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Mayne Reid, pseudonym of Thomas Mayne; soldier, journalist, and writer of boys stories, is born

April 04, 1818

Thomas Mayne Reid (4 April 1818 – 22 October 1883) was an British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life …

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Oliver Goldsmith, Irish author of Deserted Village died.

April 04, 1774

Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was a well-known Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, noted for his novel The Vicar of …

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Scottish Parliament declared that James VII had forfeited the Scottish throne.

April 04, 1689

The 1689 Convention of Estates sat between 16 March 1689 and 5 June 1689 to determine the settlement of the Scottish throne, following the deposition of James …

John Napier, inventor of logarithms, died in Edinburgh.

April 04, 1617

john Napier of Merchiston (1 February 1550 – 4 April 1617), nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist, and …

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King Robert III died and James I ascended the throne

April 04, 1406

King Robert III, the second of the Stewart kings, was the eldest son of King Robert II (1316-90), and grand-son of Robert the Bruce (1274 - 1329). Robert II, …

John of Gaunt, son of Edward III attacks Scotland.

April 04, 1384

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the fourth son of King …

Parliament held by King Robert II at Scone, resolved that his son, the Earl of Carrick should succeed his father as King

April 04, 1373

Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and …