On this day: November 15

November 15: Republic Day in Brazil (1889); Shichi-Go-San in Japan

King James II

• 1315 – A 1,500-strong force from the Swiss Confederacy ambushed a group of Austrian soldiers of the Holy Roman Empire on the shores of Lake Ägerisee in Switzerland.
• 1688 – Prince William of Orange landed at Brixham in Devon, on his way to depose his uncle and father-in-law King James II (pictured), the last Catholic monarch of England.
• 1859 – Sponsored by businessman Evangelos Zappas, the first modern revival of the Olympic Games took place in Athens, Greece.
• 1935 – The Commonwealth of the Philippines was officially established, with Manuel L. Quezon inaugurated as its president.
• 1988 – PLO leader Yasser Arafat proclaimed the creation of the State of Palestine as "the state of Palestinians wherever they may be".

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