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Post by Elly on Nov 9, 2005 21:38:01 GMT 10
10 November
On November 10 1871 the journalist Henry M Stanley found the missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone. Rumours were circulating that the explorer had been murdered. The New York Herald sent Stanley to find the truth, and indeed he did, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania, where he uttered the immortal line, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Livingstone's tales of his adventures in Africa were a revelation to 19th century Western society which knew very little about the continent at the time.
November 10 1971 Kenny Dalglish made his international debut for Scotland's football (soccer) team in a match against Belgium. He went on to represent his country on 102 occasions.
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Post by Elly on Nov 9, 2005 21:39:21 GMT 10
November 11
Today in 1918 was Armistice Day, marking the end of hostilities in World War I. The guns were finally silenced on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Though Scots made up only 10% of the UK population at the time, a total of 147,609 Scottish people were killed during the war, a fifth of Britain's total dead.
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Post by LLady on Nov 10, 2005 9:13:01 GMT 10
"Today in 2001 Dorothy Dunnett, the cult Scottish novelist, died. The writer of intricate and meticulously researched historical novels, she attracted a devoted following with her multi-volume sagas. Her novels included the million-word 'Lymond Chronicles', in six volumes, which covered 15 years in the life of a 16th-century Scottish aristocrat, Francis Crawford of Lymond."
Have you read any of her works elly?
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Post by LLady on Nov 10, 2005 9:15:00 GMT 10
November 11 Today in 1918 was Armistice Day, marking the end of hostilities in World War I. The guns were finally silenced on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Though Scots made up only 10% of the UK population at the time, a total of 147,609 Scottish people were killed during the war, a fifth of Britain's total dead. What devastating numbers!
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Post by Elly on Nov 16, 2005 13:56:17 GMT 10
"Today in 2001 Dorothy Dunnett, the cult Scottish novelist, died. The writer of intricate and meticulously researched historical novels, she attracted a devoted following with her multi-volume sagas. Her novels included the million-word 'Lymond Chronicles', in six volumes, which covered 15 years in the life of a 16th-century Scottish aristocrat, Francis Crawford of Lymond." Have you read any of her works elly? sorry Llady, been a bit slack in this thread, have read a book she wrote about `Macbeth` a fair while ago, have got 2 of the Lymond Chronicles books but haven`t read them, I picked them up at a garage sale a couple of months ago. Haven`t been able to get any more so far, but the Macbeth one was very good.
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Post by Elly on Nov 16, 2005 14:00:55 GMT 10
November 12
Clan MacRae participated in the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715. William MacKenzie, 5th Earl of Seaforth bravely led the MacKenzies and the MacRaes in support of King James VIII, and great loss of life and property ensued. He survived the battles and the destruction of Eilean Donan Castle, and died on the Island of Lewis in 1740.
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Post by Elly on Nov 16, 2005 14:03:47 GMT 10
November 12
On this day in 1094 King Duncan II died at Battle of Monthechin, Kincardine.
On this day in 1347 Scottish Staple or entrepôrt for trade with The Low Countries established at Middelburg in Zeeland.
On this day in 1869 Edinburgh University first admitted women to the study of medicine. Sophia Jex-Blake and her friend Edith Pechy were the first to attend the prestigious medical school. Though Jex-Blake passed her exams, she was not allowed to graduate as regulations prevented women from actually serving on the wards. Petitions to the management failed to convince them to change the rules. Jex-Blake eventually managed to obtain her licence from the Dublin College of Physicians, and devoted her life to promoting the cause of female medicine, together with an active role in the women's suffrage movement.
A woman who graduated Edinburgh University's School of Medicine in 1812, masqueraded as Dr James Barry, became an army surgeon.
On this day in 2004 A fire broke out at 2.15 am at the Prestonfield House Hotel, Edinburgh, following the annual Scottish Politician of the Year awards, Labour MSP for Glasgow Cathcart Mike Watson, Lord Watson of Invergowrie, was subsequently charged with wilful fire-raising.
