July 24

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The Princess Royal formally opened the Loch Lomond

The Princess Royal formally opened the Loch Lomond

The Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park became fully operational on 19 July 2002 and was officially opened by Princess Anne on 24 July 2002.

July 24, 2002
David Wilkie won Olympic Gold

David Wilkie won Olympic Gold

David Andrew Wilkie MBE (born 8 March 1954) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who was Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in the 1970s. He is the only person to have held British, American, Commonwealth, European, world and Olympic swimming titles at the same time and was the first British swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960.

July 24, 1976
Geoffrey Bing, born

Geoffrey Bing, born

Geoffrey Henry Cecil Bing (24 July 1909 – 24 April 1977) was a British barrister and politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Hornchurch from 1945 to 1955.

July 24, 1909
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsan, born

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsan, born

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957) was an Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his work, mostly in fantasy, published under the name Lord Dunsany.

July 24, 1878
John Philpott Curran, born

John Philpott Curran, born

John Philpot Curran (24 July 1750 – 14 October 1817) was an Irish orator, politician, wit, lawyer and judge, who held the office of Master of the Rolls in Ireland.

July 24, 1750
Mary Queen of Scots abdicated

Mary Queen of Scots abdicated

Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart or Stewart) (December 8, 1542 – February 08, 1587), better known as Mary, Queen of Scots, was the ruler of Scotland from December 14, 1542 – July 24, 1567. She is perhaps the best known of the Scottish monarchs, in part because of the tragedy of her life. Mary Queen of Scots is the most intriguing, most studied, and most famous of all Scottish monarchs: probably because she showed herself to be the most human. Though styled Queen of Scots she was briefly also Queen of France, and could all so easily also have become what she was seen by many: the rightful Queen of England.

July 24, 1567
Battle of Harlaw Hill

Battle of Harlaw Hill

The Battle of Harlaw (Scottish Gaelic: Cath Gairbheach) was a Scottish clan battle fought on 24 July 1411 just north of Inverurie in Aberdeenshire. It was one of a series of battles fought during the Middle Ages between the barons of northeast Scotland against those from the west coast.

July 24, 1411
deVescy accuses John FitzThomas, of defamation

deVescy accuses John FitzThomas, of defamation

In 1282 Thomas succeeded to the barony of Desmond, in Munster, southwest Ireland.

July 24, 1294
Battle of Callann

Battle of Callann

The Battle of Callann was fought in August 1261 between the Hiberno-Normans, under John FitzGerald, and three Gaelic clans: MacCarthy, who held the Kingdom of Desmond, under Fínghin Mac Carthaigh, King of Desmond, ancestor of the MacCarthy Reagh dynasty.

July 24, 1261