#OnThisDay 14 September 1645 King Charles I, influenced by Prince Rupert's enemies at court, dismissed him from his service for surrendering Bristol. Rupert would subsequently demand and be exonerated by a Court Martial. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD

#OnThisDay - In 1981, Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Thomas Hearns by TKO in round 14 of 15 to become the undisputed welterweight champion.

“We are true to our colour, "the green," and true to our watchword, "Ireland for the Irish." We want to win Ireland and keep it. If we win it, we will not lose it nor give it away to a bribing, a bullying, or a flattering minister.” - Thomas Davis died #OnThisDay 1845, age 30

On September 17, 1862, some 22,000 soldiers, many of them members of the Irish Brigade, died during the Battle of Antietam. #OnThisDay #IrishAmerican #IrishHistory irishcentral.com/roots/history/…

Deaths in London Aug 15-22, 1665😳 The plague was sweeping rapidly!!! Another reason why many came from England on the boat to Youghal, seeking my prayers & help. Ultimately the authorities in Youghal ask me to leave for fear of the plague.😵😵 Top right corner the Kings Evil🥴

#OnThisDay 14 November 1649 the Council of State directed Lord General Thomas Fairfax to use troops to clear the roads of #highwaymen. They were an increasing problem; particularly former soldiers such as the Royalist Captain James Hind. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD 1/2

#OnThisDay 1763 the House of Lords resumed their proceedings against John Wilkes for breach of privilege over the pornographic Essay on Woman, in which he (foolishly) attributed the extensive footnotes to the bishop of Gloucester. #HistParl #twitterstorians

The foundation stone of St James church was laid on #OnThisDay 17 Nov 1894. The church was opened 1st Dec 1895. Designed by Hicks & Charlewood. “Free perpendicular style, not one of their best” according to Pevsner.

#OnThisDay in #History: In 1894, famous Chicago serial killer H. H. Holmes is arrested in Boston

#OTD November 19, 1672 Richard Baxter defies the English law forbidding him to preach, “preaching as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men.”

On his birthday #otd 19 Nov 1600, a selection of Charles I finger rings from the British Museum. Your wearable Stuart monarch.

#OTD November 25, 1748 Death at Stoke Newington, England, of Isaac Watts, who wrote close to 600 hymns, including “At the Cross,” “Come, We That Love the Lord, “ “Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun,” “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross,” and “Joy to the World.”

#OnThisDay 26 November 1651 Henry Ireton died of plague after capturing Limerick. He came from Nottinghamshire, married Cromwell's eldest daughter Bridget, was a key opponent to the Levellers at the Putney Debates and an advocate Charles I to be put on trial. #17thcentury #OTD

28 Nov 1683: d. Valentine Greatrakes #otd at Affane #Waterford He was a sensational #healer by touch known as the 'stroker' with a career spanning both islands (BM)

#RIP #OTD in 1967, poet (Raglan Road, The Great Hunger) and novelist (Tarry Flynn) Patrick Kavanagh died at the age of 63 in a Dublin nursing home. Inniskeen, County Monaghan, Ireland, adjoining the Patrick Kavanagh Centre thefinalfootprint.com/2022/11/30/day…

#OTD November 30, 1892 Death of F. J. A. Hort, Bible scholar who had worked with B. F. Westcott on a critical edition of the Greek New Testament, the foundation for almost all modern English translations of the New Testament.

30 Nov 1660: Charles II's 'Declaration for settlement' in #Ireland is issued #otd - it heavily favours Protestant interests & was mainly the work of Roger Boyle

5 Dec 1611: The end #otd of the trial of Edward Wightman as a heretic who allegedly denied Christ's divinity (eebo) Burnt in April 1612

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