Celtic history archive
Browse all events for November 25.
1681
Scotland
Sir Tam Dalyell, later known as General Tam Dalyell of the Binns, raised a regiment in 1678 to suppress the Covenanters during a period of religious and political conflict in …
1713
Ireland
Anne, Queen of Great Britain (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union on 1 May 1707, which merged …
1764
Ireland
Henry Charles Sirr (25 November 1764 – 7 January 1841) was an Anglo-Irish military officer, policeman, merchant and art collector. He was born on November 25, 1764, in Dublin …
1784
Ireland
James Napper Tandy (February 1739 Dublin – 24 August 1803 Bordeaux, France), known as Napper Tandy, was an Irish revolutionary and a founder of the United Irishmen. In the early …
1835
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie, the renowned steel magnate, American industrialist and philanthropist, was born in Dunfermline, Scotland. He was born on November 25, 1835 to Margaret Morrison …
1853
Scotland
John Gibson Lockhart (12 June 1794 – 25 November 1854) was a Scottish writer and editor. He is best known as the author of the seminal, and much-admired, seven-volume biography of …
1906
Ireland
Saidie Patterson MBE (25 November 1906 – 16 January 1985) was a feminist, trade unionist and peace activist in Northern Ireland. Saidie Patterson was born Sarah McKinley Moore[1] …
1913
Ireland
The Irish Volunteers (Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann), also known as the Irish Volunteer Force or the Irish Volunteer Army, was a paramilitary organisation established in 1913 by …