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20 |
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July |
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1651 |
|
Battle
of
Inverkeithing
or
Pitreavie.
The
Royalist
Army
lead
by
Generals
Brown
and
Holborn
was
defeated
by
the
Cromwellian
Army
lead
by
Generals
Overton
and
Lambert.
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20 |
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July |
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1889 |
|
John
Charles
Walsham
Reith,
later
Lord
Reith,
born
in
Stonehaven,
son
of
a
Church
of
Scotland
Minister.
He
was
General
Manager/Managing
Director
of
the
BBC
from
1922
to
1927
and
set
the
non
commercial
model
for
the
corporation
that
has
continued
to
this
day.
The
Reith
Lectures
are
held
in
his
Memory.
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21 |
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July |
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1796 |
|
Robert
Burns,
the
National
Bard,
died.
Despite
saying
in
his
last
hours
to
fellow
member
of
the
Dumfries
Volunteers,
John
Gibson,
"John,
don't
let
the
awkward
squad
fire
over
me,"
his
funeral
was
with
full
military
honours.
His
request
gave
rise
to
the
term
"the
awkward
squad".
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22 |
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July |
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1298 |
|
The
Battle
of
Falkirk.
William
Wallace
defeated
by
Edward
I.
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22 |
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July |
|
1484 |
|
The
Battle
of
Lochmaben
Fair.
A
party
of
cavalry
led
by
the
rebel
Earl
of
Douglas
and
the
Duke
of
Albany,
crossed
from
England
and
clashed
with
local
forces
loyal
to
James
III,
the
Scottish
king.
The
raiders
were
defeated;
and
while
Albany
managed
to
escape
Douglas
was
captured,
spending
what
remained
of
his
life
as
a
royal
prisoner.
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23 |
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July |
|
1637 |
|
Jenny
Geddes
hurled
her
stool
at
the
Dean
of
St
Giles
Cathedral,
Edinburgh
calling
"Daur
ye
say
mass
at
my
lug?",
protesting
at
the
new
unpopular
form
of
service
introduced
by
Charles
I,
which
led
to
the
signing
of
the
National
Covenant.
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23 |
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July |
|
1745 |
|
Prince
Charles
Edward
Stuart
"The
Young
Pretender" lands
on
Eriskay
with
eight
supporters,
no
supplies
and
no
funds
at
the
start
of
the
'45
Rising.
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23 |
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July |
|
1773 |
|
Sir
Thomas
Makdougall
Brisbane
(1773-1860),
6th
Governor
of
New
South
Wales,
was
born
at
Brisbane
House,
near
Largs,
Ayrshire.
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24 |
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July |
|
1411 |
|
The
Battle
of
Harlaw.
In
a
dispute
over
the
Earldom
of
Ross,
Donald
II,
The
Lord
of
the
Isles
brought
the
Highland
Army
into
Aberdeenshire,
where
the
Earl
of
Mar
gathered
his
forces
at
Inverurie
to
prevent
them
attacking
Aberdeen.
The
action
was
intense,
but
though
no
clear
victor
emerged,
the
Highland
Army
withdraw
to
the
Highlands
and
Aberdeen
was
safe.
The
battle
is
remembered
in
folklore
and
song.
 
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24 |
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July |
|
1874 |
|
Oswald
Chambers,
minister
and
teacher,
author
of
the
devotional
My
Utmost
for
His
Highest
born
in
Aberdeen.
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25 |
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July |
|
1843 |
|
Charles
Macintosh
who
patented
the
waterproof
cloth
he
was
using
to
make
raincoats,
died.
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26 |
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July |
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1513 |
AA |
James
IV
in
response
to
a
request
from
France
in
accordance
with
the
“Auld
Alliance”
declared
war
on
England,
sending
a
letter
to
Henry
VIII
with
the
Ross
Herald.
James
was
also
displeased
at
the
English
seizure
of
two
Scottish
ships
in
a
dispute
over
the
payment
of
the
dowry
for
his
wife,
Margaret
Tudor.
This
would
lead
to
the
disaster
at
Flodden
in
September
that
year,
when
James
and
“The
Flower
of
Scotland”
were
to
lose
their
lives.
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27 |
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July |
|
1689 |
|
The
Battle
of
Killiecrankie.
The
Government
sent
an
Army
north
under
General
Mackay
to
stop
the
advance
of
the
Jacobite
Army
led
by
John
Graham
of
Claverhouse,
“Bonnie
Dundee”.
The
Armies
met
at
the
pass
of
Killiecrankie,
near
Blair
Atholl,
and
the
Government
soldiers
were
scattered
by
a
Highland
charge
lead
by
Claverhouse.
Their
victory
was
short
lived
as
John
Graham
was
felled
by
a
ball
from
a
leather
cannon
carried
as
light
artillery
by
the
Government
infantry,
and
his
Army
was
subsequently
defeated
at
Dunkeld.
The
bullet
hole
in
his
breastplate
now
at
Blair
Castle
is
a
later
addition
for
dramatic
effect.
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27 |
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July |
|
1777 |
|
Thomas
Campbell,
poet,
born
in
Glasgow.
He
married
his
cousin,
Matilda
Sinclair
in
1803
or
1804.
Link
to
Poet's
Corner.
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27 |
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July |
|
1896 |
|
Air
Vice
Marshal
Sir
Robert
Allingham
George,
Governor
of
South
Australia,
born
in
Ross
and
Cromarty.
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28 |
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July |
|
1683 |
|
Anne
Stuart
married
Prince
George
of
Denmark.
The
second
daughter
of
James
II,
she
was
raised
a
protestant
by
her
uncle,
Charles
II.
None
of
her
children
survived
her,
and
she
died
without
an
heir.
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28 |
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July |
|
1914 |
|
The
First
World
War
began
with
Austria-Hungary's
declaration
of
war
with
Serbia.
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