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Events
this
week
in
Scottish
History
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March |
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1457 |
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In
a
resolution
of
the
14th
Parliament
of
James
II,
convened
in
Edinburgh,
the
games
of
football
and
golf
were
banned
in
favour
of
archery
practice.
It
stated
"..that
the
fut
ball
and
golf
be
utterly
cryit
doun
and
nocht
usit."
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6 |
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March |
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1836 |
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The
Battle
of
the
Alamo,1836,
There
were
four
Scots
born,
Richard
W
Ballentine,
John
McGregor
(piper),
and
Isaac
Robinson.
David
L.
Wilson
and
many
others
of
Scots
ancestry
were
among
the
189
defenders
who
resisted
a
Mexican
army
of
4,000
who
began
their
assault
at
0500
hrs.
The
Alamo
fell
at
0630
hrs.
Only
the
non
combatants
were
spared.
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6 |
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March |
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1923 |
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The
forerunner
of
the
BBC
began
broadcasting
in
Scotland,
from
Glasgow,
as
5SC.
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7 |
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March |
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1744 |
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The
Honourable
Company
of
Edinburgh
Golfers
held
their
first
meeting
on
Leith
Links.
The
City
of
Edinburgh
provided
a
silver
club
for
competition
which
was
won
by
John
Rattray.
He
joined
the
Jacobite
'45
Rising
after
the
Battle
of
Prestonpans,
becoming
"Bonnie
Prince
Charlie's"
personal
surgeon.
He
avoided
execution
thanks
to
the
intercession
of
Duncan
Forbes,
President
of
the
Court
of
Session,
a
golfing
friend.
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8 |
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March |
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1702 |
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William
III
died
at
Kensington
Palace
after
a
fall
from
a
horse.

Anne
succeeded
to
the
throne.
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8 |
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March |
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1899 |
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Eric
Linklater,
author,
born.
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9 |
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March |
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1566 |
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David
Rizzio,
Mary
Queen
of
Scots
Italian
Secretary,
murdered
at
Holyrood
Palace.
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9 |
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March |
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1648 |
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James
Hamilton,
1st
Duke
of
Hamilton
died.
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10 |
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March |
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1615 |
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John
Ogilvie
SJ,
the
only
Catholic
Martyr
in
Scotland,
was
executed
in
Glasgow
for
saying
Mass
and
for
treason.

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10 |
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March |
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1748 |
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John
Playfair,
mathematician,
born
in
Benvie,
Forfarshire.
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10 |
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March |
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1823 |
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George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith GCB , died
a
British admiral active throughout the Napoleonic Wars. He died on He
was born on 7th January 1746
in Elphinstone Tower, near Stirling |
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11 |
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March |
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1911 |
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Soldier
and
author,
Sir
Fitzroy
Maclean,
born.
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11 |
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March |
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1955 |
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Sir
Alexander
Fleming,
discoverer
of
penicillin,
died.
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12 |
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March |
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1881 |
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Andrew
Watson,
born
in
Guyana,
son
of
a
wealthy
Scottish
planter,
Peter
Miller,
and
a
local
girl,
Rose
Watson,
made
his
first
international
appearance
for
Scotland's
football
team.
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12 |
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March |
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1945 |
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"HMS
VENGEANCE"
left
Greenock,
four
months
after
Commissioning,
for
the
Mediterranean,
and
thence
to
join
the
British
Pacific
Fleet.
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13 |
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March |
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1395 |
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John
Barbour,
latterly
Archdeacon
of
Aberdeen,
and
known
as
the
father
of
Scottish
Literature,
and
author
of
the
account
of
Robert
the
Bruce,
died.
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13/14 |
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March |
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1941 |
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The
Clydebank
Blitz,
left
528
dead,
617
injured,
and
48,000
homeless,
many
of
whom
never
returned.
Only
7
out
of
12,000
houses
intact.
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14 |
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March |
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1900 |
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Dame
Margaret
Kidd
QC
born
at
Bo'ness.
Scotland's
first
and,
for
more
than
quarter
of
a
century,
only
female
advocate.
Called
to
the
bar
in
1923
she
was
the
first
woman
in
the
United
Kingdom
to
take
silk
in
1948.
She
became
Scotland's
first
Sheriff
Principal
in
1960
when
she
took
charge
of
the
Sheriffdom
of
Dumfries
and
Galloway.
She
was
Sheriff
Principal
of
Perth
and
Angus
from
1966
to
1974
and
was
made
a
Dame
of
the
British
Empire
in
1975.
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