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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:57:53 GMT 10
June 13 1819 The Strathnaver Clearances began on the Sutherland estates - families were given 30 minutes to remove their belongings before their cottages were set on fire.
June 13 1831 Birth of James Clerk Maxwell, first Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge University, he created electromagnetic theory of light.
June 13 1975 Rate of price inflation reached 25% in the UK.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:58:24 GMT 10
June 14 1789 Whisky distilled from maize was first produced - by a clergyman, the Rev Elijah Craig. He called the new liquor "bourbon" because he lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
June 14 1940 Queen Mary, Aquitania, Empress of Canada, and Empress of Britain arrive in the River Clyde with the first contingent of Australian and New Zealand troops.
June 14 1946 John Logie Baird, inventor of the first television, died.
June 14 1966 Walter McGowan wins World Fly-weight Championship.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:58:56 GMT 10
June 15 1567 Mary Queen of Scots' last night in Edinburgh, at the house of Sir Simon Preston, the Lord Provost, on the Royal Mile, prior to her imprisonment at Loch Leven castle two days later.
June 15 1945 Queen Mary leaves Greenock, taking nearly 15,000 GIs home to US.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:59:25 GMT 10
June 16 1338 Siege of Dunbar Castle by the English was raised.
June 16 1586 Mary, Queen of Scots recognised Philip II of Spain as her heir.
June 16 1971 Lord Reith, "father" of the BBC, died.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 0:59:56 GMT 10
June 17 1390 Wolf of Badenoch burns Elgin Cathedral.
June 17 1617 Articles of religion, introducing Anglican principles into Scottish worship, endorsed by Scottish parliament.
June 17 1823 Charles Macintosh patented the waterproof cloth he was using to make raincoats.
June 17 1943 Annie S Swan, novelist, died.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 1:00:24 GMT 10
June 18 1639 Pacification of Berwick, Charles I forced to withdraw from Scotland and recognise an independent Scottish Parliament.
June 18 1746 Flora MacDonald met Prince Charles Edward Stuart and persuaded him to wear women's clothes as part of the escape plan from the Outer Hebrides to Skye.
June 18 1815 Ensign Ewart captured the French Ensign at the Battle of Waterloo.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 1:01:03 GMT 10
June 19 1306 Army of Robert the Bruce routed at Methven.
June 19 1566 Mary Queen of Scots gives birth to the future King James VI of Scotland and I of England.
June 19 1633 Coronation of King Charles I at Holyrood.
June 19 1660 "Day of Public Thanksgiving" on Restoration of Charles II as king.
June 19 1861 Earl Haig, Commander in Chief of British forces 1915-18, founder of British Legion, born.
June 19 1917 Parliament voted by a majority of 330 to give votes to women over 30 for the first time.
June 19 1937 Sir J M Barrie, author of "Peter Pan" died.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 1:01:32 GMT 10
June 20 1723 Adam Ferguson, philosopher, historian, "Father of Sociology" born Logierait, Perthshire.
June 20 1887 New Tay rail bridge opened, the longest in Britain.
June 20 1969 First announcement of the discovery of high-grade crude oil in the North Sea.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 1:02:14 GMT 10
June 21 1098 Priory at Coldingham founded.
June 21 1791 Robert Napier, regarded as the "father of Clyde shipbuilding" was born. He died on 23 June, 1876.
June 21 1796 Scottish explorer Mungo Park reached the source of the river Niger in Africa.
June 21 1919 German fleet scuttled in Scapa Flow.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 1:02:48 GMT 10
June 22 1679 Duke of Monmouth subdued Covenanters at Bothwell Bridge.
June 22 1725 Malt Riots, Glasgow - against higher taxes imposed on Scottish malt.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 1:03:20 GMT 10
June 23 1650 Charles II sailed into the estuary of the river Spey and signed the Covenant before going ashore.
June 23 1823 George and Robert Stephenson open their locomotive foundry in Newcastle upon Tyne.
June 23 1927 Singer Kenneth McKellar born.
June 23 1952 Salvador Dali's painting "Christ of St John of the Cross" went on display in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery. There was a public outcry when Dr Tom Honeyman, the then director of Glasgow's museums and art galleries, spent the city's entire annual purchasing budget (all £8,200 or US$13,000) to obtain the painting.
June 23 1971 Mass protest in West of Scotland against closure of John Brown's shipyard.
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Post by LLady on Jun 2, 2008 1:04:02 GMT 10
June 24 1314 Robert the Bruce defeated Edward II at Battle of Bannockburn.
June 24 1886 Crofters' Holding Act passed providing limited security of tenure.
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