Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scotland. Show all posts
Sunday, September 11, 2011
On this Date in 1997...
...after a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament, within the United Kingdom. Which means that they now literally have monkeys in government.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
On this Date in 1503...
...James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married according to a Papal Bull by Pope Alexander VI. A Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England signed on that occasion results in a peace that lasts ten years. Thus proving once and for all that "forever" is officially equal to 10 years.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
On this Date in 1990...
...Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine. Though upon garnering a reaction from residents the official response was: "What, we were under quarantine?"
Sunday, February 27, 2011
On this Date in 1560...
...the Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland. Apparently, even the Scots couldn't stand the smell of the French. And that's saying something.
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