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Roy McFadden, poet, is born in Belfast, Ireland
Roy McFadden, poet, is born in Belfast, Ireland Roy McFadden (14 November 1921 – 15 September 1999) was a Northern Irish poet, editor, and lawyer. …

Seumas O'Kelly, playwright, novelist , short story writer , and journalist, dies
Seumas O'Kelly, playwright, novelist , short story writer , and journalist, dies Seumas O’Kelly (1881 – 14 November 1918) was an Irish journalist, fiction writer, and playwright. …

Author Hector Munro died in action in France
Author Hector Munro died in action in France Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture. …

Poet Norman MacCaig born Edinburgh, Scotland
Poet Norman MacCaig born Edinburgh, Scotland Norman MacCaig (1910–1996) was a Scottish poet born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was born at 15 East London Street, Edinburgh, to Robert McCaig (1880–1950?), a chemist from Dumfriesshire, and Joan née MacLeod (1879–1959), from Scalpay in the Outer Hebrides. …

Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, British naval officer and explorer, died.
Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, British naval officer and explorer, died. 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. He was born at Dundalk, Ireland, on the 8th of July 1819, of a family of Scottish origin. He entered the navy at the age of twelve, and for his conduct in recovering the Gorgon, when it was stranded near Montevideo, was promoted to a lieutenancy in 1845. …

Michael Healy, stained-glass artist, illustrator and painter, is born in Dublin
Michael Healy, stained-glass artist, illustrator and painter, is born in Dublin 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 recognition for their work in this medium in the first half of the 20th century. He also achieved some distinction as an illustrator and cartoonist early on in his artistic career, and as an ongoing recorder (in rapid pencil and watercolour impressions) of Dublin street characters going about their daily business. Healy also occasionally painted in oil, both portraits and landscapes, exhibiting a ……

Stopford Brooke, born near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria, writer and literary critic
Stopford Brooke, born near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria, writer and literary critic 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. He was a notable figure in the 19th-century literary and cultural scene. He served as a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria and gained recognition as a writer and literary critic. …

James Bruce discovers the source of the Blue Nile, Lake Tana in north-west Ethiopia.
James Bruce discovers the source of the Blue Nile, Lake Tana in north-west Ethiopia. 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. In 1770, he reached Lake Tana in north-west Ethiopia, which he identified as the source of the Blue Nile. Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and is located in the Amhara Region. …

Bonnie Prince Charlie, accompanied by bagpipers, enters Carlisle Castle after their surrender
Bonnie Prince Charlie, accompanied by bagpipers, enters Carlisle Castle after their surrender The First Siege of Carlisle was an important event of the 1745–1746 Jacobite rising. Jacobite forces loyal to Prince Charles Edward Stuart captured the city of Carlisle and Carlisle Castle on 14–15 November 1745. …

The Glasgow Courant, the citys first newspaper first printed
The Glasgow Courant, the citys first newspaper first printed The newspaper was first printed on 14 November 1715 in “Glasgow College”, the precursor to the University of Glasgow. The printer was Donald Govan, who was printer to the university. The publisher was Robert Thomson, who was then postmaster of Glasgow. …