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9 |
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October |
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1995 |
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Sir
Alec
Douglas-Home,
Conservative
Politician,
and
British
Prime
Minister
in
1963,
died.
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10 |
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October |
|
1802 |
|
Hugh
Miller,
geologist,
born
in
Cromarty.
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11 |
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October |
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1297 |
|
Andrew
Moray
and
William
Wallace
write
to
the
merchants
of
Lübeck
and
Hamburg,
advising
that
"...that
they
can
now
have
a
safe
access
with
their
merchandize
to
all
harbours
of
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland,
because
the
Kingdom
of
Scotland
has,
thanks
be
to
God,
by
war
been
recovered
from
the
power
of
the
English."
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12 |
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October |
|
1511 |
|
The
"GREAT
MICHAEL"
was
launched
for
the
James
IV's
Navy.
At
1,000
tons
she
was
twice
the
size
of
England's
"MARY
ROSE".
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12 |
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October |
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1609 |
|
A
contract
was
signed
by
which
Lady
Mary
Erskine,
born
1597
would
marry
William
Keith,
5th
Earl
Marischal
and
become
Countess
of
Marischal.
She
died
after
1626.
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13 |
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October |
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1506 |
|
James
IV
ratified
the
charter
of
the
seal
of
cause
of
the
Guild
of
Barber
Surgeons
of
Edinburgh,
forerunner
of
the
Royal
College
of
Surgeons
of
Edinburgh.
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14 |
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October |
|
1633 |
|
James
VII
and
II
born
at
St
James'
Palace,
London.
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14 |
|
October |
|
1881 |
|
Eyemouth
Fishing
Disaster:
a
storm
killed
129
of
the
East
Berwickshire
town's
fishermen.
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14 |
|
October |
|
1939 |
|
German
submarine
U47
commanded
by
Gunther
Prien
sank
HMS
ROYAL
OAK
in
Scapa
Flow,
Orkney,
with
the
loss
of
833
lives.
Shortly
before
0100
hrs
Prien
fired
his
first
salvo,
causing
minor
damage
to
the
bow.
20
minutes
later,
having
reloaded
the
second
salvo
hit
amidships.
The
U47
escaped
through
the
narrow
channel
through
which
she
had
entered.
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15 |
|
October |
|
1686 |
|
Poet
Allan
Ramsay
born
in
the
village
of
Leadhills,
Lanarkshire.
He
was
the
father
of
portrait
painter,
Allan
Ramsay.
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16 |
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October |
|
1430 |
|
James
II
born.
His
father,
James
I,
was
murdered
when
he
was
6.
He
was
crowned
at
Holyrood
in
1437,
and
killed
by
an
exploding
cannon
at
the
siege
of
Roxburgh
Castle
in
August
1460.
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17 |
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October |
|
1346 |
|
The
Battle
of
Neville's
Cross.
The
English
Army
of
about
700
men
at
arms,
10,000
archers
and
other
troops
had
picked
the
favourable
ground
and
the
Scots
invaders,
between
10
and
15,000
were
at
a
disadvantage
from
the
start.
About
1,000
Scots
were
killed
and
many
captured,
including
David
II. He wore the
Black Cross of Scotland to the Battle and lost it to the English. For the
next 200 years the cross was given pride of place in Durham Cathedral's relic
collection.
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17 |
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October |
|
1821 |
|
Alexander
Gardner,
renowned
photographer
of
the
American
Civil
War,
born
in
Paisley.
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17 |
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October |
|
1921 |
|
George
Mackay
Brown,
Orkney
poet,
author
and
dramatist
born.
He
died
on
13th
April
1996.
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