1094 King Duncan II died at Battle of Monthechin, Kincardine.
1347 Scottish Staple or entrepôrt for trade with The Low Countries established at Middelburg in Zeeland.
1869 Edinburgh University first admitted women to the study of medicine. Sophia Jex-Blake and her friend Edith Pechy were the first to attend the prestigious medical school. Though Jex-Blake passed her exams, she was not allowed to graduate as regulations prevented women from actually serving on the wards. Petitions to the management failed to convince them to change the rules. Jex-Blake eventually managed to obtain her licence from the Dublin College of Physicians, and devoted her life to promoting the cause of female medicine, together with an active role in the women's suffrage movement.
1812 A woman who graduated Edinburgh University's School of Medicine in 1812, masqueraded as Dr James Barry, became an army surgeon.
2004 A fire broke out at 2.15 am at the Prestonfield House Hotel, Edinburgh, following the annual Scottish Politician of the Year awards, Labour MSP for Glasgow Cathcart Mike Watson, Lord Watson of Invergowrie, was subsequently charged with wilful fire-raising.
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Post by Elly on Nov 16, 2005 14:05:03 GMT 10
November 13
November 13, 1093 King Malcolm III (Canmore), last of the Celtic kings was killed at the Battle of Alnwick. Succeeded by Donald III.
November 13, 1715 Battle of Sheriffmuir in which a force of Jacobites led by John, 6th Earl of Mar, fought an inconclusive battle against a Hanoverian force led by John, 2nd Duke of Argyll.
November 13, 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson, author and poet, in Edinburgh's New Town was born. He is perhaps best loved for creating the lastingly popular adventure stories "Kidnapped" and "Treasure Island," though he also wrote the darkly complex novel "Jekyll and Hyde." The archetypal tale of conflicting alter egos was inspired by the well-known story of Edinburgh figure Deacon Brodie, who was a respectable citizen by day and a thief and murderer at night. Stevenson was plagued by tuberculosis for most of his life, and he travelled extensively to seek respite in warmer climes, making many of the observations which informed his writing. He died in Samoa, aged only 44.
November 13, 1968 Joe Corrie, playwright, novelist and poet, died in Edinburgh. A former Fife miner, he turned to full-time writing and his 3-act play "In Time of Strife", set in the extreme hardship of a mining strike in the 1930s, toured Scotland with great success
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Post by Elly on Nov 16, 2005 14:07:10 GMT 10
November 14
1747 The birth of seminal Geologist, Sir Charles Lyell, at Kinnordy, Angus. Educated in England, he graduated in Classics from Oxford University in 1819. Highly influenced by the lectures of Dr. Buckland and the research of William Smith on fossils, he traveled extensively in Europe gathering information for his Principles of Geology (1830). This and the later Elements of Geology became the standard textbooks on Geology in the nineteenth century and enshrined many of the ideas of James Hutton. Lyell became Chair of Geology at London University in 1831, was a Fellow of the Royal Society, was knighted in 1848, and died in 1875.
1770 The adventurer James Bruce reportedly discovered the source of the Nile in north-west Ethiopia. Bruce travelled extensively through north Africa in search of the river's source, even becoming a respected friend of the Abyssinian royal family, and in 1790 he published a lengthy account of his travels. Due to a self-confidence bordering on arrogance he made many enemies, notably Samuel Johnson, who criticised his writings and cast doubt on their veracity. Very little was known about Africa at the time, and this lent credence to the claims that Bruce had embellished his account. Although he turned out to be mistaken about the source of the Nile, the descriptions of his travels in Africa have since proven largely accurate.
1896 Speed limit for horseless carriages was raised from 4mph (2mph in towns) to 14mph.
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Post by LLady on Nov 16, 2005 19:43:42 GMT 10
1869 Edinburgh University first admitted women to the study of medicine. Sophia Jex-Blake and her friend Edith Pechy were the first to attend the prestigious medical school. Though Jex-Blake passed her exams, she was not allowed to graduate as regulations prevented women from actually serving on the wards. Petitions to the management failed to convince them to change the rules. Jex-Blake eventually managed to obtain her licence from the Dublin College of Physicians, and devoted her life to promoting the cause of female medicine, together with an active role in the women's suffrage movement.
