Category: On This Day

  • November 1669

    November 1669

    William Penn & leading Irish Quakers meet in the Dublin house of Samuel Claridge to compile a dossier of Quaker sufferings in Leinster & Munster for a petition to the Lord Lieutenant.

  • On this day 5 november 1688

    On this day 5 november 1688

    Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland). (1688 CE).

  • 4 November 1529

    4 November 1529

    4 Nov 1529: Thomas Cromwell, a nervous man (his patron Wolsey has just fallen) takes seat as an MP in Henry VIII’s parliament