This Week In Scottish History

15 May 2001 - On this day Today Bobby Murdoch, Scottish footballer, died. Murdoch was a key figure in Celtic's European Cup-winning side of 1967, dubbed the "Lisbon Lions" »

16 May 1805 - On this day Sir Alexander Burnes, Scottish explorer and public official, was born »

17 May 1810 - On this day the poet Robert Tannahill drowned himself in a Paisley canal »

18 May 1843 Today saw the Free Church of Scotland founded by dissenting members of the Church of Scotland. »

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MacLean

The Clan married into the family of the 1st Lord of the Isles in order to gain power, but failed in the case of Lachlan MacLean who married the daughter of the Earl of Argyll. The match was not a happy one and Lachlan took drastic action by stranding his wife on a rock and leaving her to drown. She was rescued by passing fishermen, and her kinsmen later avenged her by stabbing her husband to death
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Ancient History ( 0080-1040) - An inhospitable place covered in a great forest and inhabited by a race known as the Picts. A time is shrouded in mystery »
Medieval (1098-1488) - Great leaders such as William Wallace and Robert the Bruce led Scotland in overwhelming victories over England » Renaissance (1513-1582) - Mary, Queen of Scots emerged from the schism of church and state to become one of the nations most romantic & tragic characters » Unification (1603-1707) - The covenanters emerged and were persecuted for their beliefs, Britain was thrown into a bloody civil war which resulted in the protectorate of Cromwell » Jacobean (1715-1782) - By 1745 unrest was growing again and Charles Edward Stuart 'Bonny Prince Charlie' arrived to carry on his father's work » Modern (1785-present) - The great age of Scottish enterprise and invention was crowned by the Magnificent Forth Bride and by advancements in communications »

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