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Post by LLady on May 2, 2008 6:45:13 GMT 10
May 13 1568 Mary, Queen of Scots, defeated at Battle of Langside.
May 13 1995 Alison Hargreave, a 33-year-old mother of two from Spean Bridge became the first woman to climb Mount Everest solo and without oxygen. She died three years later while descending K2, the world's second-highest mountain.
May 13 1999 Donald Dewar elected as First Minister of the new Scottish Parliament.
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Post by LLady on May 2, 2008 6:45:50 GMT 10
May 14 1752 Colin Campbell of Glenure, known as the "Red Fox", and a notorious presecutor of Jacobites after Culloden, was shot in Appin. Alan Breck (later made famous in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped" and "Catriona") was accused (though no evidence was ever put forward) and fled to France. James Stewart (a friend of Red Fox) was arrested and was found guilty, despite a lack evidence, by a jury in Inveraray, presided over by the Duke of Argyll.
May 14 1754 St Andrews Society of Golfers constituted. In 1834 it became the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.
May 14 1771 Industrialist and social reformer Robert Owen born.
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Post by LLady on May 2, 2008 6:46:26 GMT 10
May 15 1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, married Earl of Bothwell at 4am.
May 15 1800 King George III escaped two assassination attempts in one day. In Hyde Park, London, a bullet intended for him hit a man standing alongside. Later, at the Drury Lane Theatre, two bullets missed him and hit the wooden panel behind him. His assailant was found to be insane.
May 15 1887 Poet and critic Edwin Muir born.
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Post by LLady on May 2, 2008 6:46:48 GMT 10
May 16 1568 Mary Queen of Scots sailed from Port Mary across the Solway Firth to exile in England.
May 16 1763 Biographer James Boswell met Samuel Johnson for the first time.
May 16 1791 James Boswell's "Life of Johnson" published.
May 16 1975 Local Government (Scotland) Act (1974) came into force and the 33 counties and four city councils were replaced by nine regional, 53 district and three islands councils.
May 16 1990 British Steel announced the closure of the hot strip mill at Ravenscraig with the loss of 770 jobs.
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Post by LLady on May 2, 2008 6:47:23 GMT 10
May 17 1532 King James V established paid judges to sit as the Court of Session, the highest civil court in Scotland.
May 17 1870 David Octavius Hill, painter and pioneer photographer, died.
May 17 1938 The Marquess of Bute sold half of the city of Cardiff for £20 million, at that time the biggest-ever British property deal.
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Post by LLady on May 2, 2008 6:47:48 GMT 10
May 18 1313 Robert the Bruce invades Isle of Man.
May 18 1843 Break up of Church of Scotland and formation of Free Church of Scotland.
May 18 1939 Cosmo cinema in Rose Street, Glasgow opened its doors for the first time. Now the Glasgow Film Theatre, it is now the oldest active cinema in the city.
May 18 1960 Real Madrid beat Eintracht-Frankfurt 7-3 at Hampden Park, Glasgow, to win the European Cup for the 5th year in succession.
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Post by LLady on May 2, 2008 6:48:20 GMT 10
May 19 1795 Death in Auchinleck of James Boswell, biographer of Dr Johnston.
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Post by LLady on May 2, 2008 6:48:52 GMT 10
May 20 685 Battle of Dunnichen (also known as Nechtansmere), south of Forfar in Angus, as a result of which the Picts stopped the advance northwards of the Angles of Northumbria.
May 20 1303 France and England make peace, releasing forces to attack Scotland.
May 20 1747 Edinburgh-born James Lind began a controlled experiment which demonstrated that citrus fruits could prevent scurvy, a disease contracted by sailors on long voyages. The lime juice which eventually became standard issue to British sailors gave rise to the term "limey" as a name for British overseas.
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Post by LLady on May 2, 2008 6:49:20 GMT 10
May 21 1650 James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, executed at Mercat Cross, Edinburgh.
May 21 1916 Clocks and watches went forward for one hour as the Daylight Savings Act brought in "British Summer Time" for the first time.
May 21 1983 TSB Bank Scotland (now Lloyds TSB Scotland) formed.
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Post by LLady on May 2, 2008 6:49:51 GMT 10
May 22 1611 King James VI introduced the title "baronet" for the first time. This is the lowest hereditary titled order.
May 22 1859 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes, born of Irish parents in Edinburgh.
May 22 1915 Britain's worst train disaster at Quintinshill (near Gretna Green) in which three trains collided, with the loss of 227 lives. A troop train carrying the Seventh Royal Scots Regiment hit a stationary train and the night express from London then hit the wreckage. Two signalmen were later jailed.
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Post by LLady on May 2, 2008 6:50:28 GMT 10
May 23 1867 Archibald Alison, historian, died.
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Post by LLady on May 2, 2008 6:51:06 GMT 10
May 24 1153 King David I died at Carlisle and Malcolm IV crowned at Scone.
May 24 1819 The future Queen Victoria was born.
May 24 1852 Robert Cunningham Graham born. Son of a Scottish laird, he organised the Scottish Labour Party with Kier Hardie, wrote over 30 travel books and was elected first president of the Scottish National Party.
May 24 1916 Conscription to the armed forces began for the first time.
May 24 1928 Actor and comedian Stanley Baxter born.
May 24 1972 Rangers win the European Cup Winners' Cup in Barcelona.
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