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Next Week in Scottish History
Next Week in Scottish History
January 28 1829 - William Burke, murderer and body snatcher of "Burke and Hare" fame, executed.
January 28 1908 - Jimmy Shand, Scottish country dance band leader, born.
January 29 1848 - Greenwich Mean Time adopted by Scotland.
January 29 1928 - Earl Haig, Commander in Chief of British forces 1915-18, founder of the British Legion, died.
January 30 1649 - King Charles I executed.
January 31 1761 - Lachlan MacQuarie, "Father of Australia" born Ulva.
January 31 1788 - Charles Edward Stewart, "Bonnie Prince Charlie" died in Rome.
February 1 1708 - Alexander Selkirk, a sailor from Lower Largo, Fife, rescued after four years on the island of Juan Fernandez, 400 miles off the coast of Chile; his story inspired Daniel Defoe to write "Robinson Crusoe".
February 1 1918 - Author Muriel Spark born.
February 2 - Feast and legal Quarter Day of Candlemass.
February 2 1424 - James I married Lady Jane Beaufort, daughter of the Earl of Somerset, in London.
February 2 1645 - Battle of Inverlochy, one of the Duke of Montrose's victories over the Covenanters, killing 1,300.
February 2 1782 - Birth of James Chalmers in Arbroath - he devised the adhesive postage stamp.
February 2 1987 - Novelist Alistair Maclean died. His books "The Guns of Navarone", "Ice Station Zebra" and "Where Eagles Dare" were made into films.
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February 4 1649 - Charles II proclaimed king in Edinburgh - but not in England.
February 4 1716 - Prince James Francis Stuart, the Old Pretender, left Scotland after a stay of only three weeks, effectively bringing the first Jacobite Uprising to an end.
February 4 1818 - Honours of Scotland put on display in Edinburgh Castle after being rediscovered by Sir Walter Scott.
February 4 1941 - SS "Politician" ran aground on Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides, creating the basis for Sir Compton MacKenzie's novel "Whisky Galore".
February 5 1723 - John Witherspoon, clergyman, writer, President of Princeton University 1768-94, signatory to American Declaration of Independence 1776, born in Gifford, East Lothian.
February 5 1846 - John Boyd Dunlop, who patented the first practical pneumatic tyre, born Ayrshire.
February 5 1881 - Writer and historian Thomas Carlyle died in London.
February 6 1665 - Queen Anne, last of the Stuart monarchs, born.
February 6 1685 - King Charles II, the "merry monarch" died. His last words to his brother James were "Don't let poor Nellie starve" - a reference to his favourite mistress, Nell Gwynne.
February 6 1918 - Representation of the people Act received Royal assent, granting votes to women over the age of 30.
February 6 1952 - King George VI dies and Queen Elizabeth II becomes monarch.
February 7 1603 - Battle at Glenfruin when the MacGregors slaughtered a number of Colquhouns - the origins of the banning of the MacGregor name.
February 8 1587 - Mary Queen of Scots beheaded at Fotheringay Castle.
February 9 1958 - Golfer Sandy Lyle born.
February 10 1306 - Robert the Bruce murdered Red Comyn.
February 10 1567 - Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, assassinated.
February 10 1912 - Death of Lord Joseph Lister, pioneer of surgery and antiseptic at the University of Glasgow and Glasgow and Edinburgh Royal Infirmaries.
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Re: Next Week in Scottish History
Hei. This I like. I will go here every day, I think and thank you for thinking of me. I have had a busy week trying to find my realytives from Scotland. I have something going on in Norway, where I live , posting about my family from 1500-1600 . Named Lochard. Somebody told me that Lochart name was not an aftername and not scotish. But that is rubbish. Now I got a lot of help from internet and of couse you and your frien. Thanks anyway. Alina. 
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February 11 1800 - William H Fox Talbot, pioneering photographer, born.
February 11 1895 - Coldest temperature ever recorded in Scotland, -27.2C at Braemar.
February 11 1940 - Author and politician John Buchan died in Canada.
February 12 1846 - Rev Henry Duncan, founder of the world-wide savings bank movement, died near Ruthwell.
