris †November 20th, 1316, Paris

75

Klaus Ampler

German cyclist (1940-2016)

*November 15th, 1940, Malbork †May 6th, 2016, Leipzig

73

George Anthony Walkem

Canadian lawyer (1834-1908)

*November 15th, 1834, Newry †January 13th, 1908, Victoria

98

Georgia O'Keeffe

American modernist artist (1887–1986)

*November 15th, 1887, Sun Prairie †March 6th, 1986, Santa Fe

50

Jeroen Willems

Dutch actor (1962-2012)

*November 15th, 1962, Maastricht †December 3rd, 2012, Amsterdam

55

Uwe Rösler

German association football manager and former player

*November 15th, 1968, Altenburg

36

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

German army officer and aristocrat

*November 15th, 1907, Jettingen-Scheppach †July 21st, 1944, Bendlerblock

40

John Heitinga

Dutch association football player

*November 15th, 1983, Alphen aan den Rijn

91

Ed Asner

American actor (1929–2021)

*November 15th, 1929, Kansas City †August 29th, 2021, Tarzana

69

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768

*November 15th, 1708, London †May 11th, 1778, London Borough of Bromley

72

Tilly Losch

Ballerina, dancer, actress (1903-1975)

*November 15th, 1903, Vienna †December 24th, 1975, New York City

40

Imanol Erviti

Road bicycle racer

*November 15th, 1983, Pamplona

22

Alexia Paganini

Swiss-American figure skater

*November 15th, 2001, Greenwich

78

Bob Gunton

American film, television and stage actor

*November 15th, 1945, Santa Monica

74

August Krogh

Danish physiologist

*November 15th, 1874, Grenå †September 13th, 1949, Copenhagen

56

Anna de Noailles

Romanian-French writer (1876-1933)

*November 15th, 1876, 7th arrondissement of Paris †April 30th, 1933, 16th arrondissement of Paris

32

Shailene Woodley

American actress

*November 15th, 1991, San Bernardino

78

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Swedish singer (born 1945)

*November 15th, 1945, Ballangen

81

Daniel Barenboim

Israeli Argentine-born pianist and conductor

*November 15th, 1942, Buenos Aires

44

Brett Lancaster

Australian cyclist

*November 15th, 1979, Shepparton

32

Maxime Colin

French association football player

*November 15th, 1991, Arras

44

Albert Rivera

Spanish politician

*November 15th, 1979, Barcelona

40

Fernando Verdasco

Spanish tennis player

*November 15th, 1983, Madrid

35

B.o.B

American rapper, singer and record producer

*November 15th, 1988, Winston-Salem

70

James Widdoes

American actor and director

*November 15th, 1953, Pittsburgh

69

Emma Dent Coad

British politician (born 1954)

*November 15th, 1954, London

56

François Ozon

French film director and screenwriter

*November 15th, 1967, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1285 is a normal year and no leap year.

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