Events for November 08

November 8, 1891

Author Neil M Gunn, born in Caithness Scotland

Author Neil M Gunn born in Caithness.

November 8, 1745

Charles Stuart invades England at the head of the Jacobite Army

Charles Stuart, who is often referred to as “Bonnie Prince Charlie” or “Charles Edward Stuart”, " The Young Chevalier" or “The Young Pretender”, was a member of the House of Stuart and a claimant to the British throne.

November 8, 1887

Birth of Sir Arnold Bax, composer, writer and Hibernophile

Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music. In addition to a series of symphonic poems, he wrote seven symphonies and was for a time widely regarded as the leading British symphonist.

November 8, 1847

Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, born in Dublin

Abraham “Bram” Stoker, (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) the author of the famous novel “Dracula,” was born on November 08, 1847, in 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland