|
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6 |
|
August |
|
1881 |
|
Sir
Alexander
Fleming,
discoverer
of
penicillin,
born.
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|
7 |
|
August |
|
1548 |
|
The
young
Mary
Queen
of
Scots
sailed
from
Dumbarton
Castle
to
Roscoff,
France,
following
the
Treaty
of
Haddington,
which
betrothed
her
to
Francis,
the
Dauphin
of
France.
|
|
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8 |
|
August |
|
1503 |
|
James
IV
married
Margaret
Tudor,
daughter
of
Henry
VII
of
England.
The
marriage
was
known
as
the
Union
of
the
Thistle
and
the
Rose.
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9 |
|
August |
|
1757
|
|
Thomas
Telford,
the
civil
engineer
born
in
Westerkirk,
near
Dumfries.
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
August |
|
1460 |
|
James
III
crowned
at
Kelso
Abbey.
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
August |
|
1306
|
|
Battle
of
Dalry.
Robert
the
Bruce
defeated
by
John
MacDougall
of
Lorne,
kinsman
of
John
Comyn.
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
August |
|
1862 |
|
General
Sir
David
Y
Henderson,
the
first
Officer
Commanding
(OC)
the
Royal
Flying
Corps,
born
in
Glasgow.
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|
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|
11 |
|
August |
|
1892 |
|
Hugh
MacDiarmid
(Christopher
Murray
Grieve)
born
in
Langholm
in
Dumfriesshire.
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
August |
|
1332
|
|
Battle
of
Dupplin
Moor
near
Perth
in
which
Edward
Balliol
defeated
the
Regent,
Earl
of
Mar.
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
August |
|
1990 |
|
Roy
Williamson,
Scottish
folk
musician
and
songwriter,
died.
A
founder
member
of
the
folk
group,
"The
Corries",
for
whom
he
wrote
the
song
which
has
since
become
Scotland's
unofficial
National
Anthem,
"Flower
of
Scotland".
The
Corries
|
|
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13 |
|
August |
|
1888 |
|
John
Logie
Baird,
inventor
of
the
first
television,
born
in
Helensburgh.
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
August |
|
1907 |
|
Sir
Basil
Spence,
architect
of
Edinburgh
University
Library,
born.
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
August |
|
1040 |
|
Duncan
I
killed
in
battle
at
Pitgaveny
leading
his
army
against
Macbeth.
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
August |
|
1863 |
|
Sir
Colin
Campbell
died.
Born
Colin
MacIver,
he
adopted
the
surname
of
his
uncle
who
sponsored
his
military
education.
At
the
Battle
of
Balaclava
in
1854
as
Commander
of
the
Highland
Brigade
of
the
1st
Division
he
lead
the
93rd
Sutherland
Highlanders
as
the
"Thin
Red
Line"
repulsing
the
Russian
Cavalry.
He
sought
and
obtained
permission
to
wear
the
Highland
Bonnet
instead
of
the
Cocked
Hat
that
went
with
his
appointment.
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