| 15 November 1202 | Hungary, Venice, Italy, Byzantine Empire, Germany [Crusades (1095–1272)] | The crusaders take the Adriatic port of Zadar (Italian Zara) from the king of Hungary for Venice in lieu of payment for their transport to Egypt, which Venice cannot pay. Here the crusaders meet Alexius IV Angelus, son of the deposed Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelus, who promises them troops and money for the Fourth Crusade if they will help his father regain the Byzantine throne. |
| 15 November 1315 | Swiss Confederation, Austria, Holy Roman Empire [wars] | The Swiss defeat Duke Leopold of Austria at Morgarten. |
| 15 November 1577–30 November 1580 | England, Central America, South America [exploration] | The English buccaneer and explorer Francis Drake leads his expedition on the Pelican (later renamed the Golden Hind) round the world, via Cape Horn, to attack Spanish settlements and shipping along the American Pacific coast and to search for the fabled South Sea continent and the Northwest Passage. |
| 15 November 1630 | Bavaria [births and deaths] | Johannes Kepler, German astronomer, who discovered the elliptical nature of orbits, dies in Regensburg, Bavaria (now Germany) (58). |
| 15 November 1738 | England, Germany [births and deaths] | William Herschel, German-born English astronomer who discovered Uranus and developed a theory of stellar evolution, born in Hanover, Germany (–1822). |
| 15 November 1853 | Portugal [political events] | Queen Maria II of Portugal (known as Maria da Glória dies and is succeeded by her young son Pedro V, who initially rules under a regency. |
| 15 November 1863 | Denmark, Germany [political events] | King Frederick VII of Denmark dies and is succeeded by his liberal son Christian IX, who is determined to pursue his father's policies with regard to the duchy of Schleswig. |
| 15 November 1889 | Brazil [law and government] | Brazil is proclaimed a republic on the abdication of Dom Pedro II following a coup. |
| 15 November 1897 | Wales [births and deaths] | Aneurin Bevan, British Labour politician who introduced the National Health Service (NHS), born in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales (–1960). |
| 15 November 1920 | [political events] | Danzig (modern Gdansk in Poland) is proclaimed a free city under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. In early December its constitutional assembly is proclaimed the city parliament. Close commercial ties with Poland are confirmed. |
| 15 November 1923 | Germany [banking and finance] | The value of the German mark drops to rate of 4,200,000 million to the US dollar; the government introduces a new currency, the rentenmark, to replace the mark. |
| 15 November 1927 | Canada [League of Nations] | Canada is elected to a seat on the Council of the League of Nations. |
| 15 November 1969 | UK [advertising] | The first colour advertisement appears on British television, a commercial for Birds Eye peas. |
| 15 November 1985 | Northern Ireland [diplomacy] | The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle, giving the Irish Republic a consultative role in the affairs of Northern Ireland. The British treasury minister Ian Gow resigns in protest. |
| 15 November 1996 | Zaire, Rwanda [political events] | The refugee crisis in Zaire and Rwanda is defused without the need for outside help after Tutsi rebels defeat extremist Hutu militiamen, allowing 700,000 Hutus under their control to return to Rwanda. |
| 15 November 2002 | England [births and deaths] | Myra Hindley, child murderer and one of Britain's most infamous prisoners, dies in Bury St Edmunds, England (60). |
