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10 May – Rev. Henry Duncan opens the world's first commercial savings bank in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire. [1] 10 November – Paisley canal disaster: A pleasure craft capsizes on the newly-completed first section of the Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal with the loss of 84 lives. [2]
The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as the Antonine Wall. North of this was Caledonia, inhabited by the Picti, whose uprisings forced Rome's legions back to Hadrian's Wall. As Rome finally withdrew from Britain, a Gaelic tribe from ...
Skocia ( Skocisht: Scotland, Galishtja skoceze: Alba) është një shtet që është pjesë e Mbretërisë së Bashkuar. [1] Duke mbuluar të tretën veriore të ishullit të Britanisë së Madhe. Skocia ndan kufi tokësor me Anglinë në juglindje dhe rrethohet nga Deti i Veriut në lindje, Oqeani Atlantik në veri dhe perëndim, dhe Kanali i ...
Pages in category "1810 in Scotland" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Eighteenth Century Scotland Chronology of Key Events. 1700 Scots population of Ulster now about 100,000. Less than 14 per cent of land of Ireland owned by Catholics. 1700 second expedition flees Darien. 1701 New English war with France begins. 1701 James VII dies. 1702 William of Orange dies, to be succeeded by Queen Anne. 1702 King William dies.
Scotland - Industrialization, Textiles, Shipbuilding: From the 1820s the Industrial Revolution was in full swing in Scotland, linked (in a way historians have not altogether disentangled) to a dramatic increase in population. There were perhaps a million people in Scotland at the beginning of the 18th century. By the beginning of the 19th century there were more than 1.5 million, and by the ...
The commissioners eventually assumed other duties in the county. Following the union of Scotland with England, the government began bringing Scotland's local governance into line with the rest of Great Britain. The full machinery of county government was not immediately established, largely due to the fact that the office of sheriff or steward ...
