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24 |
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July |
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1411 |
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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 |
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1874 |
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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 |
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1843 |
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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 |
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1689 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1914 |
|
The
First
World
War
began
with
Austria-Hungary's
declaration
of
war
with
Serbia.
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29 |
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July |
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1567 |
|
James
VI
was
crowned
at
Stirling.
The
one
year
old
James
was
crowned
James
VI
of
Scotland
in
a
Protestant
ceremony
in
the
Church
of
the
Holy
Rude,
close
to
the
Castle.
John
Knox
preached
the
sermon.
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29 |
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July |
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1763 |
|
Admiral
Sir
Philip
Charles
Calderwood
Henderson
Durham
born
Largo
Fife.
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30 |
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July |
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1547 |
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The
Protestants
who
were
responsible
for
the
murder
of
Cardinal
David
Beaton
surrendered
St
Andrews
Castle
to
French
forces.
Cardinal
Beaton
had
executed
Protestant
Preacher
George
Wishart
in
1546
and
the
Protestants
leaders
reacted
by
seizing
the
castle
and
killing
Beaton.
They
held
out
for
a
year.
One
of
their
number,
John
Knox,
served
subsequently
for
19
months
on
French
galleys,
but
eventually
he
and
the
others,
but
for
one
who
died
either
escaped
or
were
released.
The
mine
dug
under
the
castle
wall
above
during
the
siege
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31 |
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July |
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1423 |
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Battle
of
Cravant.
4,500
French
and
Scots
soldiers,
commanded
by
John
Stewart,
Earl
of
Buchan
and
Seigneur
of
Aubigny
fell
in
defence
of
the
town
against
the
English.
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31 |
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July |
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1786 |
|
First
publication
of
the
"Kilmarnock
Edition"
of
the
poems
of
Robert
Burns
"Chiefly
in
the
Scottish
Dialect".
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