Events for November 04

Birth in Waterford of comedian, Hal Roach

November 4, 1927

Birth in Waterford of comedian, Hal Roach

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Six women meet at the home of womens activists Hanna and Francis Sheehy-Skeffington to establish the Irish Womens Franchise League

November 4, 1908

Six women meet at the home of womens activists Hanna and Francis Sheehy-Skeffington to establish the Irish Womens Franchise League

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Birth of King William III.

November 4, 1650

Birth of King William III.

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Foundation of Scotlands only New World colony New Caledonia at Darien Imus of Panama

November 4, 1698

Foundation of Scotlands only New World colony New Caledonia at Darien Imus of Panama

In the late 17th Century, a business idea was hatched by William Paterson to create a Scottish Colony in the New World. William Paterson, a Scot whos other major claim to fame was the foundation of the Bank of England, was born in Tinwald in Dumfriesshire in 1658. He made his first fortune through international trade, travelling extensively throughout the Americas and West Indies.

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