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Post by LLady on Jul 2, 2008 7:35:13 GMT 10
July 31 1786 "Kilmarnock Edition" of the poems of Robert Burns "Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" first published.
July 31 1845 Caledonian Railway Company authorised to commence business.
July 31 1965 Cigarette advertising banned on television in Britain.
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Post by LLady on Jul 2, 2008 7:34:45 GMT 10
July 30 1918 Provisions were included in the Scottish Education Bill to ensure adequate facilities for teaching Gaelic in Scotland.
July 30 1938 First edition of the long-running "Beano" comic was published.
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Post by LLady on Jul 2, 2008 7:34:23 GMT 10
July 29 1565 Mary, Queen of Scots, married Lord Darnley.
July 29 1567 King James VI (aged 13 months) crowned at the Church of the Holy Rude, beside Stirling Castle, following the abdication of Mary, Queen of Scots, five days earlier.
July 29 1971 A work-in began at John Brown's Clydebank shipyard led by activist Jimmy Reid. It led to the formation of Govan Shipbuilders which was later taken over by Marathon Manufacturing.
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Post by LLady on Jul 2, 2008 7:33:48 GMT 10
July 28 1913 Jo Grimond, former leader of the Liberal party, born.
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Post by LLady on Jul 2, 2008 7:33:23 GMT 10
July 27 1689 Battle of Killiecrankie in which Graham of Claverhouse (Bonnie Dundee) leading an army of Highlanders in support of the Jacobite cause, defeated King William's army under General Hugh Mackay.
July 27 1760 The Scottish School of Design was founded in Edinburgh. It later became the Royal Institution and finally the Royal Scottish Academy.
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Post by LLady on Jul 2, 2008 7:32:53 GMT 10
On 26 July 1513 James IV responded to pleas for assistance from France and declared war on England.
Aside from assisting the French, who had been invaded by an English army, James was also aggrieved at England's seizing of two Scottish ships and the non-payment of part of the dowry for his wife, Margaret Tudor. The war did not go to plan, however, and the Scots suffered probably their greatest military defeat at Flodden in September where James was killed.
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Post by LLady on Jul 2, 2008 7:31:52 GMT 10
July 25 1394 King James I born.
July 25 1843 Charles Mackintosh, inventor of rubberized raincoats, died.
July 25 1848 Arthur James Balfour, the only Secretary of State for Scotland to become Prime Minister, born E Lothian.
July 25 1930 Singer Annie Ross born.
July 25 1948 Bread rationing ends in Britain.
July 25 1980 Alan Wells won Olympic 100 metres sprint.
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Post by LLady on Jul 2, 2008 7:29:55 GMT 10
July 24 1411 Battle of Harlaw Hill, one of the bloodiest battles on Scottish soil. Donald, Lord of the Isles and a force of Highlanders met an army from the north-east led by the Earl of Mar. After a long battle, both sides thought they had lost - and the descendants of both sides thought they had won.
July 24 1567 Mary Queen of Scots abdicated and the young James VI acceded to Scottish throne. The Earl of Mar was appointed regent.
July 24 1976 David Wilkie won Olympic 200 metres breaststroke.
July 24 2002 The Princess Royal formally opened the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Scotland's first national park.
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Post by LLady on Jul 2, 2008 7:29:33 GMT 10
July 23 1637 Presbyterian riot in St Giles during which Jenny Geddes shouted "Don't thou say Mass in ma lug" and threw her chair at the pulpit.
July 23 1745 Charles Edward Stuart landed on Eriskay at the start of the 1745 campaign.
July 23 1886 Birth in Glasgow of Arthur Whitten Brown (later Sir Arthur), companion of Alcock on the first west to east aircraft crossing of the Atlantic.
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Post by LLady on Jul 2, 2008 7:28:56 GMT 10
July 22 1298 The army of the English King Edward I, using longbows for the first time, defeated the Scots led by Sir William Wallace at Battle of Falkirk.
July 22 1793 Alexander Mackenzie completed the first overland crossing of North America.
July 22 1913 Edinburgh Zoo opened for the first time.
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Post by LLady on Jul 2, 2008 7:28:31 GMT 10
July 21 1796 Robert Burns dies in Dumfries, aged 37.
July 21 1918 Writer, broadcaster and Burns Scholar Maurice Lindsay born.
July 21 1985 Sandy Lyle won Open Golf Championship.
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Post by LLady on Jul 2, 2008 7:28:08 GMT 10
July 20 1332 Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray and Regent of Scotland, died at Musselburgh. Donald, Earl of Mar, appointed Regent in his place.
July 20 1651 Battle of Inverkeithing. Royalist force supporting Charles II failed to halt advance of army of Oliver Cromwell heading for Perth.
July 20 1705 Act of the Scottish Parliament establishing herring fishing in and around Scotland.
July 20 1889 Lord Reith, governor of BBC, born in Stonehaven.
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