Events for November 17

November 17, 1292

John Balliol acceded to Scottish throne

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 his early life.

November 17, 1855

David Livingstone reached Victoria Falls in Africa

David Livingstone, the Scottish missionary and explorer, reached Victoria Falls in Africa on November 16, 1855. He was born on 19 March 1813 in the mill town of Blantyre, Scotland, in a tenement building for the workers of a cotton factory on the banks of the River Clyde under the bridge crossing into Bothwell

November 17, 1852

Donegal-born Brigadier Michael Corcorans Irish Legion is mustered into the Federal service; it is involved in the defense of Washington D.C.

Michael Corcoran (September 21, 1827 – December 22, 1863) was an Irish-American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a close confidant of President Abraham Lincoln.

November 17, 1939

Birth of Luke Kelly of the Dubliners

Luke Kelly, the renowned Irish folk singer and founding member of The Dubliners, was born on November 17, 1940, in Dublin, Ireland.