784
St. Vergilius or Ferghil, the Geometer, died
Ireland
Virgil (c. 700– 27 November 784), also spelled Vergil, Vergilius, Virgilius, Feirgil or Fearghal, was an Irish priest and early astronomer. He left Ireland around 745, intending to …
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1612
Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, is the first of 40 new boroughs to be incorporated
Ireland
Dungannon is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is the second-largest town in the county (after Omagh) and had a population of 16,282 at the 2021 Census. The …
1703
The Great Storm of 1703 hits Britain, 8,000 people die in 24 hours
England
The Great storm of 1703 was a destructive extratropical cyclone that struck central and southern England on 26 November 1703. High winds caused 2,000 chimney stacks to collapse in …
1774
John Kyan, inventor, is born in Dublin
Ireland
John Howard Kyan (27 November 1774 – 5 January 1850) was the inventor of the ‘kyanising’ process for preserving wood, was born on November 27, 1774, in Dublin, Ireland. …
1857
Thomas Heazle Parke, surgeon, military officer and author, born
Ireland
Birth in Clogher House, Kilmore, Co. Roscommon of Thomas Heazle Parke, surgeon, military officer and author. Educated at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, he serves with the …
1871
The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, opens with a performance of She Stoops to Conquer
Ireland
The Gaiety Theatre is a theatre on South King Street in Dublin, Ireland, off Grafton Street and close to St. Stephen’s Green. It specialises in operatic and musical …
1876
Henry Robinson Allen, tenor and composer, dies
Ireland
Henry Robinson Allen (1809 – 27 November 1876) was an Irish-born operatic tenor. Allen was born in Cork, Ireland and received his musical education at the Royal Academy of Music, …
1878
Sir William Orpen, painter, in Stillorgan, Co. Dublin, born
Ireland
. Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, KBE, RA, RHA (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) in Stillorgan, County Dublin, Ireland He was an Irish artist who worked mainly in …
1906
Michael Cusack, one of the founders of the GAA, died
Ireland
Michael Cusack, one of the founders of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), passed away on November 27, 1906. He was a key figure in the establishment of the GAA in 1884, along …
1996
First deaths from E-coli outbreak in Lanarkshire, Scotland
Scotland
Wishaw is a large town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of the Clyde Valley, 15 miles (24 km) south-east of Glasgow city centre. The Burgh of Wishaw was formed in 1855 …