December 04

1214

King William I (Lion). died at Stirling

Scotland

William the Lion, sometimes styled William I and also known by the nickname Garbh, ’the Rough’,(c. 1142 – 4 December 1214), reigned as King of Scots from 1165 to 1214. …

1423

James I, is released from 18 years captivity in England

Scotland

James I (late July 1394 – 21 February 1437) was King of Scots from 1406 until his assassination in 1437. Joan Beaufort (c. 1404 – 15 July 1445) was Queen of Scotland from 1424 to …

1795

Thomas Carlye, Scottish historian, born

Scotland

Thomas Carlyle, the Scottish philosopher, writer, and historian, was born on December 04, 1795, in Ecclefechan, a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Carlyle became a …

1879

Sir Hamilton Harty, musician and composer, is born in Hillsborough, Co. Down

Ireland

Sir Hamilton Harty, the esteemed Irish composer, conductor, pianist and organist, was born on December 04, 1879, in Hillsborough, County Down, Northern Ireland. He gained renown …

1882

Special inquiry into the Phoenix Park murders, in which Parnell is falsely implicated

Ireland

The Phoenix Park Murders were the fatal stabbings of Lord Frederick Cavendish, the newly appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland and Thomas Henry Burke, the Permanent Undersecretary …

1887

Winifred Carney, trade unionist and revolutionary, is born in Bangor, Co. Down

Ireland

Maria Winifred Carney (4 December 1887 – 21 November 1943), also known as Winnie Carney, was an Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish independence activist. She was born on …

1918

Richard Bagwell, Irish historian, dies

Ireland

Richard Bagwell (9 December 1840 – 4 December 1918) was a noted historian of the Stuart and Tudor periods in Ireland, and a political commentator with strong Unionist convictions. …

1937

Cartoon character Desperate Dan first appeared in the Dandy comic

Scotland

Desperate Dan is a wild west character in the now-defunct Scottish comic magazine The Dandy. He made his appearance in the first issue which was dated 4 December 1937 and became …