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Official founding date of the Provisional Committee of the Irish Volunteers
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. …

Saidie Paterson, trade unionist and peace activist, born in Belfast
Saidie Paterson, trade unionist and peace activist, born in Belfast Saidie Patterson MBE (25 November 1906 – 16 January 1985) was a feminist, trade unionist and peace activist in Northern Ireland. …

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

Andrew Carnegie, Steel magnate and philanthropist, born in Dunfermline Scotland
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 . …

James Napper Tandy leading radicals asks for Parliamentary reform for Ireland
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. …

Birth of Henry Sirr, Dublin town head of police
Birth of Henry Sirr, Dublin town head of police Henry Charles Sirr (25 November 1764 – 7 January 1841) was an Anglo-Irish military officer, policeman, merchant and art collector. He was born on November 25, 1764, in Dublin Castle, Ireland, the son of Major Joseph Sirr, the Town Major (chief of police) of Dublin from 1762 to 1767. …

The second Irish parliament of Queen Anne sits from this date to 24 December
The second Irish parliament of Queen Anne sits from this date to 24 December Anne, Queen of Great Britain (6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714) was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland following the ratification of the Acts of Union on 1 May 1707, which merged the kingdoms of Scotland and England. Previous to this, she was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 8 March 1702. …

General Tam Dalyell raises a regiment to suppress Covenanters which later became the Royal Scots Greys
General Tam Dalyell raises a regiment to suppress Covenanters which later became the Royal Scots Greys Sir Tam Dalyell, later known as General Tam Dalyell of the Binns, raised a regiment in 1678 to suppress the Covenanters during a period of religious and political conflict in Scotland. This regiment, initially raised to deal with religious dissent, would eventually become known as the Royal Scots Greys. …