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Oct 9, 2005 14:19:09 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Oct 9, 2005 14:19:09 GMT 10
October 8
1275
Scottish forces put down a Manx rebellion in the Battle of Ronaldsway, Isle of Man. The Manx had refused peace terms the previous day and before dawn were routed and more than five hundred slain. The Isle of Man had passed from Norwegian to Scottish rule in 1266.
1630
Six people, including Lord Melcum, were burned to death when the castle of Frendraught near Huntly caught fire around midnight. Arson was suspected and John Meldrum was later tried, convicted and executed.
1774 Rev Henry Duncan, founder of the first savings bank, born in the Manse at Lochrutton.
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October
Oct 9, 2005 19:16:48 GMT 10
Post by dreamy on Oct 9, 2005 19:16:48 GMT 10
October 5 October 5, 1922 Jock Stein, famous Scottish football manager was born. Stein was manager of Celtic between 1965 and 1978, during which time it was one of the most successful clubs in Europe, and in 1967 became the first British club to win the European Cup. He managed the national squad from 1978-85, and it was after Scotland's 1-1 draw with Wales in a World Cup qualifier that he collapsed and died from a heart attack. Oh I still remember him! I have always followed the Scottish football as well and I remember the victories of Celtic during that period of time! See, I really loved the Bravehearts and still do and keep my fingers crossed for them. I only have problems when they have to play vs. Germany....
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Oct 12, 2005 3:06:26 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Oct 12, 2005 3:06:26 GMT 10
October 9
October 9, 1506 King James IV ratified the Charter incorporating the Surgeons and Barbers.
October 9, 1921 SS Rowan sank off the Rhinns of Galloway, near Corsewall Point with 34 casualties.
October 9, 1995 Scottish Conservative policitian, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, died. The aristocrat, who entered No.10 from the Lords and lasted less than a year, was the last Premier to "emerge" from a mysterious system of consultations dubbed the 'Magic Circle'. His appointment, on the advice of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan from his hospital bed, caused a furore. Two leading Tories refused to serve in his administration and he later scrapped the appointment process, introducing leadership election ballots. He was the only man since the Marquess of Salisbury in 1895 to become Premier from the House of Lords. He resigned his six peerages just four days later and, after a by-election, returned to the Commons as MP for Kinross and West Perthshire. His short-lived period of office lasted less than a year from October 1963 to October 1964, spanning the period of the assassination of US President, John F.Kennedy. Following his resignation, he took the title, Lord Home of the Hirsel.
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Oct 12, 2005 3:07:45 GMT 10
Post by Elly on Oct 12, 2005 3:07:45 GMT 10
October 10
October 10, 1802 The birth of writer and geologist, Hugh Miller, in Cromarty on the Black Isle. The son of a sea captain who disappeared when he was a young child, his formal education was minimal though he was influenced by the antiquarian and natural history enthusiasms of two uncles. Apprenticed as a stone mason at age 17, he practiced this trade in Ross-shire while experiencing and condemning the harshness of the Highland clearances. In 1829, he started writing verses and articles for The Inverness Courier and folk traditions later published as Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland (1835). He began working in an Edinburgh bank in 1834 and wrote on theology and Church politics. His opposition to lay patronage endeared him to Evangelicals and he edited The Witness, 1835-1856, a newspaper representing what became the Free Church of Scotland. He also used the paper to publish findings reflecting his deep interests in geology and paleontology. Unfortunately, he was apparently subject to profound sadness and inner turmoil resulting in his suicide on Christmas Eve 1856. The reasons will probably never be known but some have argued that he was unable to resolve the differences between scientific rationalities and religious dogma while others suggest he epitomized the classic dilemma between the dream world of the Gaelic Highlands and the grim reality of the industrial Lowlands.
October 10, 1802 The Edinburgh Review first published "to erect a higher standard of merit, and secure a bolder and purer taste in literature, and to apply philosophical principles and the maxims of truth and humanity to politics".
October 10, 1974 Labour won the General Election with an overall majority of three seats and Harold Wilson became Prime Minister.
October 10, 1985 Jock Stein, Scottish football manager, collapsed and died. He suffered a massive heart attack after watching Scotland draw 1-1 with Wales in a World cup qualifying match in Cardiff. As well as managing the national team, from 1965-78 he was Celtic's most famous manager, seeing them win the European Cup in 1967.
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Oct 12, 2005 3:09:04 GMT 10
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October 11
11 October, Every Year The Feast Day of Saint Kenneth, Missionary to the Picts and one of the foremost saints of Celtic Scotland. Born about 515 in County Derry, Ireland, and ordained 545 in Wales, he is believed to have visited Rome. Kenneth accompanied his friend Saint Columba or Iona to the Scottish mainland to Christianize the Picts. Near Inverness, he is said to have paralyzed the Pictish King Brude with the sign of the cross and subsequently converted Brude and his kingdom to Christianity. Kenneth is known to have traveled extensively in the Hebrides Islands where many place names are associated with him and he is believed to have founded the royal Scottish burgh of Saint Andrews in Fife. Returning to Ireland in 577, where he is known as Canice, he founded a monastery in Kilkeny and the cathedral of Saint Canice in Kilkeny is believed to be located on the site of his original church. Kenneth also wrote a commentary on the Bible known as Glas-Choinnigh.
