SCOTTISH HISTORY

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I've added a picture and a story about brochs on my Scottish Castle part of my website. It is in the Western Isles section. If you receive Scottie's Rampant Scotland, then you've already seen it, because I took the picture and wording from his edition a couple of moth's ago.

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On 11 July 1274 Robert the Bruce was born in Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire. The heir of the Earl of Carrick, Bruce's father was one of Scotland's leading nobles and his grandfather was one of the leading contenders to the throne left empty by the death of Margaret of Norway. After the death of William Wal...

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On 10 July 1989 Glasgow Rangers signed Maurice Johnston. One of the last bastions of Scottish Protestant sectarianism, Rangers shocked many of its supporters when the club, under manager Graeme Souness, signed Maurice Johnston from the French club, Nantes, for £1.5m. Johnston had not only pla...

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On this day in 1867 Queens Park Football Club was formed, the first senior club in Scotland. The club dominated the early days of Scottish football, supplying all 11 players to the first ever Scottish international side. With the advent of professionalism, the club determined to retain its amate...

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On 8 July 1647 Frances Stuart, Scottish aristocrat and mistress of Charles II, was born. A favourite of King Charles II, she became known as "la belle Stuart". She survived a scandal engineered by the king's number-one mistress, the duchess of Cleveland, who was worried she might be sup...

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PHOTOS/PICTURES AT BOTTOM On this day in 1814 the novel "Waverley", by Sir Walter Scott, was published. Waverley was Scott's first novel, and written mainly as a way of proving himself a superior literary talent to Byron. Although it was published anonymously as a safety net against i...

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On 6 July 1747 Scottish naval figure, John Paul Jones, was born. He was born John Paul in a small, white-washed cottage at Arbigland near Kirkbean, Kircudbrightshire. Regarded as the founder of the American navy, Jones became an American national hero during the War of Independence. As captain o...

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Hello Readers, the following was a forum post from something I was reading in the Scotsman, I found it quite interesting and have since made contact with the writer so that this wee part of Scottish history is recorded, Rabbie. Durban , South Africa 11/03/2008 09:41:46 Dear me gentlemen , What an en...

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February 2008 The Forgotten Diaspora I was born in Jamaica in 1940, the largest British island in the Caribbean. I emigrated to London in 1955 to join my mother and earn a living. She had emigrated in 1948. In 1967 I completed a PhD at Edinburgh University. Now retired, I was a cereal grain scientist an...

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Fact of the Day The Massacre of Glencoe occurred on this day in 1692, in which 34 men, two women and two children, members of the Macdonald clan, were slaughtered by Campbells and other soldiery on government orders after inadvertent failure of clan chief to sign allegiance to William III.

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Pledge to reclaim Scottish history for our children Fiona Hyslop, the education secretary, wants Scottish historical figures like Robert the Bruce to be relevant to childrens lives todayBy FIONA MACLEODSCOTTISH history is to be restored to its position at the heart of the school curriculum to co...

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Scots Soundtrack to New Year Everywhere!It's New Year's Eve and the bells have just struck midnight. From Bombay to Baltimore, Moscow to Madrid and Sydney to Swindon, what is everyone singing? No question about it, with the possible exception of 'Happy Birthday', 'Auld Lang Syne' is the most popul...

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Salmond plots first move in Scottish battle to win back Lewis ChessmenThe ancient Lewis Chessmen: the latest divisive issue between Holyrood and WhitehallBy Murdo MacLeod FOR six centuries, they lay hidden, their secrets buried within the unblemished sands of the Outer Hebrides. Now the fate of...

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-- Edited by Rabbie Downunder at 22:09, 2008-02-22

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FACT OF THE DAY On this day in 1781 David Brewster was born in the Borders town of Jedburgh. Brewster made his first telescope at the age of ten and enrolled in Edinburgh University when he was 12. His most popular invention, however, was the kaleidoscope. He was knighted in 1832. Read more about great i...

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FACT OF THE DAY Today in 1845 pneumatic tyres were patented by Scottish civil engineer Robert Thomson. The manufacture of the tyres was too expensive to catch on - that was left to fellow Scot John Boyd Dunlop in 1888. Read here for more on Scottish inventors

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The story I posted with The Fact Of the Day was by a Mr John Sankey and he is speaking about his Grandfather NOT MINE Rab. PS I HAVE NOTICED OVER THE LAST 4/5 POSTS I HAVE DONE THAT THIS SITE SEEMS TO BE FALLING APART.

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FACT OF THE DAY On this date in 1869, The Cutty Sark, one of the last sailing clippers ever to be built, was launched at Dumbarton. Clippers were designed for the lucrative tea trade, and would race each other from China back to London for the highest profits. The Cutty Sark is preserved in dry dock in Gre...

