November 15th, 1532

Born on November 15th, 1532

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What happened on November 15th, 1532?

November 15th, 1532

Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Commanded by Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistadors under Hernando de Soto meet Incan Emperor Atahualpa for the first time outside Cajamarca, arranging for a meeting in the city plaza the following day.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_conquest_of_the_Inca_Empire

What else 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.

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

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Who's birthday is on November 15th?

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

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

30

Paulo Dybala

Argentine and Italian association football player (born 1993)

*November 15th, 1993, Laguna Larga

41

Christian Andreas Siber

German theologian

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

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

57

Nicholas V

Pope of catholic church from 1447 until 1455

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

83

Sam Waterston

American actor, producer and director

*November 15th, 1940, Cambridge

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

73

George Anthony Walkem

Canadian lawyer (1834-1908)

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

75

Klaus Ampler

German cyclist (1940-2016)

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

98

Georgia O'Keeffe

American modernist artist (1887–1986)

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

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

62

Jacques Davy Duperron

Catholic cardinal

*November 15th, 1556, Saint-Lô †December 6th, 1618, Paris

40

Imanol Erviti

Road bicycle racer

*November 15th, 1983, Pamplona

36

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

German army officer and aristocrat

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

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57

Jean-Antoine de Baïf

French writer (1532-1589)

*February 19th, 1532, Venice †September 19th, 1589, Paris

56

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

English nobleman and the favourite and close friend of Queen Elizabeth I (1532-1588)

*June 24th, 1532, Kenilworth †September 4th, 1588, Oxfordshire

35

Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duchess of Prussia

*April 23rd, 1532, Hann. Münden †March 20th, 1568, Guryevsk

64

Georg Lysthenius

German theologian

*January 1st, 1532, Naumburg †January 1st, 1596, Dresden

78

Juan de Ribera

Roman Catholic archbishop and saint (1532-1611)

*March 20th, 1532, Seville †January 6th, 1611, Valencia

63

Francisco de Toledo

Catholic cardinal (1532-1596)

*October 4th, 1532, Córdoba †September 14th, 1596, Rome

73

Marino Grimani

Doge of Venice (1532-1605)

*July 1st, 1532, Venice †December 25th, 1605, Venice

63

John Hawkins

English navigator, admiral, privateer and slave trader (1532-1595)

*January 1st, 1532, Plymouth †November 12th, 1595, Puerto Rico

66

Edzard II, Count of East Frisia

Count of East Frisia (1532–1599)

*June 24th, 1532, Greetsiel †March 1st, 1599, Aurich

76

Martin Schalling the Younger

German theologian (1532-1608)

*April 21st, 1532, Strasbourg †December 29th, 1608, Nuremberg

85

Alphonsus Rodriguez

(1532-1617) lay brother and saint

*July 25th, 1532, Segovia †October 31st, 1617, Palma de Mallorca

53

John Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Count of Schwarzburg, then Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (1532-1586)

*December 20th, 1532, Sondershausen †October 28th, 1586, Arnstadt

43

Wilhelm Xylander

German humanist and classical scholar (1532–1576)

*December 26th, 1532, Augsburg †February 10th, 1576, Heidelberg

52

Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony

Electress consort of Saxony

*November 22nd, 1532, Haderslev †October 1st, 1585, Dresden

83

Owen Günther

German physicist and philosopher

*January 25th, 1532, Eiderstedt †July 8th, 1615, Helmstedt

62

Lorenz Dürnhofer

German deacon and theologian

*January 29th, 1532, Nuremberg †July 18th, 1594, Nuremberg

63

Clara of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Abbess of Gandersheim, later Duchess of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

*November 16th, 1532, Wolfenbüttel †November 23rd, 1595, Herzberg Castle

69

Giulio Antonio Santorio

Catholic cardinal

*June 6th, 1532, Caserta †May 9th, 1602, Rome

60

William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

Astronomer, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532-1592)

*June 24th, 1532, Kassel †August 25th, 1592, Kassel

40

Joachim Curaeus

German historian (1532-1573)

*October 23rd, 1532, Kożuchów †January 21st, 1573, Głogów

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Leap year

Yes: 1532 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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