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Henry McLeish resigned as Scotlands First Minister
Henry McLeish resigned as Scotlands First Minister Henry McLeish served as the First Minister of Scotland from 2000 to 2001. His tenure as First Minister was relatively brief, and it was marked by political challenges, including controversies surrounding his financial affairs. …

Author Neil M Gunn, born in Caithness Scotland
Author Neil M Gunn, born in Caithness Scotland Author Neil M Gunn born in Caithness. …

Birth of Sir Arnold Bax, composer, writer and Hibernophile
Birth of Sir Arnold Bax, composer, writer and Hibernophile Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, KCVO (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music. In addition to a series of symphonic poems, he wrote seven symphonies and was for a time widely regarded as the leading British symphonist. …

Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, born in Dublin
Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, born in Dublin Abraham “Bram” Stoker, (8 November 1847 – 20 April 1912) the author of the famous novel “Dracula,” was born on November 08, 1847, in 15 Marino Crescent, Clontarf, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland …

Charles Stuart invades England at the head of the Jacobite Army
Charles Stuart invades England at the head of the Jacobite Army Charles Stuart, who is often referred to as “Bonnie Prince Charlie” or “Charles Edward Stuart”, " The Young Chevalier" or “The Young Pretender”, was a member of the House of Stuart and a claimant to the British throne. …

Allan Ramsay's First regular public theatre in Scotland opened in Carrubbers Close, Edinburgh
Allan Ramsay's First regular public theatre in Scotland opened in Carrubbers Close, Edinburgh The opening of the first regular public theater in Scotland in Carrubbers Close, Edinburgh’s Old Town, in 1736 was a significant development in Scottish cultural history. …

John Duns Scotus, scholar and philosopher, died
John Duns Scotus, scholar and philosopher, died John Duns Scotus OFM, “Duns the Scot”; (c. 1265/66 – 8 November 1308) was a Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher and theologian. He is one of the four most important Christian philosopher-theologians of Western Europe in the High Middle Ages, together with Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure and William of Ockham. …