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March |
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1546 |
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George
Wishart,
Protestant
Martyr,
burn
at
the
stake
at
St
Andrews
on
the
orders
of
Cardinal
David
Beaton.
The
site
is
marked
by
a
plaque
and
the
letters
"GW"
in
the
roadway.
 
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2 |
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March |
|
1316 |
|
Robert
II
son
of
Robert
the
Bruce's
daughter,
Marjorie,
born
in
Paisley.
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2 |
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March |
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1705 |
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William
Murray,
1st
Earl
of
Mansfield
born.
at
Scone,
Perthshire.
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2 |
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March |
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1808 |
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First
meeting
of
the
Wernerian
Natural
History
Society
commonly
abbreviated
as
the
Wernerian
Society,
a
learned
society
interested
in
the
broad
field
of
natural
history,
an
off-shoot
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Edinburgh.
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3 |
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March |
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1759 |
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John
Jamieson,
lexicographer,
whose
Etymological
Dictionary
of
the
Scottish
Language
is
credited
with
keeping
the
language
alive,
born
in
Glasgow.
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3 |
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March |
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1792 |
|
Robert
Adam,
Architect,
died.
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3 |
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March |
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1841 |
|
Sir
John
Murray,
Canadian
Scots
Oceanographer
born
to
Scots
parents
in
Cobourg,
Ontario,
Canada.
He
moved
to
Scotland
aged
17.
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3 |
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March |
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1847 |
|
Alexander
Graham
Bell,
inventor
of
the
telephone,
born
in
Edinburgh.
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4 |
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March |
|
1756 |
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Sir
Henry
Raeburn,
artist
and
portrait
painter,
born
in
Edinburgh.
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4 |
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March |
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1890 |
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Forth
Bridge
opened
by
the
Prince
of
Wales.
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5 |
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March |
|
1324 |
|
David
II,
only
son
of
Robert
the
Bruce
and
his
second
wife,
Elizabeth
de
Burgh,
born,
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5 |
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March |
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1790 |
|
Flora
MacDonald,
who
saved
"Bonnie
Prince
Charlie",
died
at
Kingsburgh,
Skye.
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6 |
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March |
|
1457 |
|
In
a
resolution
of
the
14th
Parliament
of
James
II,
convened
in
Edinburgh,
the
games
of
football
and
golf
were
banned
in
favour
of
archery
practice.
It
stated
"..that
the
fut
ball
and
golf
be
utterly
cryit
doun
and
nocht
usit."
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6 |
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March |
|
1836 |
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The
Battle
of
the
Alamo,1836,
There
were
four
Scots
born,
Richard
W
Ballentine,
John
McGregor
(piper),
and
Isaac
Robinson.
David
L.
Wilson
and
many
others
of
Scots
ancestry
were
among
the
189
defenders
who
resisted
a
Mexican
army
of
4,000
who
began
their
assault
at
0500
hrs.
The
Alamo
fell
at
0630
hrs.
Only
the
non
combatants
were
spared.
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6 |
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March |
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1923 |
|
The
forerunner
of
the
BBC
began
broadcasting
in
Scotland,
from
Glasgow,
as
5SC.
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7 |
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March |
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1744 |
|
The
Honourable
Company
of
Edinburgh
Golfers
held
their
first
meeting
on
Leith
Links.
The
City
of
Edinburgh
provided
a
silver
club
for
competition
which
was
won
by
John
Rattray.
He
joined
the
Jacobite
'45
Rising
after
the
Battle
of
Prestonpans,
becoming
"Bonnie
Prince
Charlie's"
personal
surgeon.
He
avoided
execution
thanks
to
the
intercession
of
Duncan
Forbes,
President
of
the
Court
of
Session,
a
golfing
friend.
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8 |
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March |
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1702 |
|
William
III
died
at
Kensington
Palace
after
a
fall
from
a
horse.
Anne
succeeded
to
the
throne.
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8 |
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March |
|
1899 |
|
Eric
Linklater,
author,
born.
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9 |
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March |
|
1566 |
|
David
Rizzio,
Mary
Queen
of
Scots
Italian
Secretary,
murdered
at
Holyrood
Palace.
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9 |
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March |
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1648 |
|
James
Hamilton,
1st
Duke
of
Hamilton
died.
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10 |
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March |
|
1615 |
|
John
Ogilvie
SJ,
the
only
Catholic
Martyr
in
Scotland,
was
executed
in
Glasgow
for
saying
Mass
and
for
treason.
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10 |
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March |
|
1748 |
|
John
Playfair,
mathematician,
born
in
Benvie,
Forfarshire.
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10 |
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March |
|
1823 |
|
George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith GCB , died
a
British admiral active throughout the Napoleonic Wars. He died on He
was born on 7th January 1746
in Elphinstone Tower, near Stirling |
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11 |
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March |
|
1911 |
|
Soldier
and
author,
Sir
Fitzroy
Maclean,
born.