February 13 858 - Kenneth MacAlpin, King of Dalriada and the Picts, died at Forteviot.
February 13 1692 - Massacre of 38 of the Clan Macdonald by government order at Glencoe.
February 13 1931 - Scottish Youth Hostel Association formed.
February 14 1565 - Mary Queen of Scots meets Lord Darnley for the first time. They married in July 1565.
February 14 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone (Patent 174461). Two hours after it was lodged, his rival, Elisha Gray, applied for a similar patent. Bell's was granted.
February 15 1971 - Decimal currency introduced, abandoning 12 pennies to a shilling and 20 shillings to a pound.
February 17 1540 - King James V passed a law which recognised Scotland's gipsies.
February 17 1688 - James Renwick, last Covenanter to be executed.
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February 18 1958 - Writer Ian Banks born in Dunfermline, Fife.
February 20 1437 - King James I murdered in Perth by a group led by Sir Robert Graham.
February 20 1472 - Orkney and Shetland annexed from Norway.
February 20 1951 - Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, born.
February 21 1842 - Intercity railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh opened by Queen Victoria.
February 21 1945 - Eric Liddell, "Chariots of Fire" athlete, winner of 1924 Olympics 400 metres, died in Japanese internment camp in China.
February 22 1371 - David II died at Edinburgh Castle.
February 22 1371 - King Robert II crowned.
February 23 1303 - Battle of Roslin in which a Scots army of 8,000, led by Sir Simon Fraser, Sinclair of Rosslyn and the Red Comyn, surprised an English army of 30,000 led by Sir John Seagrave and defeated them.
February 23 1995 - James Herriot (pen name of James Alfred Wight), author of "All Creatures Great and Small", died aged 78.
February 24 1923 - Steam train, the "Flying Scotsman" went into service with London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), on the London (King's Cross) to Edinburgh route.
February 24 1940 - Footballer Denis Law who played for Manchester United and Scotland, born.
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February 25 1412 - Bishop Henry Wardlaw established St Andrews as a "university" although it was not officially inaugurated until 4 February 1414 when a Bull of Foundation was promulgated by Pope Benedict XIII.
February 26 1672 - Philip van der Straten, a Fleming, was granted Scots naturalisation and set up a factory in Kelso, thus starting the Border woollen industry.
February 26 1935 - Robert Watson Watt demonstrated radar for the first time.
February 26 1950 - Entertainer and song writer Sir Harry Lauder died.
February 27 1545 - Battle of Ancrum Moor in which Scottish forces, led by Earl of Douglas, defeated an English army twice their size.
February 28 1638 - Second National Covenant signed in Greyfriars Churchyard.
February 29 1528 - Patrick Hamilton, a Protestant martyr, was burned at the stake in St Andrews.
March 1 1682 - The Advocate's Library (known as the National Library of Scotland since 1925) opened by its founder, Sir George Mackenzie, the Lord Advocate.
March 1 1979 - Scots voted in favour of Devolution, but failed to reach the required 40% of the population in favour of implementing it - due to 36% of the electorate not voting.
March 2 1316 - King Robert II born in Paisley.
March 2 1990 - The Queen officially inaugurated Glasgow's year as Cultural Capital of Europe.
March 3 1792 - Robert Adam, architect, died.
March 3 1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, first to patent the telephone, born Edinburgh.
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March 11 1820 - Death of Sir Alexander Mackenzie (of Dunkeld), explorer of North America and in 1793 became the first white person north of Mexico to reach the Pacific by crossing overland.
March 11 1955 - Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, died.
March 13 1873 - Scottish Football Association founded. The initial clubs were Queen's Park, Clydesdale, Vale of Leven, Dumbreck, Third Lanark, Eastern, Granville and Kilmarnock.
March 13/15 1941 - Blitz of Clydebank by German Luftwaffe.
March 14 1952 - First television programmes broadcast in Scotland.
March 15 1921 - First women jurors in Glasgow Sheriff Court.
March 15 1689 - Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh founded Advocates' Library "equipped with works written by lawyers".
