February 10, 1794
The 4th Duke of Gordon, Alexander Gordon, was authorized to raise the Gordon Highlanders, a famous Scottish regiment, in 1794.
February 10, 1792
John Jones (10 February 1792 – 2 May 1852), commonly known by his bardic name of Ioan Tegid or simply Tegid, was a Welsh clergyman and writer.
February 10, 1723
John Witherspoon (February 5, 1723 – November 15, 1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, farmer, slaveholder, and a Founding Father of the United States.
February 10,1567
Lord Darnley, also known as Henry Stuart, was the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots.
February 10, 1495
The establishment of the University of Aberdeen was confirmed by a papal bull issued by Pope Alexander VI.
February 10, 1306
Robert the Bruce, who killed John Comyn, commonly known as the Red Comyn, in 1306.
February 11, 1940
John Buchan, the Scottish author, historian, and politician, passed away on February 11, 1940, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
February 11, 1926
Rioting that greeted the Abbey Theatre performance of Sean O’Casey’s play “The Plough and the Stars” in Dublin, Ireland, on its premiere in 1926.
February 11, 1895
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Scotland was -27.2°C (-16.96°F), measured at Braemar in Aberdeenshire on January 10, 1982.
February 11, 1847
Macvey Napier, the Scottish editor and writer, died on February 11, 1847.
February 11, 1858
The Miracle of Lourdes refers to the events that occurred in the town of Lourdes, France, in 1858, when a young peasant girl named Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have experienced apparitions of the …
February 11, 1800
William Henry Fox Talbot, the pioneering photographer and inventor, was born on February 11, 1800.
