Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 15

November 15: Republic Day in Brazil (1889), Shichigosan in Japan.

Deodoro da Fonseca

• 655 - Penda of Mercia was defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria at the Battle of the Winwaed.

• 1889 - A military coup led by Deodoro da Fonseca (pictured) overthrew Emperor Pedro II and declared Brazil a republic.

• 1920 - The first general assembly of the League of Nations was held in Geneva, Switzerland.

• 1971 - Intel released the 4004, the world's first single-chip microprocessor.

• 1988 - The Palestinian National Council declared the independence of the State of Palestine.

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