October 11, 1297 Was the date of the letter from William Wallace to the mayor of Lubeck. One of the few relics remaining of Scotland's great hero, the letter followed victory over the English at the battle of Stirling Bridge, and invited German merchants to begin trading directly with Scotland since the ports were no longer under English control. Originally thought destroyed in World War II, the letter was found intact in a Lubeck museum, and after some campaigning has been returned to the Museum of Scotland 'on loan.'
October 11, 1511 Ship "Great Michael" launched for King James IV.
October 11, 1797 The British fleet, under the command of Admiral Adam Duncan (born in Forfar in 1731), defeated the Dutch off the village of Camperdown, Holland
October 11, 2000 Scotland's first First Minister Donald Dewar died suddenly after a fall on the steps of his official residence in Edinburgh. October 11
11 October, Every Year The Feast Day of Saint Kenneth, Missionary to the Picts and one of the foremost saints of Celtic Scotland. Born about 515 in County Derry, Ireland, and ordained 545 in Wales, he is believed to have visited Rome. Kenneth accompanied his friend Saint Columba or Iona to the Scottish mainland to Christianize the Picts. Near Inverness, he is said to have paralyzed the Pictish King Brude with the sign of the cross and subsequently converted Brude and his kingdom to Christianity. Kenneth is known to have traveled extensively in the Hebrides Islands where many place names are associated with him and he is believed to have founded the royal Scottish burgh of Saint Andrews in Fife. Returning to Ireland in 577, where he is known as Canice, he founded a monastery in Kilkeny and the cathedral of Saint Canice in Kilkeny is believed to be located on the site of his original church. Kenneth also wrote a commentary on the Bible known as Glas-Choinnigh.
October 11, 1297 Was the date of the letter from William Wallace to the mayor of Lubeck. One of the few relics remaining of Scotland's great hero, the letter followed victory over the English at the battle of Stirling Bridge, and invited German merchants to begin trading directly with Scotland since the ports were no longer under English control. Originally thought destroyed in World War II, the letter was found intact in a Lubeck museum, and after some campaigning has been returned to the Museum of Scotland 'on loan.'
October 11, 1511 Ship "Great Michael" launched for King James IV.
October 11, 1797 The British fleet, under the command of Admiral Adam Duncan (born in Forfar in 1731), defeated the Dutch off the village of Camperdown, Holland
October 11, 2000 Scotland's first First Minister Donald Dewar died suddenly after a fall on the steps of his official residence in Edinburgh.
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Oct 13, 2005 12:53:55 GMT 10
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October 13 1644 - Battle of Aberdeen, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, sacked the city.
October 13 1713 - Birth of Allan Ramsay, painter and son of Allan Ramsay the poet.
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Oct 13, 2005 12:56:02 GMT 10
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October 14 1285 - Second marriage of King Alexander III (to Yolanda de Dreux).
October 14 1633 - Birth at St James' Palace, London of King James VII, second son of King Charles I and brother of King Charles II.
October 14 1788 - First steamboat tested on Dalswinton Loch by Patrick Miller and William Symington.
October 14 1969 - The 50 pence decimal coin was first issued, replacing the ten shilling note.
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Oct 13, 2005 13:00:22 GMT 10
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October 15 1686 - Birth of poet Allan Ramsay, father of Allan Ramsay the painter.
On this day in 1880 Dr Marie Stopes, founder of first modern birth control clinic, was born in Edinburgh. Stopes was originally a palaeontologist of some renown, but it was in the field of family planning that she became a somewhat controversial public figure. After a failed marriage was annulled she wrote a book on birth control and sexual technique, 'Married Love' (1918). Though praised by medical journals, it enraged churchmen and the greater medical establishment, who mistakenly thought she supported loose morals. Apart from directly educating thousands of women, the scandal she created undoubtedly had a positive effect on society by forcing discussion of taboo subjects. She later opened a clinic and spent years teaching women about the merits of birth control, and though she had many enemies, she also had many important supporters, including Lloyd George.
October 15 1943 - Poet William Souter died in Perth.
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Oct 17, 2005 19:16:50 GMT 10
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October 16
James II of Scotland was born on 16 October 1430. His reign was notable for the power struggles with the powerful Douglas family. An enthusiast of artillery, he was killed in 1460 when a cannon exploded whilst besieging Roxburgh Castle.
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Oct 17, 2005 19:17:39 GMT 10
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October 17 1346 Battle of Neville's Cross during which King David II was captured by the English.
October 17 1850 James "Paraffin" Young obtained a patent for the extraction of paraffin from shale, starting the chemical industry in West Lothian.
October 17 1995 Bridge to the Isle of Skye opened.
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Oct 17, 2005 19:18:55 GMT 10
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October 18 1958 Denis Law became the youngest footballer to play for Scotland when he took part in the match against Cardiff when he was 18 years and 7 months old.
October 19 1687 First sedan chairs available for public hire introduced to Edinburgh.
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Oct 17, 2005 19:19:39 GMT 10
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October 20 1971 Explosion at Clarkston Toll shopping centre, killing 12.
October 21 1983 The Queen officially opened the Burrell Collection in Glasgow's Pollok Country Park. The museum's collection had been donated to the city nearly 40 years earlier by the shipping magnate Sir William Burrell.
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