What Happened Today in History on November 15

The Battle of Magnesia takes place, ending the Seleucid War between the Roman Republic and the Seleucid Empire.

The Statute of Rhuddlan is enacted by King Edward I, reorganizing the governance of Wales.

The Spanish explorer Francisco Pizarro and his men reach the Inca Empire in Peru and establish their first settlement in what is now San Miguel de Piura in Northern Peru. Invited by an envoy of Inca Atahualpa to join him at his camp, Pizarro proceeded to Cajamarca arriving there on November 15, 1532.

The Spanish sealed the conquest of Peru by entering Cuzco on 15 November 15, 1533. They established a provisional capital in the town of Jauja, in the Mantaro river Valley, in April 1534. The capital but it was too distant from the sea to serve as the capital. Pizarro  later founded the city of Lima on Peru's central coast on January 18, 1535. 

The Battle of Fincastle takes place during the English Civil War, resulting in a victory for the Royalists.

Pirate Henry Morgan is knighted by England's King Charles II. Despite his controversial past as a privateer and buccaneer, Morgan was seen as a national hero in England. Following his knighthood, he returned to Jamaica as the Lieutenant Governor, a position he held until his death in 1688.

The Continental Congress agrees to adopt the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union. Maryland was the last of the 13 States to ratify the agreement on March 1,1781. More

The first U.S. Catholic college, Georgetown University, is founded in Washington, D.C.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition, exploring the western portion of the United States, reaches the Pacific Ocean after a journey of about 18 months, arriving at the mouth of the Columbia River and sighted the immense blue ocean they had been searching for. They had reached the Pacific near Chinook Point, which is in present-day Washington, close to where the Columbia River meets the ocean.

Lieutenant Zebulon Pike first lays eyes on Pikes Peak, which he described as a "small blue cloud" on the horizon. Pike was leading an expedition searching for the source of the Arkansas and Red Rivers in the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, when they crossed the plains and reached the borderlands between the United States and Spain. Pike's writings about the mountain were published in several languages and were widely distributed. In the 1840s, explorer John C. Frémont renamed the mountain after Pike.

The first telegraphic ticker tape, goes live in New York city. It was the creation of Edward Calahan, who was an employee of the American Telegraph Company. Four years later, Thomas Edison improved upon Calahan's invention and patented it launching a revolution in the financial markets.  Expand +