November 14

1669

St. Oliver Plunkett becomes Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland

Ireland

Oliver Plunkett (1 November 1625 – 1 July 1681) was the Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland and the last victim of the Popish Plot. He was beatified in 1920 …

1715

The Glasgow Courant, the citys first newspaper first printed

Scotland

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 …

1745

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 …

1770

James Bruce discovers the source of the Blue Nile, Lake Tana in north-west Ethiopia.

Scotland

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. …

1832

Stopford Brooke, born near Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria, writer and literary critic

Ireland

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 …

1873

Michael Healy, stained-glass artist, illustrator and painter, is born in Dublin

Ireland

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 …

1907

Sir Francis Leopold McClintock, British naval officer and explorer, died.

Ireland

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 …

1910

Poet Norman MacCaig born Edinburgh, Scotland

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 …

1916

Author Hector Munro died in action in France

Scotland

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 …

1918

Seumas O'Kelly, playwright, novelist , short story writer , and journalist, dies

Ireland

Seumas O’Kelly (1881 – 14 November 1918) was an Irish journalist, fiction writer, and playwright. Born in Loughrea, County Galway, O’Kelly was educated locally and …

1921

Roy McFadden, poet, is born in Belfast, Ireland

Ireland

Roy McFadden (14 November 1921 – 15 September 1999) was a Northern Irish poet, editor, and lawyer. He was born in Downpatrick on 14 November 1921 to Roland Victor MCFadden and his …