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Jun 22, 2005 7:07:35 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Jun 22, 2005 7:07:35 GMT 10
June 21
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 On 21 June 1919, 72 warships of the German fleet were scuttled in Scapa Flow, Orkney. Scapa Flow formed an important northern base for the British fleets in both world wars. After the armistice, 74 ships of the German High Seas Fleet were ordered into Scapa Flow to be interned. They arrived in November 1918, and stayed there for 10 months. By June, Rear Admiral von Reuter, the German Officer in command at Scapa Flow, knew that Germany would have to accept surrender terms, and he gave the order for the fleet to be scuttled.
June 21, 1946 Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Scottish Conservative politician, was born. Rifkind was Foreign Secretary from 1995-97 in the John Major administration. He also held the posts of Defence Minister and Secretary of State for Scotland.
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Jun 22, 2005 8:05:04 GMT 10
Post by smudger on Jun 22, 2005 8:05:04 GMT 10
As said a few times from me Elly, your depth in detail as too facts and figures is very impressive and a pleasure to read .
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Jun 24, 2005 5:49:10 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Jun 24, 2005 5:49:10 GMT 10
June 22
June 22, 1679
Today marks the anniversary of the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679. Royalist forces led by Graham of Claverhouse, the Duke of Monmouth and the Earl of Lithgow defeated a force of Covenanters near the town of Hamilton. The Covenanters had gathered to debate their next move following their own victory at the Battle of Drumclog.
June 22, 1680 One year to the day after the disaster of Bothwell Bridge, the Rev. Richard Cameron, and his brother Michael, rode into the town of Sanquhar with 20 Covenanter horsemen, calling for an end to the reign of Charles II. The so-called Sanquhar Declaration, naturally, was viewed as an act of treason and the heads of all involved were declared forfeit to the Crown. Richard Cameron’s head was valued at 5,000 merks, his brother’s at 3,000. One month later that bounty was collected at Aird’s Moss when both Cameron brothers were killed.
June 22, 1725 Malt Riots, Glasgow - against higher taxes imposed on Scottish malt.
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Jun 24, 2005 5:51:19 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Jun 24, 2005 5:51:19 GMT 10
June 23
June 23, 1314 Robert I, King of Scots, killed Henry de Bohun at the commencement of the Battle of Bannockburn. In retaliation for the defeat of English garrisons at Edinburgh and Roxburgh castles, Edward II led a massive invasion force into Scotland, where they met the Scots army at Bannockburn, near Stirling. The battle continued until the next day.
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, 1832 Sir James Hall, Scottish geologist, died. Founder of geochemistry, Hall demonstrated that if igneous rocks are allowed to cool slowly, they form crystalline rather than glassy rock. He also showed that limestone, when heated under pressure, does not decompose but becomes marble.
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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Jun 25, 2005 2:52:50 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Jun 25, 2005 2:52:50 GMT 10
June 24
June 24, 1314 The Battle of Bannockburn culminated on its second day as Bruce's spear men repulsed repeated assaults of the English knights while the English archers, who were so effective at Falkirk, were dispersed by a well timed attack of the Scottish horse led by Sir Robert Keith. This was followed by a determined advance of the Scottish spear men which drove the English back in upon themselves where they could not effectively wield their swords. English losses were severe, with many drowning in the Bannockburn, which gave its name to the battle, and included their baggage train and the earls of Gloucester and Hereford, the latter of which was later exchanged for Bruce's wife Elizabeth, daughter Marjory, sister Mary, and Bishop Robert Wishart. The incompetent Edward was spirited away by his men and what followed were fourteen years of strife as he would not surrender while Bruce lacked the resources to hit the true centers of English power far to the south. Bruce's mobile raiders, mounted on small ponies and living off the land, ravaged England's northern counties imposing terror and extorting blackmail. It was only after the murder of Edward II by his queen, Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer, in 1327, that peace was possible. The Treaty of Edinburgh, signed in 1328, ended decades of war and recognized not only Bruce's accession to the Scottish throne but Scotland's pre-war boundaries as well. Most importantly, England recognized that Scotland was an independent nation.
June 24, 1777 Admiral Sir John Ross, Scottish Polar explorer was born. In 1818 he went in search of the Northwest Passage but turned back after exploring Baffin Bay. Financed by Sir Felix Booth, he commanded a second search expedition (1829–33), when he located the north magnetic pole on Boothia Peninsula, now called Prince of Wales Island. His last trip to the arctic regions was made in 1850–51, when he went to the Lancaster Sound region to search for Sir John Franklin. He wrote two books describing his quest for the Northwest Passage.
June 24, 1886 On this day in 1886 the British government passed the Crofters Holding Act providing more security to small-holdings farmers in the north of Scotland. The act was passed following unrest in the Highlands between crofters and landlords which had erupted during the Battle of the Braes in 1882.
