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Events This Week in Scottish History
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June |
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1679 |
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The
Covenanters
defeated
John
Graham
of
Claverhouse
at
Drumclog.
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June |
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1843 |
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Dr
Henry
Faulds,
pioneer
of
fingerprinting,
was
born
in
Beith,
Ayrshire.
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June |
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1878 |
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The
first
Tay
rail
bridge,
which
was
to
collapse
18
months
later,
opened.
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2 |
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June |
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1581 |
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James
Douglas,
4th
Earl
of
Morton,
was
beheaded
in
Edinburgh's
Grassmarket,
having
been
found
guilty
of
the
murder
of
Lord
Darnley.
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2 |
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June |
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1953 |
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Coronation
of
Queen
Elizabeth
II
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3 |
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June |
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1726 |
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James
Hutton,
father
of
modern
geology,
was
born.
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3 |
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June |
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1774 |
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The
Poet
Robert
Tannahill
was
born
in
Paisley.
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3 |
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June |
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1863 |
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Neil
Munro,
novelist
and
poet,
perhaps
best
known
for
his
"Para
Handy"
stories,
born
in
Inverary.
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4 |
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June |
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1792 |
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The
King's
Birthday
Riots
took
place
in
Edinburgh.
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5 |
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June |
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1592
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Act
of
the
Scottish
Parliament
came
into
force
"concerning
the
Office
of
Lyoun
King
of
Armes
and
his
brether
Heraldis"
judged
the
best
regulated
system
of
heraldry
in
Europe.
This
became
The
Court
of
the
Lord
Lyon.
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5 |
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June |
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1723
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Adam
Smith,
known
as
"the
father
of
economics",
author
of
the
"The
Wealth
of
Nations"
was
born
in
Kirkcaldy.
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5 |
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June |
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1916 |
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The
loss
of
"HMS
HAMPSHIRE"
off
Marwick
Head,
Orkney,
with
the
loss
of
660
lives,
including
Lord
Kitchener.
Only
12
survived.
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6 |
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June |
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1838 |
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Thomas
Blake
Glover,
"The
Scottish
Samurai",
born
in
Fraserburgh.
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6 |
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June |
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1944 |
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D-Day
Landings
in
Normandy.
The
Allies
including
75,000
British
and
Canadian
Seaborne,
57,500
US
Seaborne
and
20,000
Airborne
Troops
landed
in
Normandy.
2009,
65th
Anniversary.
BBC
-
Press
Office
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D-Day
facts
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7 |
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June |
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1329 |
Heart |
Robert
the
Bruce
died
at
his
manor
near
Cardross,
Dumbarton.
He
was
buried
at
Dunfermline
Abbey,
and
his
heart
was
removed
and
embalmed.
As
recorded
in
14th
Century
John
Barbour's
"The
Bruce",
as
the
Bruce
requested,
his
heart
was
to
be
taken
to
Jerusalem
by
Sir
James
Douglas,
known
as
"The
Black
Douglas"
,
accompanied
by
Sir
William
St
Clair
of
Roslin,
Sir
Robert
and
Sir
Walter
Logan,
Sir
William
Keith,
Sir
Alan
Cathcart
and
Sir
Symon
Loccard
of
Lee,
and
one
other
knight
unnamed. Sir
James
Douglas
was
killed
at
the
Battle
of
Teba,
on
25th
August,
1330,
giving
rise
to
the
"Braveheart"
story.
An
embalmed
heart,
thought
to
be
that
of
Robert
the
Bruce
was
discovered
at
Melrose
Abbey
in
1921,
re-located
in
1996
and
re-interred
in
1998
marked
with
a
memorial
which
reads
"A
Nobel
Hart
May
Have
Nane
Ease
Gif
Freedom
Failye."
written
by
John
Barbour
in
1375,
which
translates,
"A
noble
heart
can
know
no
ease
without
freedom."
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