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Friday, November 13
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Charles I Appoints James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Battle of Cnoc Na NOs Alasdair MacColla Scottish Military Leaderdies Fighting on Irish Side Against Cromwells Troops
Battle of Sheriffmuir
Novelist and Poet Robert Louis Stevenson Born Edinburgh
Leonard Boyle, Priest and Palaeographer, Is Born in Ballintra, County Donegal
The First Bombs in WW2 Dropped on British Soil Was in the Shetland Islands
Joe Corrie, Author Died in Edinburgh
Start of Firemens Strike Which Lasted for Two Months; Cover Was Provided by the Army With Their Out of Date Green Goddess Fire Engines.
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