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The uninhabited island of Rockall, in the Atlantic from the Western Isles, incorporated as part of Scotland
The uninhabited island of Rockall, in the Atlantic from the Western Isles, incorporated as part of Scotland The uninhabited island of Rockall, located in the North Atlantic Ocean, was incorporated as part of Scotland. Rockall is situated approximately 260 miles (420 kilometers) west of the Outer Hebrides, an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland. …

Joseph Lister, pioneer of surgery and antiseptic at the University of Glasgow and Glasgow and Edinburgh Royal, died
Joseph Lister, pioneer of surgery and antiseptic at the University of Glasgow and Glasgow and Edinburgh Royal, died Joseph Lister, the pioneering surgeon known for his development of antiseptic surgical techniques, passed away on February 10, 1912, in Walmer, Kent, England. …

Sir William Howard Russell, Dublin born journalist, died
Sir William Howard Russell, Dublin born journalist, died Sir William Howard Russell, the renowned journalist and war correspondent, passed away on February 11, 1907. Sir William Howard Russell, CVO (28 March 1827 – 10 February 1907) was an Irish reporter with The Times, and is considered to have been one of the first modern war correspondents. …

Richard Piggott is exposed as forger of Times Phoenix Park letters
Richard Piggott is exposed as forger of Times Phoenix Park letters Richard Pigott (1835 – 1 March 1889) was an Irish journalist, best known for his forging of evidence that Charles Stewart Parnell of the Irish National Land League had been sympathetic to the perpetrators of the Phoenix Park Murders. Parnell successfully sued for libel and Pigott shot himself. …

David Brewster, scientist, inventor (including the kaleidoscope) died
David Brewster, scientist, inventor (including the kaleidoscope) died David Brewster, the Scottish scientist and inventor known for his contributions to optics and his invention of the kaleidoscope, died on February 10, 1868, in Allerby, Melrose, Scotland. …

Daniel O'Connell is convicted of conspiracy, fined and sentenced to 12 months in prison
Daniel O'Connell is convicted of conspiracy, fined and sentenced to 12 months in prison Daniel(I) O’Connell (Irish: Dónall Ó Conaill; 6 August 1775 – 15 May 1847), hailed in his time as The Liberator, was the acknowledged political leader of Ireland’s Roman Catholic majority in the first half of the 19th century. His mobilisation of Catholic Ireland, down to the poorest class of tenant farmers, secured the final instalment of Catholic emancipation in 1829 and allowed him to take a seat in the United Kingdom Parliament to which he had been twice elected.\ …

The 4th Duke of Gordon was authorized to raise the Gordon Highlanders
The 4th Duke of Gordon was authorized to raise the Gordon Highlanders The 4th Duke of Gordon, Alexander Gordon, was authorized to raise the Gordon Highlanders, a famous Scottish regiment, in 1794. …

John Jones (Tegid) Welsh poet and scholar transcriber of the Mabinogion born
John Jones (Tegid) Welsh poet and scholar transcriber of the Mabinogion born 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. He was born on February 9, 1792, in Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire, Wales. …

Rev. John Witherspoon, President of Princeton College, signatory to the US Declaration of Independence, baptized
Rev. John Witherspoon, President of Princeton College, signatory to the US Declaration of Independence, baptized 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. …

Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, assassinated
Lord Darnley, husband of Mary Queen of Scots, assassinated Lord Darnley, also known as Henry Stuart, was the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. He was not assassinated but rather murdered. The murder of Lord Darnley is one of the most infamous events in Scottish history. …