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Events This Week in Scottish History
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September |
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1778 |
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Henry,
Lord
Brougham,
1st
Baron
Brougham
and
Vaux
born
in
Edinburgh.
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September |
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1806 |
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William
Dyce,
artist,
born
in
Aberdeen.
Aberdeen's
Dyce
Airport
is
named
after
him.
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19 |
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September |
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1859 |
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Professor
John
Pringle
Nichol,
author
of
"The
Architecture
of
the
Heavens"
died.
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20 |
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September |
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1842 |
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Sir
James
Dewar,
inventor
of
the
process
of
liquifaction
of
gases,
born.
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20 |
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September |
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1967 |
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The
"RMS
QUEEN
ELIZABETH
2",
"QE2"
was
launched
by
HM
The
Queen
at
John
Brown
and
Co's
yard,
Clydebank.
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21 |
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September |
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1722 |
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John
Home,
Scots
writer,
minister
and
historian,
born
at
Leith.
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21 |
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September |
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1745 |
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The
Battle
of
Prestonpans.
The
Jacobite
Army
defeats
General
Sir
John
Cope's
Government
Army
at
Prestonpans
near
Edinburgh.
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21 |
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September |
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1756 |
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John
Loudon
MacAdam
who
introduced
the
"macadam"
or
"tarmac"
system
of
road
surfacing,
was
born
in
Ayr.
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21 |
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September |
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1832 |
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Sir
Walter
Scott
died.
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22 |
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September |
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1834 |
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Thomas
Telford,
the
civil
engineer
died.
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23 |
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September |
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1678 |
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The
Royal
Scots
Fusiliers
raised
by
the
Earl
of
Mar
as
"The
Earl
of
Mar's
Regiment".
In
1959
they
were
merged
with
the
The
Highland
Light
Infantry
(City
of
Glasgow
Regiment)
to
form
The
Royal
Highland
Fusiliers
(Princess
Margaret's
Own
Glasgow
and
Ayrshire
Regiment).
In
2006
all
the
old
Scottish
Regiments
were
merged
into
a
new
Regiment,
the
Royal
Regiment
of
Scotland.
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23 |
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September |
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1803 |
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Prints
are
obtainable
from
the
artist,
David
Rowlands
www.davidrowlands.co.uk
The
Battle
of
Assaye.
All
but
one
of
the
officers
of
the
74th
Regiment
of
Foot,
The
Highland
Light
Infantry,
were
killed
or
wounded
in
General
Arthur
Wellesley's
(later
the
Duke
of
Wellington)
greatest
victory
in
India.
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24 |
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September |
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1332 |
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Edward
Balliol,
son
of
John
Balliol,
crowned
at
Scone.
He
was
regarded
by
many
as
the
legitimate
successor,
but
was
chased
out
of
Scotland
and
sought
refuge
in
England.
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25 |
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September |
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1703 |
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Archibald
Campbell,
10th
Earl
and
1st
Duke
of
Argyll,
Marquess
of
Kintyre
and
Lorne,
Earl
of
Campbell
And
Cowall,
Viscount
of
Lochow
and
Glenyla,
Lord
of
Inverary,
Mull,
Morvern,
and
Tirie
and
one
of
the
commissioners
who
invited
William
of
Orange
to
Britain
and
responsible
for
the
massacre
of
Glencoe,
died.
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25 |
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September |
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1915 |
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The
first
day
of
the
Battle
of
Loos.
All
ten
Scottish
Regiments
were
involved
in
this
battle
as
part
of
the
9th
and
15th
Divisions.
The
battle
lasted
until
18th
October.
36
Battalions
took
part
and
sustained
over
12,000
casualties,
one
fifth
of
the
total.
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26 |
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September |
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1290 |
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Margaret
"Maid
of
Norway",
Eiriksdottir,
died
in
Orkney.
When
her
grandfather
had
died
Princess
Margaret
was
three
years
old.
The
Scottish
Parliament
appointed
six
Guardians
to
rule
on
her
behalf,
and
on
18th
July
1290
the
Scots
agreed
in
the
Treaty
of
Birgham
(Berwickshire)
that
she
should
marry
Edward
I
of
England's
eldest
son,
Prince
Edward.
At
the
end
of
September,
the
eight-year-old
Queen
set
sail
for
Scotland,
escorted
by
Bishop
Narve
of
Bergen.
She
was
taken
ill
on
the
voyage
and
her
ship
put
in
at
Orkney,
but
she
died
there,
in
the
arms
of
the
Bishop.
She
was
buried
at
the
Kristkirken,
Bergen.
Her
death
left
the
Scottish
succession
open,
and
gave
Edward
I
the
opportunity
to
start
his
attacks
on
Scotland.
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27 |
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September |
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1938 |
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RMS
Queen
Elizabeth
was
built
by
John
Brown
&
Company
shipyard
at
Clydebank,
Scotland,
was
launched.
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