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FACT OF THE DAY On this day in 1666, Sir Thomas Dalyell's horse regiment intercepted a group of Covenanters who had marched to Edinburgh from the west of Scotland to protest against religious discrimination. Fifty protestors were killed in what is known as the battle of Rullion Green. For more on Sco...

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FACT OF THE DAY In 1681, the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh was granted its charter by Charles II. Sir Robert Sibbald, an eminent physician and noted historian, petitioned King Charles II to do so and thus, Sir Robert is generally accepted to be the founder of the college. Read today's healt...

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FACT OF THE DAY On this day in 1871 Henry Morton Stanley, sent to Africa by his newspaper to find Scottish missionary David Livingstone, finally made contact with him at Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika with the words: "Dr Livingstone, I presume." Read more about Dr Livingstone here

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Robert Louis Stevenson Tue 5 Sep 2006 Robert Louis Stevenson, seated in the middle of this photograph, is shown surrounded by family and island friends in his Samoan home. Picture:Getty Images Isolated grave for "Treasure Island" authorIAIN LUNDY WHEN Robert Louis Stevenson collap...

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Sunday, 11th November 2007Top Stories Wed 7 Nov 2007 This photograph, taken less than 20 minutes after the bombing on 17 June, 1940, shows a few survivors struggling to keep their heads above water as the vessel, belching smoke, goes under with the loss of an estimated 4,000 lives. Picture: PA Time t...

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Scotland's Past Looking Ahead to the PastThis week Inverness hosted the first annual meeting of "Scotland's Rural Past," a five-year project to investigate and record Scotland's rural heritage. The project, being led by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monument...

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FACT OF THE DAY Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell died today in 1879. One of the founding fathers of modern physics, Maxwell devised new equations and theories that opened up further discoveries in relativity and quantum engineering. He was also the first person to produce true colour photog...

cagentry64 · cagentry64

This article, which I thought very interesting, appeared this week in Scotty's Snippets: Sir James Douglas (also known as Guid Sir James and the Black Douglas), lived from 1286 to 1330 and fought alongside Robert the Bruce in the Wars of Independence. He showed himself to be utterly ruthless, part...

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FACT OF THE DAY On October 29, 1740, James Boswell, diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson, was born in Edinburgh. Boswell accompanied Johnson on a tour, retold in 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides', before producing his 'Life of Samuel Johnson' in 1791. James Boswell1740-1795Born: Edinburgh J...

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FACT OF THE DAY On this day in 1794, Robert Liston, Scottish physician who carried out the first operation with the aid of an anaesthetic in Britain, was born in Linlithgow. To read more about famous Scots, visit Scotland. -- Edited by Rabbie Downunder at 02:05, 2007-10-29

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FACT OF THE DAY On this date in 1861, Prince Albert laid the foundation stone of the Industrial Museum in Chambers Street, Edinburgh, later to become the Royal Museum of Scotland. For more on Scotland's historic buildings and sites visit heritage.scotsman.com

