Template:OpenHistoricalMap/On this day/11/20

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1542
King Carlos I of Spain establishes the Viceroyalty of Peru.
1645
The College of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary is renamed to the University of Santo Tomas in Manila.
1652
The Massachusetts Bay Colony creates Yorkshire County in Maine after southern Maine towns acknowledge Massachusetts jurisdiction to territory within the new boundaries it declared on May 26, 1652. The claim conflicts with a 1635 grant of Maine to Ferdinando Gorges.
1833
The Burgos plan takes effect, reorganizing Spain into 15 historic regions.
1836
A windmill in Schijndel, Netherlands, collapses in a heavy storm.
1892
Adalbert Ostermann opens Marien-Apotheke in Berlin.
1953
Tram service ends along the Great North Road in Auckland.
1986
Glamorgan (Rhoose) Airport is renamed to Cardiff–Wales Airport in Rhoose, Wales.