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- 1539
- Huánuco is founded by Spanish conquistadors in Peru.
- 1578
- The Province of Bulacan is established in the Philippines.
- 1796
- In the Northwest Territory of the United States, Wayne County is created from parts of Hamilton County, Knox County, and unorganized land.
- 1881
- The Detroit, State Line and Wabash Railroad begins service.
- 1914
- The D Geary–Van Ness streetcar line is inaugurated in San Francisco.
- 1920
- The border between Germany and Poland is corrected due to a plebiscite.
- 1948
- The Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on August 15, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on August 15 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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