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	The conman who pulled off history’s most audacious scam (Preview) http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160127-the-conman-who-pulled-off-historys-most-audacious-scam	Rabbie Downunder	1	1576	Feb 19, 2016 by Rabbie Downunder
	My website (Preview) I've added a picture and a story about brochs on my Scottish Castle part of my website. It is in the Western Isles section. If you receive Scottie's Rampant Scotland, then you've already seen it, because I took the picture and wording from his edition a couple of moth's ago.	cagentry64	0	1649	Aug 16, 2010 by cagentry64
	ON THIS DAY JULY 11TH (Preview) On 11 July 1274 Robert the Bruce was born in Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire. The heir of the Earl of Carrick, Bruce's father was one of Scotland's leading nobles and his grandfather was one of the leading contenders to the throne left empty by the death of Margaret of Norway. After the death of William Wal...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1421	Aug 11, 2010 by Rabbie Downunder
	ON THIS DAY JULY 10TH (Preview) On 10 July 1989 Glasgow Rangers signed Maurice Johnston. One of the last bastions of Scottish Protestant sectarianism, Rangers shocked many of its supporters when the club, under manager Graeme Souness, signed Maurice Johnston from the French club, Nantes, for £1.5m. Johnston had not only pla...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1394	Aug 11, 2010 by Rabbie Downunder
	ON THIS DAY JULY 9TH (Preview) On this day in 1867 Queens Park Football Club was formed, the first senior club in Scotland. The club dominated the early days of Scottish football, supplying all 11 players to the first ever Scottish international side. With the advent of professionalism, the club determined to retain its amate...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1504	Aug 11, 2010 by Rabbie Downunder
	ON THIS DAY JULY 8TH (Preview) On 8 July 1647 Frances Stuart, Scottish aristocrat and mistress of Charles II, was born. A favourite of King Charles II, she became known as "la belle Stuart". She survived a scandal engineered by the king's number-one mistress, the duchess of Cleveland, who was worried she might be sup...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1501	Aug 8, 2010 by Rabbie Downunder
	ON THIS DAY JULY 7TH (Preview) PHOTOS/PICTURES AT BOTTOM On this day in 1814 the novel "Waverley", by Sir Walter Scott, was published. Waverley was Scott's first novel, and written mainly as a way of proving himself a superior literary talent to Byron. Although it was published anonymously as a safety net against i...	Rabbie Downunder	2	1505	Aug 7, 2010 by abw1109
	ON THIS DAY IN SCOTTISH HISTORY (Preview) On 6 July 1747 Scottish naval figure, John Paul Jones, was born. He was born John Paul in a small, white-washed cottage at Arbigland near Kirkbean, Kircudbrightshire. Regarded as the founder of the American navy, Jones became an American national hero during the War of Independence. As captain o...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1466	Aug 7, 2010 by Rabbie Downunder
	CLAN DUNN SOUTH AFRICA (Preview) Hello Readers, the following was a forum post from something I was reading in the Scotsman, I found it quite interesting and have since made contact with the writer so that this wee part of Scottish history is recorded, Rabbie. Durban , South Africa 11/03/2008 09:41:46 Dear me gentlemen , What an en...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1436	Mar 13, 2008 by Rabbie Downunder
	SCOTS AND THE CARRIBBEAN SLAVE TRADE (Preview) February 2008 The Forgotten Diaspora I was born in Jamaica in 1940, the largest British island in the Caribbean. I emigrated to London in 1955 to join my mother and earn a living. She had emigrated in 1948. In 1967 I completed a PhD at Edinburgh University. Now retired, I was a cereal grain scientist an...	Rabbie Downunder	3	12831	Mar 5, 2008 by Aussied Pom
	GLENCOE MASSACRE (Preview) Fact of the Day The Massacre of Glencoe occurred on this day in 1692, in which 34 men, two women and two children, members of the Macdonald clan, were slaughtered by Campbells and other soldiery on government orders after inadvertent failure of clan chief to sign allegiance to William III.	Rabbie Downunder	0	1456	Feb 13, 2008 by Rabbie Downunder
	SCOTTISH HISTORY MAKES A COMEBACK (Preview) Pledge to reclaim Scottish history for our children Fiona Hyslop, the education secretary, wants Scottish historical figures like Robert the Bruce to be relevant to childrens lives todayBy FIONA MACLEODSCOTTISH history is to be restored to its position at the heart of the school curriculum to co...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1692	Jan 23, 2008 by Rabbie Downunder
	AULD LANG SYNE - A BIT OF THE SONGS HISTORY (Preview) Scots Soundtrack to New Year Everywhere!It's New Year's Eve and the bells have just struck midnight. From Bombay to Baltimore, Moscow to Madrid and Sydney to Swindon, what is everyone singing? No question about it, with the possible exception of 'Happy Birthday', 'Auld Lang Syne' is the most popul...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1783	Jan 2, 2008 by Rabbie Downunder
	THE LEWIS CHESSMEN (Preview) Salmond plots first move in Scottish battle to win back Lewis ChessmenThe ancient Lewis Chessmen: the latest divisive issue between Holyrood and WhitehallBy Murdo MacLeod FOR six centuries, they lay hidden, their secrets buried within the unblemished sands of the Outer Hebrides. Now the fate of...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1793	Dec 23, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	DELETED (Preview) -- Edited by Rabbie Downunder at 22:09, 2008-02-22	Rabbie Downunder	0	1337	Dec 13, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	FACT OF THE DAY DAVID BREWSTER (Preview) FACT OF THE DAY On this day in 1781 David Brewster was born in the Borders town of Jedburgh. Brewster made his first telescope at the age of ten and enrolled in Edinburgh University when he was 12. His most popular invention, however, was the kaleidoscope. He was knighted in 1832. Read more about great i...