The woman's suffrage movement is one of my favorite topics. I wonder how the Scottish movement differed from the American movement? Maybe I'll look into it sometime.
1896 Speed limit for horseless carriages was raised from 4mph (2mph in towns) to 14mph. #laugh#
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Post by Elly on Nov 20, 2005 18:43:35 GMT 10
November 15
November 15 1715 The "Glasgow Courant", the city's first newspaper, appeared for the first time.
November 15 1824 Edinburgh's Great Fire began - and lasted until 17th November. It destroyed the High Street, Parliament Square and the Tron Kirk.
November 15, 1839 Today in 1839 William Murdock, the Scottish engineer, died. Murdock invented coal-gas lighting, the first new form of lighting in the industrial age. It remained the principal form of illumination until Edison's invention of electric lighting 100 years later. He was a close friend and associate of James Watt
November 15 1873 Statue to Greyfriar's Bobby, who stayed by his master's grave for 14 years was unveiled.
November 15, 1996 The Stone of Destiny was finally returned to Scotland. Legend has it that the stone is a relic from the Holy Land and once belonged to the biblical Jacob. Whether this is true is doubtful to say the least, but from an early date the kings of Scotland were inaugurated sitting on a royal chair with the stone in its base. In 1296 Edward I removed the stone and installed it at Westminster Abbey. It remained there until it was kidnapped by Scottish nationalist students in 1951. They managed to hide the stone in Scotland for four months until it was found and returned to Westminster. It was moved from there to Edinburgh Castle in 1996 amid much celebration.
November 15, 1915 The birth of Sir David Stirling, the creator of the elite British Special Air Service (SAS) special forces regiment, at Keir, Stirlingshire. A son of Brigadier Archibald Stirling, he attended Cambridge, went mountain climbing in the Rockies and the Alps, and joined the Scots Guards after World War II began in 1939. He transferred to the Commandos in 1940 and the special operations ‘Layforce’ for service in the Middle East in 1941. In July 1941, he organized a special force to raid German and Italian airfields far behind enemy lines. To confuse the enemy, it was named the Special Air Service and operated with great success throughout the war in the Middle East, Italy, and Northwest Europe. Unfortunately, Stirling was captured in January 1943 and spent the rest of the war imprisoned first in Italy and later in Colditz, Germany. After the war, he lived in Rhodesia and Kenya where he promoted racial equality, was a high level television executive in Hong Kong, and operated a private and international security service. He won the DSO in 1942, an OBE in 1946, and was knighted shortly before his death in November 1990. His creation, the SAS, went on to become the most famous special forces unit in modern military history, serving with distinction in such disparate places as Malaya, the Falkland Islands, London, Oman, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
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Post by Elly on Nov 20, 2005 18:46:13 GMT 10
16 November
1093 St. Margaret of Scotland died. A leading member of the English Anglo-Saxon royal family and Queen Consort of Malcolm III Canmore, King of Scots, it was largely through her influence that the Scottish Celtic Church was brought into conformity with Roman Catholic Europe. Her daughter married Henry I of England and united the old royal line with that of the new Norman dynasty which had been established by William The Conqueror.
1700 James Macpherson, the famous fiddling freebooter, was hanged at Banff. The town clock was said to have been advanced to forestall a messenger carrying a reprieve for his hanging. Legend has it that before the notorious outlaw musician was hanged for sheep and cattle stealing he treated the crowd to one of his own compositions, "Macpherson's Rant," and then broke the fiddle over his knee. When Burns heard of the tale he wrote the song "Macpherson's Farewell".
1824 Edinburgh's 'Great Fire', began, lasting to the 17th. It destroyed the High Street, Parliament Square and the Tron Kirk. Between 300 and 400 families lost their homes.
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