Highlighted Events from November

Clipper ship Cutty Sark was launched

November 22, 1869

Clipper ship Cutty Sark was launched

In Dumbarton, Scotland the clipper ship Cutty Sark (Scots for short shirt) which was built by the firm of Scott & Linton, for Captain John Willis is launched. It was one of the last clipper ships to be built, and the only one surviving to the present

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William Marsden, orientalist, scholar and numismatist, born in Wicklow

November 16, 1754

William Marsden, orientalist, scholar and numismatist, born in Wicklow

William Marsden FRS FSA (16 November 1754 – 6 October 1836) was an English scholar, Irish orientalist, numismatist, and linguist who served as Second, then First Secretary to the Admiralty during years of conflict with France.

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Charles I appoints James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

November 13, 1643

Charles I appoints James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

The appointment of James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland by Charles I was a significant event during the 17th century. This appointment occurred in the context of the political and religious conflicts that would later lead to the English Civil War.

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