Events for November 30

November 30, 1872

Worlds first international football (soccer) match, Scotland V England at West of Scotland Cricket Ground

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 30 November 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, the West of Scotland Cricket Club’s ground in Hamilton Crescent, Partick, Glasgow. The match was watched by 4,000 spectators and finished as a 0–0 draw.

November 30, 1864

General Patrick Cleburne is killed in command of his division at a battle in Franklin, Tennessee

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 American Civil War.

November 30, 1944

HMS Vanguard, Britains biggest and last battleship, was launched at Clydebank

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 battleships, the only ship of her class, and the last battleship to be built.

November 30, 1869

James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and first Governor of Northern 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 Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, and godson of the Prince of Wales.