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Porteous Riots in Edinburgh take place after the hanging of a smuggler by the City Guard
The Porteous Riots surrounded the activities of Captain John Porteous, Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh (ca. 1695 – 1736). Porteous seems to have been an overbearing official, despised by the mob and the underclasses of Edinburgh society.
April 14, 1736