1292
John Balliol (Toom Tabard or Turncoat) crowned.
Scotland
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. Little is known of …
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1667
Jonathan Swift, poet, satirist and clergyman 1670, born in Dublin
Ireland
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 …
1864
General Patrick Cleburne is killed in command of his division at a battle in Franklin, Tennessee
Ireland
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 …
1869
James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and first Governor of Northern Ireland
Ireland
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, was the first Governor of Northern Ireland. Born on January 30, 1869, in Hamilton Place, Piccadilly, London, he was the eldest son of James …
1872
Worlds first international football (soccer) match, Scotland V England at West of Scotland Cricket Ground
Scotland
The 1872 association football match between the national teams of Scotland and England is officially recognised by FIFA as the sport’s first international. It took place on …
1900
Death of Oscar Wilde in Paris
Ireland
Oscar Fingal O’Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became …
1923
John Maclean, political activist, Marxist, appointed Bolshevik consul for Scotland by Lenin, died
Ireland
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. He …
1930
Mary G. Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones, died
Ireland
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. She …
1944
HMS Vanguard, Britains biggest and last battleship, was launched at Clydebank
Ireland
HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended. She was the largest and fastest of the Royal Navy’s …
1996
Stone of Destiny, stolen by the English, returned to Scotland, 700 years later
Scotland
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 …
2023
Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan, lead singer of the Pogues, died
Ireland
Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan is an Irish-English musician and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the punk band The Pogues. Born on December 25, 1957, in …
St. Andrew's Day Patron Saint of Scotland
Scotland
St. Andrew’s Day is celebrated as the feast day of Saint Andrew, who is the patron saint of Scotland. The day is observed on November 30th each year. Saint Andrew is also the …