Events for November 25

November 25, 1784

James Napper Tandy leading radicals asks for Parliamentary reform for 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.

November 25, 1913

Official founding date of the Provisional Committee of the Irish Volunteers

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 nationalists and republicans in Ireland.

November 25, 1853

John Gibson Lockhart, biographer and critic, editor Blackwoods magazine, died

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 his father-in-law Sir Walter Scott: Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart

November 25, 1835

Andrew Carnegie, Steel magnate and philanthropist, born in Dunfermline 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 Carnegie and William Carnegie .