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On November 30th
Today’s Celtic Historical Events
- 2000 - St. Andrews Day Patron Saint of Scotland
- 1292 - John Balliol (Toom Tabard or Turncoat) crowned.
- 1667 - Jonathan Swift, poet, satirist and clergyman 1670, born in Dublin
- 1864 - General Patrick Cleburne is killed in command of his division at a battle in Franklin, Tennessee
- 1869 - James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and first Governor of Northern Ireland
- 1872 - Worlds first international football (soccer) match, Scotland V England at West of Scotland Cricket Ground
- 1900 - Death of Oscar Wilde in Paris
- 1923 - John Maclean, political activist, Marxist, appointed Bolshevik consul for Scotland by Lenin, died
- 1930 - Mary G. Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones, died
- 1944 - HMS Vanguard, Britains biggest and last battleship, was launched at Clydebank
- 1996 - Stone of Destiny, stolen by the English, returned to Scotland, 700 years later
St. Andrews Day Patron Saint of Scotland
St. Andrew’s Day is celebrated as the feast day of Saint Andrew, who is the patron saint of Scotland.
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John Balliol (Toom Tabard or Turncoat) crowned.
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.
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Jonathan Swift, poet, satirist and clergyman 1670, born in Dublin
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric was born on November 30, 1667, in Dublin, Ireland.
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General Patrick Cleburne is killed in command of his division at a battle in Franklin, Tennessee
Major-General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (March 16, 1828 – November 30, 1864) was a senior officer in the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
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James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and first Governor of Northern Ireland
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, was the first Governor of Northern Ireland.
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Worlds first international football (soccer) match, Scotland V England at West of Scotland Cricket Ground
The 1872 association football match between the national teams of Scotland and England is officially recognised by FIFA as the sport’s first international.
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Death of Oscar Wilde in Paris
Oscar Fingal O’Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.
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John Maclean, political activist, Marxist, appointed Bolshevik consul for Scotland by Lenin, died
John Maclean, (24 August 1879 – 30 November 1923) the Scottish political activist and Marxist, was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era.
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Mary G. Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones, died
Mary Harris Jones, better known as Mother Jones, was a prominent Irish born, American labor and community organizer, former schoolteacher, as well as a prominent union leader.
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HMS Vanguard, Britains biggest and last battleship, was launched at Clydebank
HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended.
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Stone of Destiny, stolen by the English, returned to Scotland, 700 years later
The Stone of Scone (/ˈskuːn/; Scottish Gaelic: An Lia Fàil; Scots: Stane o Scone), also known as the Stone of Destiny, is an oblong block of red sandstone that was used originally in the coronation of the monarchs of Scotland and, after the 13th century, the coronation of the monarchs of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
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Some of the Notable Events in Celtic History
The Act of Proscription 1746 was a piece of legislation enacted by the British government in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1745-1746 - Banning - Kilts - Tartans - Bagpipes - Weapons - Gathering of Clan Members
Act of Proscription - 1746
Scotland
The summer solstice, is the longest day of the year. Known also as Alban Heruin, The Light of the Shore, Litha or Midsummers Day. It was traditionally celebrated out in the forest with picnics, games, and a large bonfire
Alban Heruin - June 21
Celtic Holiday
On Easter Monday, the Irish Volunteers and Citizen Army seize the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin and demand Irish sovereignty. This rebellion staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday in April 1916
The Easter Rising 1916
Rebellion
The Celtic year was divided into 2 halves, Samhain was the beginning of the dark half, with its counterpart, Beltane beginning the light half. Between these two doors or portals fell Imbolc, on February 1, and Lughnasadh or Lammas, celebrated on August 1, quartering the Celtic year, divided by the solstices and equinoxes, known as the four Albans.
Celtic Year
Celtic Holiday
The Radical War, also known as the Scottish Insurrection of 1820, was a week of strikes and unrest, a culmination of Radical demands for reform in the United Kingdom which had become prominent in the early years of the French Revolution, but had then been repressed during the long Napoleonic War
The Radical War
Scotland - April 5, 1820
King Alexander I of Scotland, also known as Alexander I of Alba, was crowned on April 23, 1107. He was the son of King Malcolm III and Queen Margaret, and his reign marked an important period in the history of Scotland. Alexander I ruled as King of the Scots from 1107 until his death in 1124.
King Alexander I crowned
Scotland - April 23, 1107
The Statutes of Kilkenny were primarily aimed at preventing the assimilation of the English settlers with the native Irish population. - Englishmen must not speak the Irish tongue, nor receive Irish minstrels into their dwellings, nor even ride in the Irish fashion; …
The Statute of Kilkenny
Ireland April 19, 1689