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11 |
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March |
|
1955 |
|
Sir
Alexander
Fleming,
discoverer
of
penicillin,
died.
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12 |
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March |
|
1881 |
|
Andrew
Watson,
born
in
Guyana,
son
of
a
wealthy
Scottish
planter,
Peter
Miller,
and
a
local
girl,
Rose
Watson,
made
his
first
international
appearance
for
Scotland's
football
team.
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12 |
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March |
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1945 |
|
"HMS
VENGEANCE"
left
Greenock,
four
months
after
Commissioning,
for
the
Mediterranean,
and
thence
to
join
the
British
Pacific
Fleet.
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13 |
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March |
|
1395 |
|
John
Barbour,
latterly
Archdeacon
of
Aberdeen,
and
known
as
the
father
of
Scottish
Literature,
and
author
of
the
account
of
Robert
the
Bruce,
died.
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13/14 |
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March |
|
1941 |
|
The
Clydebank
Blitz,
left
528
dead,
617
injured,
and
48,000
homeless,
many
of
whom
never
returned.
Only
7
out
of
12,000
houses
intact.
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14 |
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March |
|
1900 |
|
Dame
Margaret
Kidd
QC
born
at
Bo'ness.
Scotland's
first
and,
for
more
than
quarter
of
a
century,
only
female
advocate.
Called
to
the
bar
in
1923
she
was
the
first
woman
in
the
United
Kingdom
to
take
silk
in
1948.
She
became
Scotland's
first
Sheriff
Principal
in
1960
when
she
took
charge
of
the
Sheriffdom
of
Dumfries
and
Galloway.
She
was
Sheriff
Principal
of
Perth
and
Angus
from
1966
to
1974
and
was
made
a
Dame
of
the
British
Empire
in
1975.
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15 |
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March |
|
1663 |
|
John
Campbell,
1st
Earl
of
Loudon,
Chancellor
of
Scotland,
died.
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15 |
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March |
|
1754 |
|
Archibald
Menzies
naval
officer,
surgeon,
botanist,
and
artist
born
in
Perthshire.
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16 |
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March |
|
1642 |
|
Charles
I
issued
at
Westminster
a
Commission
addressed
to
Archibald,
1st
Marquis
of
Argyll,
authorising
him
to
raise
a
Royal
Regiment
of
1,500
men
to
be
“led
into
our
Realm
of
Ireland”.
The
Regiment
was
intended
by
the
King
to
be
his
Royal
Guard,
later
the
Scots
Guards.
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16 |
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March |
|
1995 |
|
Simon
Fraser
Lord
Lovat,
Chief
of
Clan
Fraser,
died.
He
was
involved
in
the
formation
of
the
Commandos,
the
Dieppe
Raid
and
D-Day.
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17 |
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March |
|
1291 |
|
John
Duns
Scotus
ordained
a
priest
at
St
Andrews
Church
Northampton.
Source:
The
Scottish
Invention
of
America,
Democracy
and
Human
Rights,
Klieforth
and
Munro,
2004,
ISBN
0-7618-2791
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17 |
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March |
|
1780 |
|
Rev.
Thomas
Chalmers,
D.D.,
LL.D.
born.
He
was
leader
of
The
Disruption
of
1843
when
470
Ministers
walked
out
of
the
General
Assembly
in
a
dispute
over
the
appointment
of
Ministers
to
Parishes,
and
thereafter
of
the
Free
Church
of
Scotland.
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18 |
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March |
|
1689 |
|
Raising
of
Lord
Leven's
Regiment,
later
The
King's
Own
Scottish
Borderers.
The
Regiment
was
raised
for
the
defence
of
Edinburgh
from
the
Jacobite
Rebellion
being
lead
by
James
Graham
of
Claverhouse,
"Bonnie
Dundee",
and
first
saw
action
at
the
Battle
of
Killiecrankie.
They
served
for
317
years
with
distinction
until
2006
when
they
were
merged
with
The
Royal
Scots
in
into
"1
Scots",
the
1st
Battalion
of
The
Royal
Regiment
of
Scotland.
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19 |
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March |
|
1286 |
|
Alexander
III
died,
and
was
succeeded
by
Margaret,
Maid
of
Norway.
He
died
when
his
horse
stumbled
and
he
fell
from
a
cliff
at
Kinghorn
in
Fife.
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19 |
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March |
|
1764 |
|
Lieutenant-Colonel George Johnston born
in
Annandale, Dumfriesshire, he was briefly Lieutenant-Governor of New
South Wales, Australia after leading the rebellion later known as the
Rum Rebellion which deposed the Governor, William Bligh. He died on 5th
January 1823.
