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Post by LLady on Apr 1, 2008 3:44:14 GMT 10
April 1 "Hunt the Gowk" - Scottish equivalent of April Fool's Day (gowk is a cuckoo).
April 1 1295 Robert Bruce, "The Great Competitor" and grandfather of King Robert the Bruce, died.
April 1 1571 Dumbarton Castle, under siege since January 1570, captured by Captain Thomas Crawford scaling the walls.
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Post by LLady on Apr 1, 2008 3:44:40 GMT 10
April 2 1593 Marischal College, second University in Aberdeen, founded.
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Post by LLady on Apr 1, 2008 3:45:13 GMT 10
April 3 1401 Murder of Duke of Rothesay, heir of Robert III.
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Post by LLady on Apr 1, 2008 3:45:40 GMT 10
April 4 1373 Parliament held by King Robert II at Scone, resolved that his son, the Earl of Carrick should succeed his father as King (as Robert III although he was baptised John).
April 4 1384 John of Gaunt, son of Edward III attacks Scotland.
April 4 1406 King Robert III died and James I ascended the throne (but was not crowned until 1424 as he was a prisoner of the English).
April 4 1508 Production of the first printed book in Scotland with a definite date - a vernacular poem by John Lydgate 'The Complaint of the Black Knight'. The press was set up in Edinburgh by Walter Chepman, an Edinburgh merchant, and his business partner Androw Myllar, a bookseller, near what is now Cowgate.
April 4 1689 Scottish Parliament declared that James VII had forfeited the Scottish throne.
April 4 1617 John Napier, inventor of logarithms, died in Edinburgh.
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Post by LLady on Apr 1, 2008 3:46:08 GMT 10
April 5 1603 King James VI leaves Edinburgh to travel to London.
April 5 1830 Birth at Lesmahagow of composer Alexander Muir, creator of "Maple Leaf Forever".
April 5 1902 Disaster at English/Scottish football match at Ibrox Stadium when part of the flooring collapsed, killing 20, injuring 200.
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Post by LLady on Apr 1, 2008 3:46:40 GMT 10
April 6 1320 Declaration of Arbroath - "For we fight not for glory nor for riches nor for honour, but only and alone for freedom, which no good man surrenders but with his life".
April 6 1944 "Pay As You Earn" Income Tax introduced for the first time.
April 6 1998 Celebration of Tartan Day approved by the US Senate, in recognition of the monumental achievements and invaluable contributions made by Scottish Americans.
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Post by LLady on Apr 1, 2008 3:47:09 GMT 10
April 7 1968 Jim Clark, Duns farmer, twice World Motor Racing Champion, killed in crash, Hockenheim.
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Post by LLady on Apr 1, 2008 3:48:54 GMT 10
On 8 April 1783 John Loudon, the Scottish architect, landscape gardener and journalist was born.
Loudon had a profound influence on the aspiring middle classes through his books on architecture and gardening. Co-author with his wife, Jane Webb, of The Suburban Gardener and Villa Companion, and author of An Encylopaedia of Gardening, British Trees and Shrubs, Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture, he also founded Gardener's Magazine.
His designs can be seen at Scone Palace and Castle Kennedy, near Stranraer.
On this day in 1820 Radical prisoners were taken from Paisley to Greenock jail under escort. The citizens of Greenock fought their escort, the Port Glasgow Militia, until they reached the jail. Still coming under attack, the Militia opened fire on the stone-throwing crowd. Eight were killed, including an eight year old boy, and ten wounded, before the militia retreated from Greenock. In the evening, the angry Greenockians stormed the jail and freed the prisoners.
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Post by LLady on Apr 1, 2008 3:49:25 GMT 10
April 9 1139 Second Treaty of Durham in which David I is recognised as King of an independent Scotland by King Stephen of England.
April 9 1747 Lord Lovat beheaded on Tower Hill for high treason. He was the last person in Britain to be beheaded.
April 9 1817 Architect Alexander "Greek Thomson" born in Balfron, Stirlingshire.
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Post by LLady on Apr 1, 2008 3:49:56 GMT 10
April 10 1512 King James V born.
April 10 1988 Sandy Lyle becomes the first Scottish (and British) golfer to win the US Masters tournament.
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Post by LLady on Apr 1, 2008 3:50:24 GMT 10
April 11 1700 Scottish settlement in Darien, Panama, abandoned.
April 11 1839 John Galt, author, traveller, founder of Guelph, Ontario, died.
April 11 1882 Battle of the Braes in which crofters in Skye fought 50 policemen during a dispute over land rights.
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Post by LLady on Apr 1, 2008 3:50:55 GMT 10
April 12 1606 Union flag adopted as the flag of England, Wales and Scotland.
April 12 1928 Madeleine Smith, found "not proven" for murder in 1857, died peacefully in New York.
April 12 1913 Flyweight boxing champion Benny Lynch born.
April 12 1945 The Scottish National Party gained their first electoral victory when they won the by-election in Motherwell and Wishaw by a majority of 617 votes.
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