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4 |
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July |
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1913 |
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Oswald
Wynd,
author
of
"The
Ginger
Tree",
born
to
Scottish
Missionary
parents
in
Tokyo.
He
graduated
from
Edinburgh
University,
joined
the
Scots
Guards
at
the
outbreak
of
WWII,
and
was
commissioned
into
the
Intelligence
Corps.
He
was
captured
in
Malaya
and
became
a
Prisoner
of
War
in
Japan.
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5 |
|
July |
|
1820 |
|
William
John
Macquorn
Rankine,
civil
engineer,
born
in
Edinburgh.
He
was
the
first
president
of
the
Institution
of
Engineers
in
Scotland.
|
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6 |
|
July |
|
1560 |
|
The
Treaty
of
Edinburgh
saw
the
withdrawal
of
French
and
English
Troops
from
Scotland.
|
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6 |
|
July |
|
1747 |
|
John
Paul
Jones,
founder
of
the
United
States'
Navy
born
in
Scotland.
|
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|
6 |
|
July |
|
1988 |
|
"PIPER
ALPHA"
disaster.
167
lives
were
lost
following
an
explosion
and
fire
on
the
North
Sea
platform
off
Aberdeen.
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7 |
|
July |
|
1548 |
|
The
Treaty
of
Haddington
proclaimed
the
betrothal
of
Mary
Queen
of
Scots
to
François,
the
Dauphin
of
France.
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7 |
|
July |
|
1559 |
|
John
Knox
was
appointed
as
the
first
Protestant
minister
in
Edinburgh.
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
July |
|
1814 |
|
First
publication
of
Sir
Walter
Scott's
Waverley
novels.
|
|
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|
7 |
|
July |
|
1930 |
|
Sir
Arthur
Conan
Doyle
author
of
the
Sherlock
Holmes
detective
stories,
died.
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
July |
|
1249 |
|
Alexander
II
buried
at
Melrose
having
died
on
the
island
of
Kerrera,
Argyllshire
whilst
preparing
to
take
the
Hebrides
from
Norway.
Ref:
A
History
Book
for
Scots,
selections
from
Walter
Bower's
Scotichronicon,
p.
144
ISBN
978-1-873644-84-3
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|
8 |
|
July |
|
1296 |
|
John
Balliol
abdicated
at
Montrose,
Angus.
|
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|
8 |
|
July |
|
1758 |
|
The
42nd
Regiment
(Later
The
Black
Watch
(Royal
Highland
Regiment)
and
now
3
SCOTS)
took
part
in
either
the
Battle
of
Ticonderoga
or
Battle
of
Carillon,
a
French
victory
which
saw
heavy
American
and
British
losses.
|
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|
8 |
|
July |
|
1773 |
|
The
"HECTOR"
left
Loch
Broom,
near
Ullapool,
carrying
around
200
emigrants
bound
for
Pictou,
Nova
Scotia,
the
start
of
a
wave
of
Scottish
immigration
to
Canada.
|
|
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|
8 |
|
July |
|
1823 |
|
Sir
Henry
Raeburn,
artist
and
portrait
painter,
died.
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
July |
|
1917 |
|
"HMS
VANGUARD"
blew
up
in
Scapa
Flow
with
the
loss
of
all
but
3
of
her
crew
of
670.
|
|
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|
10 |
|
July |
|
1451 |
|
The
future
James
III
born
in
Stirling
Castle.
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
July |
|
1560 |
|
Following
the
Treaty
of
Edinburgh
on
the
6th
July
the
Scottish
Parliament
(otherwise
known
as
the
Reformation
Parliament
convened
in
Edinburgh
on
10
July
1560,
attended
by
14
earls,
6
bishops,
19
lords,
21
abbots,
22
burgh
commissioners,
and
over
100
lairds.
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
July |
|
1633 |
|
The
"BLESSING
OF
BURNTISLAND"
sank
off
Burntisland
in
the
Firth
of
Forth
carrying
gold,
silver
and
jewellery
belonging
to
Charles
I.
|
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|
11 |
|
July |
|
1370 |
|
Marjorie
Stewart,
daughter
of
Robert
II,
received
Papal
Dispensation
to
marry
her
cousin,
John
Dunbar,
later
created
the
Earl
of
Moray.
|
|
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|
11 |
|
July |
|
1774 |
|
Robert
Jameson,
mineralogist
and
naturalist,
born
in
Leith.
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
July |
|
1570 |
|
Matthew
Stuart,
4th
Earl
of
Lennox
and
father
of
Lord
Darnley
made
Regent
of
Scotland.
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
July |
|
1850 |
|
Robert
Stevenson,
died.
He
is
best
known
as
a
builder
of
lighthouses
and
was
the
engineer
in
charge
of
the
construction
of
the
Bell
Rock,
and
grandfather
of
the
novelist,
Robert
Louis
Stevenson.
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