Events for November 17

November 17, 1922

The Irish Free State begins the executions of seventy seven anti Treaty republican prisoners

The first four executions occurred a month after most Republicans had rejected the amnesty that expired in mid-October 1922.

November 17, 1814

U.S. Confederte General, Joseph Finegan, is born in Clones, Co. Monaghhan

Joseph Finegan, (November 17, 1814 – October 29, 1885), was an American businessman and brigadier general for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

November 17, 1858

Robert Owen, Welsh-Scottish industrialist and social reformer, founder of New Lanark community, died

Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement. He strove to improve factory working conditions, promoted experimental socialistic communities, and sought a more collective approach to child-rearing, including government control of education.

November 17, 1292

John Balliol acceded to Scottish throne

John Balliol or John de Balliol (c. 1249 – late 1314), known derisively as Toom Tabard (meaning ’empty coat’), was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296. Little is known of his early life.