Events for November 14

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.

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, 1916

Author Hector Munro died in action in France

Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 14 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirize Edwardian society and culture.

November 14, 1918

Seumas O'Kelly, playwright, novelist , short story writer , and journalist, dies

Seumas O’Kelly (1881 – 14 November 1918) was an Irish journalist, fiction writer, and playwright.