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Jun 25, 2005 4:16:52 GMT 10
Post by dreamy on Jun 25, 2005 4:16:52 GMT 10
June 24 June 24, 1314 The Battle of Bannockburn culminated on its second day as Bruce's spear men repulsed repeated assaults of the English knights while the English archers, who were so effective at Falkirk, were dispersed by a well timed attack of the Scottish horse led by Sir Robert Keith. This was followed by a determined advance of the Scottish spear men which drove the English back in upon themselves where they could not effectively wield their swords. English losses were severe, with many drowning in the Bannockburn, which gave its name to the battle, and included their baggage train and the earls of Gloucester and Hereford, the latter of which was later exchanged for Bruce's wife Elizabeth, daughter Marjory, sister Mary, and Bishop Robert Wishart. The incompetent Edward was spirited away by his men and what followed were fourteen years of strife as he would not surrender while Bruce lacked the resources to hit the true centers of English power far to the south. Bruce's mobile raiders, mounted on small ponies and living off the land, ravaged England's northern counties imposing terror and extorting blackmail. It was only after the murder of Edward II by his queen, Isabella, and her lover, Roger Mortimer, in 1327, that peace was possible. The Treaty of Edinburgh, signed in 1328, ended decades of war and recognized not only Bruce's accession to the Scottish throne but Scotland's pre-war boundaries as well. Most importantly, England recognized that Scotland was an independent nation. Truely a day to remember, is it not? Thank you as always, Elly, for posting and for keeping us uodated!
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Jun 26, 2005 2:17:24 GMT 10
Post by LLady on Jun 26, 2005 2:17:24 GMT 10
Great job Elly!
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Jun 26, 2005 17:26:23 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Jun 26, 2005 17:26:23 GMT 10
Thanks Jacqui, glad you enjoy it
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Jun 26, 2005 17:29:21 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Jun 26, 2005 17:29:21 GMT 10
June 25
June 25, 1799 David Douglas, explorer and botanist, born at Scone, Perthshire. In addition to the Douglas Fir, he brought back to Europe lupins, phlox, penstemmon, sunflowers, clarkia, Californian poppy, mimulus, flowering currant, rose of sharon and mahonia.
June 25, 1876 Seven Scots, including John Stuart Forbes, were in the US 7th Cavalry with General Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
June 25, 1887 Wallace statue unveiled at the Wallace National Monument, Stirling.
June 25, 1897 Margaret Oliphant, Scottish novelist, died. Born in East Lothian in 1828, Margaret spent most of her life living in Liverpool and Glasgow. Her novels are often subversive, using sharp wit to expose the hypocrisy and injustices of Victorian society. The mundane existence of women of the time, and the difficulties of relations within families, were themes she tackled with delicacy, humour and intelligence.
June 25, 1891 The first Sherlock Holmes story by Edinburgh-born author Arthur Conan Doyle was published in the "Strand" magazine.
June 25, 1936 Roy Williamson, Scottish folk musician and songwriter was born. A founder member of the folk group, 'The Corries', for whom he wrote the song which has since become Scotland's unofficial National Anthem, 'Flower of Scotland'.
June 25, 1971 Lord Boyd Orr, biologist and Nobel Prize Winner, died.
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Jun 27, 2005 1:44:42 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Jun 27, 2005 1:44:42 GMT 10
June 26
June 26, 1488 James IV crowned king at the age of 15 at Scone. He reigned until 1513 when he fell with the flower of Scotland's nobility at the Battle of Flodden Field.
June 26, 1695 The company which undertook the Darien Scheme was formed. The company came to ruin five years later through English obstruction, Spanish hostility and Scottish mismanagement. The image is of Darien House in Bristo Street in Edinburgh. Originally built as the headquarters for the ill-fated Company, it later became a lunatic asylum for paupers in the nearby workhouse.
June 26, 1824 William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, eminent Scottish physicist was born. He devised the Kelvin, or Absolute, scale of temperature. Thomson brought together disparate areas of physics - heat, thermodynamics, mechanics, hydrodynamics, magnetism, and electricity - and thus played a principal role in the final synthesis of 19th-century science. His success as a synthesizer of theories about energy places him in the same position in 19th-century physics as Sir Isaac Newton has in 17th-century physics or Albert Einstein in 20th-century physics.
June 26, 1830 King George IV died, aged 67 (and William IV ascended the throne). George IV is reckoned to be Britain's fattest king. His favourite breakfast was two roast pigeons, three beefsteaks, a bottle of white wine, a glass of champagne, two of port and one brandy.
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Jun 28, 2005 8:57:33 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Jun 28, 2005 8:57:33 GMT 10
June 27
June 27 1583 On this day in 1583 James VI of Scotland escaped from Castle Ruthven at the age of eight where he had been held prisoner by a group of rebel Presbyterian nobles. James VI had been king of Scotland for seven years at the time and later became James I of England, uniting the monarchies of Scotland and England.
June 27, 1857 Daniel MacMillan, Scottish publisher, died. Born on the Isle of Arran, he was co-founder with his brother Alexander of the successful publishing house, MacMillan. His grandson became the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan
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Jun 28, 2005 21:49:24 GMT 10
Post by LLady on Jun 28, 2005 21:49:24 GMT 10
I didn't know that Macmillan publishing was that old!
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