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1595	Dec 11, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	FACT OF THE DAY ROBERT THOMSON (Preview) FACT OF THE DAY Today in 1845 pneumatic tyres were patented by Scottish civil engineer Robert Thomson. The manufacture of the tyres was too expensive to catch on - that was left to fellow Scot John Boyd Dunlop in 1888. Read here for more on Scottish inventors	Rabbie Downunder	0	1522	Dec 10, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	THE CUTTY SARK CORRECTION (Preview) The story I posted with The Fact Of the Day was by a Mr John Sankey and he is speaking about his Grandfather NOT MINE Rab. PS I HAVE NOTICED OVER THE LAST 4/5 POSTS I HAVE DONE THAT THIS SITE SEEMS TO BE FALLING APART.	Rabbie Downunder	1	1455	Dec 3, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	23/11 FACT OF THE DAY THE CUTTY SARK (Preview) FACT OF THE DAY On this date in 1869, The Cutty Sark, one of the last sailing clippers ever to be built, was launched at Dumbarton. Clippers were designed for the lucrative tea trade, and would race each other from China back to London for the highest profits. The Cutty Sark is preserved in dry dock in Gre...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1603	Dec 1, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	28-11-07 FACT OF THE DAY BATTLE OF RULLION GREEN (Preview) FACT OF THE DAY On this day in 1666, Sir Thomas Dalyell's horse regiment intercepted a group of Covenanters who had marched to Edinburgh from the west of Scotland to protest against religious discrimination. Fifty protestors were killed in what is known as the battle of Rullion Green. For more on Sco...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1503	Dec 1, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	FACT OF THE DAY ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS (Preview) FACT OF THE DAY In 1681, the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh was granted its charter by Charles II. Sir Robert Sibbald, an eminent physician and noted historian, petitioned King Charles II to do so and thus, Sir Robert is generally accepted to be the founder of the college. Read today's healt...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1463	Nov 30, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	FACT OF THE DAY DR LIVINGSTON I PRESUME (Preview) FACT OF THE DAY On this day in 1871 Henry Morton Stanley, sent to Africa by his newspaper to find Scottish missionary David Livingstone, finally made contact with him at Ujiji on Lake Tanganyika with the words: "Dr Livingstone, I presume." Read more about Dr Livingstone here	Rabbie Downunder	7	1939	Nov 13, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	FACT OF THE DAY, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON BORN IN EDINBURGH (Preview) Robert Louis Stevenson Tue 5 Sep 2006 Robert Louis Stevenson, seated in the middle of this photograph, is shown surrounded by family and island friends in his Samoan home. Picture:Getty Images Isolated grave for "Treasure Island" authorIAIN LUNDY WHEN Robert Louis Stevenson collap...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1684	Nov 13, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	THE LANCASTRIA TRAGEDY (Preview) Sunday, 11th November 2007Top Stories Wed 7 Nov 2007 This photograph, taken less than 20 minutes after the bombing on 17 June, 1940, shows a few survivors struggling to keep their heads above water as the vessel, belching smoke, goes under with the loss of an estimated 4,000 lives. Picture: PA Time t...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1699	Nov 11, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	TWO ARTICLES ON SCOTTISH HISTORY. (Preview) Scotland's Past Looking Ahead to the PastThis week Inverness hosted the first annual meeting of "Scotland's Rural Past," a five-year project to investigate and record Scotland's rural heritage. The project, being led by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monument...	Rabbie Downunder	6	3491	Nov 9, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	FACT OF THE DAY JAMES CLERK MAXWELL-PHYSICS (Preview) FACT OF THE DAY Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell died today in 1879. One of the founding fathers of modern physics, Maxwell devised new equations and theories that opened up further discoveries in relativity and quantum engineering. He was also the first person to produce true colour photog...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1468	Nov 5, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	Black Douglas Remembered (Preview) This article, which I thought very interesting, appeared this week in Scotty's Snippets: Sir James Douglas (also known as Guid Sir James and the Black Douglas), lived from 1286 to 1330 and fought alongside Robert the Bruce in the Wars of Independence. He showed himself to be utterly ruthless, part...	cagentry64	1	1266	Oct 30, 2007 by Aussied Pom
	FACT OF THE DAY JAMES BOSWELL (Preview) FACT OF THE DAY On October 29, 1740, James Boswell, diarist and biographer of Samuel Johnson, was born in Edinburgh. Boswell accompanied Johnson on a tour, retold in 'Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides', before producing his 'Life of Samuel Johnson' in 1791. James Boswell1740-1795Born: Edinburgh J...	Rabbie Downunder	0	1383	Oct 29, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	FACT OF THE DAY ROBERT LISTON (Preview) FACT OF THE DAY On this day in 1794, Robert Liston, Scottish physician who carried out the first operation with the aid of an anaesthetic in Britain, was born in Linlithgow. To read more about famous Scots, visit Scotland. -- Edited by Rabbie Downunder at 02:05, 2007-10-29	Rabbie Downunder	0	1220	Oct 29, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
	FACT OF THE DAY PRINCE ALBERT (Preview) FACT OF THE DAY On this date in 1861, Prince Albert laid the foundation stone of the Industrial Museum in Chambers Street, Edinburgh, later to become the Royal Museum of Scotland. For more on Scotland's historic buildings and sites visit heritage.scotsman.com	Rabbie Downunder	0	1295	Oct 23, 2007 by Rabbie Downunder
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