November

Battle of Sheriffmuir

November 13, 1715

The Battle of Sheriffmuir took place on November 13, 1715, during the Jacobite Rising of 1715 in Scotland, a force of Jacobites led by John, 6th Earl of Mar, fought an inconclusive battle against a …

Novelist and poet Robert Louis Stevenson born Edinburgh

November 13, 1850

Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer.

Leonard Boyle, priest and palaeographer, is born in Ballintra, County Donegal

November 13, 1923

Leonard Eugene Boyle, OP, OC (13 November 1923 - 25 October 1999), was an Irish and Canadian scholar in medieval studies and palaeography.

The first bombs in WW2 dropped on British soil was in the Shetland Islands

November 13, 1939

The first German bombs on British soil exploded at Sullom in Shetland on November 13, 1939 - No casualties were inflicted.

Joe Corrie, author died in Edinburgh

November 13, 1968

Joe Corrie (13 May 1894 – 13 November 1968) was a Scottish miner, poet and playwright best known for his radical, working class plays, was born in Slamannan, Stirlingshire in 1894.

Start of firemens strike which lasted for two months; cover was provided by the army with their out of date green goddess fire engines.

November 13, 1977

The nationwide firefighters’ strike occurred between 1977 and early 1978, months prior to the Winter of Discontent.

Bonnie Prince Charlie, accompanied by bagpipers, enters Carlisle Castle after their surrender

November 14, 1745

bagpiper jacobite

The First Siege of Carlisle was an important event of the 1745–1746 Jacobite rising.

St. Oliver Plunkett becomes Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland

November 14, 1669

Oliver Plunkett (1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and the last victim of the Popish Plot.

James Bruce discovers the source of the Blue Nile, Lake Tana in north-west Ethiopia.

November 14, 1770

James Bruce of Kinnaird (14 December 1730 – 27 April 1794), a Scottish explorer, a British traveller and travel writer, is credited with rediscovering the source of the Blue Nile.

Stopford Brooke, born near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria, writer and literary critic

November 14, 1832

Stopford Brooke, born on November 14, 1832, in the rectory of Glendoen, near Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland, and he was an Irish churchman, royal chaplain and writer.

Michael Healy, stained-glass artist, illustrator and painter, is born in Dublin

November 14, 1873

Michael Healy (14 November 1873 – 22 September 1941) was an Irish stained glass artist, one of a small number which included Wilhelmina Geddes, Evie Hone, and Harry Clarke, who achieved international …

Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, British naval officer and explorer, died.

November 14, 1903

Sir Francis Leopold McClintock KCB FRS (8 July 1819 – 17 November 1907) was an Irish explorer in the British Royal Navy, known for his discoveries in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.