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19 |
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March |
|
1813 |
|
David
Livingstone
born
in
Blantyre.
Famous
Missionary
and
African
Explorer,
doubts
on
his
whereabouts
brought
about
Henry
Morton
Stanley's
Expedition
to
find
him
and
the
well
known
question
"Dr
Livingstone,
I
presume?"
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20 |
|
March |
|
1141 |
|
Malcolm
IV
"The
Maiden"
born.
|
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21 |
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March |
|
1729 |
|
John
Law,
economist,
known
as
the
"Father
of
Finance",
and
the
initiator
of
paper
money,
died. |
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21 |
|
March |
|
1925 |
|
Murrayfield
Stadium,
the
home
of
Scottish
Rugby
was
opened |
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22 |
|
March |
|
1421 |
|
Scottish
and
French
troops
under
the
command
of
the
Earl
of
Buchan
defeated
English
forces
at
Baugé
in
Anjou.
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23 |
|
March |
|
1848 |
|
Captain
William
Cargill,
a
veteran
of
the
Peninsular
War,
arrived
at
Otago
Harbour,
New
Zealand
and
was
soon
joined
by
Thomas
Burns,
nephew
of
Robert
Burns,
the
Poet,
who
was
appointed
Minister
to
the
settlement.
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24 |
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March |
|
1603 |
|
The
Union
of
Crowns.
James
VI
of
Scotland
accedes
to
the
English
Throne
and
becomes
James
I
of
England.
|
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25 |
|
March |
|
1005 |
|
Kenneth
III
killed
by
Malcolm
II.
|
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|
25 |
|
March |
|
1306 |
|
Robert
the
Bruce,
Earl
of
Annandale,
crowned
King
of
Scots
at
Scone
in
the
presence
the
Bishops
of
St
Andrews,
Glasgow
and
Moray
and
the
Abbot
of
Scone,
and
the
Earls
of
Atholl,
Lennox
and
Menteith
by
the
Countess
of
Buchan
as
representative
of
the
Clan
MacDuff.
|
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25 |
|
March |
|
1437 |
|
Coronation
of
James
II.
|
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25 |
|
March |
|
1707 |
|
The
Scottish
Parliament
adjourned,
and
met
again
on
12th
May
1999. |
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26 |
|
March |
|
1797 |
|
James
Hutton,
father
of
Geology,
died.
|
|
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|
27 |
|
March |
|
1371 |
|
Robert
II
crowned
at
Scone.
|
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|
27 |
|
March |
|
1625 |
|
James
VI
died
in
his
59th
year,
the
Stuart
Monarch
who
united
the
Kingdoms
of
England
and
Scotland,
he
returned
only
once
to
his
native
land
after
acceding
to
the
English
Throne.
He
became
known
as
the
"Wisest
fool
in
Christendom.
Among
his
many
achievements
was
the
"Authorised
Version"
of
the
Bible,
the
first
freely
available
in
English,
and
still
used
today.
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27 |
|
March |
|
1943 |
|
"HMS
DASHER"
exploded
in
the
Clyde
during
a
training
exercise
with
the
loss
of
379
lives. |
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|
28 |
|
March |
|
1633 |
|
A
Royal
Warrant
issued
at
Whitehall
to
raise
Scotland's
first
Infantry
Regiment,
The
Royal
Scots
(The
Royal
Regiment),
1st
Regiment
of
Foot,
and
served
with
distinction
for
373
years.
The Regiment was
merged
into
the
new
Royal
Regiment
of
Scotland
this
day
in
2006
as
"1
Scots", and were joined on
1st
August
by
The
King's
Own
Scottish
Borderers to become the
"Royal Scots Borderers" Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
On 30th November 2021 1Scots became 1Ranger and left the Royal Regiment of
Scotland.
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29 |
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March |
|
1828 |
|
William
Drummond,
4th
Logiealmond,
Privy
Counsellor
in
Rome
and
Minister
to
the
King
of
Sicily,
died
in
Rome.
|
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|
30 |
|
March |
|
1296 |
|
Edward
I
of
England
sacked
the
Scottish
town
of
Berwick
and
his
army
slaughtered
its
inhabitants.
It
was
re-built
by
the
Northumbrians
changing
hands
a
further
twelve
times
up
to
1482,
and
has
been
English
ever
since.
In
2008
the
town
voted
unofficially
to
be
returned
to
Scotland,
a
move
which
was
also
debated
in
the
Scottish
Parliament.
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|
30 |
|
March |
|
1406 |
|
James
I
captured
by
the
English
on
his
way
to
France.
|
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|
31 |
|
March |
|
1652 |
|
Honours
of
Scotland
saved
from
Cromwell's
forces
at
Dunnottar
Castle
by
Mrs
Grainger,
the
Minister's
wife
from
Kinneff.
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