March 16 1309 - King Robert the Bruce convened his first parliament, at St Andrews.
March 16 1940 - The first British civilian victim of the Second World war was killed in the Orkney village of Bridge of Waithe when a Luftwaffe bomber targeting a naval air station near Kirkwall missed the correct target.
March 17 1328 - Treaty of Edinburgh between King Robert I and Edward III which recognised Scotland's independence, ending the 30 years of Wars of Independence.
March 17 1473 - King James IV born.
March 17 1951 - The cartoon character "Dennis the Menace" appeared for the first time in the "Beano" comic.
March 17 1969 - Longhope lifeboat sank in the Pentland Firth with the loss of eight men on board, all from the small island of Hoy.
March 17 1984 - Scotland won Rugby "Grand Slam" at Murrayfield - the first time in 59 years.
March 17 1990 - Scotland beat England 13-7 at Murrayfield to win the rugby "Grand Slam".
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March 18 1689 - Earl of Leven raises a Border regiment to hold Edinburgh against the Jacobites. It later becomes the King's Own Scottish Borderers.
March 18 1857 - William Henry Playfair, architect, died.
March 19 1286 - King Alexander III died after crossing the river Forth to Fife at Queensferry.
March 19 1286 - Queen Margaret, Maid of Norway (daughter of King Erik II and grand-daughter of Alexander III) inherits the throne the throne.
March 19 1813 - David Livingstone, missionary and explorer, born Blantyre.
March 19 1955 - Billy Graham began All-Scotland Crusade.
March 20 1141 - King Malcolm IV born.
March 20 1729 - John Law, financier and founder of New Orleans, died aged about 57.
March 20 1780 - The firm of James Watt and Co was established - to manufacture the world's first duplicating machines.
March 20 1814 - Birth of Dr John Goodsir in Anstruther, Fife, who showed in 1842 that bacteria was the cause of disease and that it could be eliminated with selective poisons - 18 years before Louis Pasteur, who is usually credited with the discovery.
March 21 1859 - National Gallery of Scotland opened in Edinburgh.
March 21 1993 - Pope John Paul sanctifies John Duns Scotus, philosopher, theologian (but the first "dunce").
March 22 1727 - Neil Gow, first of a famous family of Fiddle players and composers, born at Inver, near Dunkeld, Perthshire.
March 22 1868 - Last fully public hanging in Scotland - that of Joseph Bell at Perth.
March 23 1848 - First Scottish settlers arrive Dunedin, New Zealand.
March 24 1603 - Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland on the death of Queen Elizabeth I and the succession of King James VI of Scotland.
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March 25 1306 - King Robert I ("The Bruce") crowned at Scone.
March 25 1437 - Coronation of King James II.
March 25 1876 - First Scotland v Wales football international. Scotland won 4-0.
March 26 1934 - Car driving tests introduced for the first time.
March 27 1371 - King Robert II crowned at Scone.
March 27 1625 - King James VI died at Theobalds Park, Hertfordshire and buried at Westminster Abbey. Succeeded by his son, King Charles I.
March 27 1871 - First Scotland/England rugby international, 20 a side, played at Raeburn Place. (Scotland won).
March 27 1971 - David Coulthard, Grand Prix racing driver born in Twynholm, Dumfries and Galloway.
March 28 1318 - King Robert the Bruce captured Berwick on Tweed.
March 29 1783 - The Royal Society of Edinburgh incorporated by charter.
March 29 1960 - Cheapside docks fire, Glasgow, 19 firemen killed.
March 30 1406 - King James I captured by English near Flamborough Head on his way to France.
March 31 1652 - Scottish Regalia (crown, sceptre and sword) saved from invading army of Oliver Cromwell by James Granger, minister at Kinneff, Aberdeenshire, after they had been smuggled from Dunnottar Castle which was under siege.
March 31 1938 - David Steel, (Lord Steel of Aikwood), politician, former leader of the Liberal party and first Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the new Scottish Parliament, born in Kirkcaldy, Fife.
March 31 1950 - Actor Robbie Coltrane was born (as Anthony Robert McMillan) in Rutherglen.
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