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On the 16th August 1766, Carolina Oliphant was born in Gask, Perthshire. A poet, she added her words to old folk tunes. Her parents were staunch Jacobite supporters and many of her works, including "Charlie is my Darling", reflect her family's sympathies. Were it not for Carolina, many Scots folk tunes would have been forgotten. Read more of Scotland's people at
heritage.scotsman.com
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Scotland got a
taste of the military skill of Oliver Cromwell on the 3
September in 1650 as his Roundheads thump our boys at the battle of Dunbar. This small Scottish town has experienced many clashes in its time, situated as it is on the road to Edinburgh from England. It is also notable as the birthplace of the environmentalist John Muir. To read more about this famous Scot
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Michelangelo Buonarotti unveiled his painting on the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on this day in 1512. It took him four years to paint the detailed Biblical scenes for Pope Julius II. The fresco depicts many scenes from Genesis including the famous image of God creating Adam. For more articles on art click here |
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Today in 1791, the
first ten amendments of the US constitution became US law.
Known as the Bill of Rights, the amendments protected
Americans' freedom of, among other things, speech, religion
and press and conferred the right to bear arms. The US
constitution was ratified after the War of Independence with
Britain following the Declaration of Independence of 1776,
itself influenced by the Scottish Declaration of Arbroath
written some 450 years earlier. For more information on the
Declaration of Arbroath
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