Events for November 14

November 14, 1832

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

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 a notable figure in the 19th-century literary and cultural scene. He served as a chaplain-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria and gained recognition as a writer and literary critic.

November 14, 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 Carlisle Castle on 14–15 November 1745.

November 14, 1770

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

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. In 1770, he reached Lake Tana in north-west Ethiopia, which he identified as the source of the Blue Nile. Lake Tana is the largest lake in Ethiopia and is located in the Amhara Region.

November 14, 1907

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

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 Archipelago. He was born at Dundalk, Ireland, on the 8th of July 1819, of a family of Scottish origin. He entered the navy at the age of twelve, and for his conduct in recovering the Gorgon, when it was stranded near Montevideo, was promoted to a lieutenancy in 1845.