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Events
this
week
in
Scottish
History
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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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28 |
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September |
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1582 |
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George
Buchanan,
poet
humanist
and
tutor
to
James
VI,
died.
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28 |
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September |
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1864 |
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Charles
Murray,
North
East
poet,
born
in
Alford,
Aberdeenshire.
Poets'
Corner
-
Charles
Murray
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Selected
Works
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29 |
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September |
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1902 |
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William
McGonagall,
born
in
1825,
died
in
Edinburgh.
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30 |
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September |
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1813 |
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John
Rae,
surgeon,
trader
and
Canadian
explorer,
was
born
at
Clestrain,
Orphir,
Orkney.
He
died
in
London,
in
1893
and
is
buried
in
St
Magnus
Cathedral,
Kirkwall,
Orkney.
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