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Scotland
Questions related to the country of Scotland, which is located at the northern end of the island of Great Britain. The island lies close to the Atlantic coast of Europe. Scotland together with Northern Ireland, England and Wales comprises the nation called The United Kingdom
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Where did horses come from Ireland or Scotland?
UM....i THINK a thousand years ago or something.They probably swam.
Where abouts in Scotland did the Irish people settle?
Irish people were in Ireland, not Scotland. However, the western part of Scotland is nearest in proximity to the island of Ireland, making that area of Scotland a popular point of arrival for Irish emigrating from Ireland to Great Britain over the years.
Scottish cities with the largest number of residents of Irish ancestry are: Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow.
The first sentence of this answer is not needed. That's not what the questioner meant.
Was England at war with Scotland in 1640?
Yes, the conflict/war between Scotland and England lasted for almost 900 years - on and off. From approx 850 A.D. to 1746. It's still going on but in a political way.
What are the four biggest cities in Scotland in particular order?
Glasgow and Edinbrough are the biggest cities in Scotland
Saint Andrew's Cross
The Saltire Use National flag Proportion Not fixed[1] Adopted 16th century[2] Design On a Blue (Azure) field a White (Argent) saltire.
The Flag of Scotland, (Scottish Gaelic: Bratach nàiseanta na h-Alba, Scots: Banner o Scotland), also known as Saint Andrew's Cross or the Saltire, is the national flag of Scotland. As the national flag it is the Saltire, rather than the Royal Standard of Scotland, which is the correct flag for all individuals and corporate bodies to fly in order to demonstrate both their loyalty and Scottish nationality. It is also, where possible, flown from Scottish Government buildings every day from 8am until sunset, with certain exceptions.
According to legend, the Christian apostle and martyr Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland, was crucified on an X-shaped cross at Patras, (Patrae), in Achaea. Use of the familiar iconography of his martyrdom, showing the apostle bound to an X-shaped cross, first appears in the Kingdom of Scotland in 1180 during the reign of William I. This image was again depicted on seals used during the late 13th century; including on one particular example used by the Guardians of Scotland, dated 1286.
Use of a simplified symbol associated with Saint Andrew which does not depict his image, namely the saltire, or crux decussata, (from the Latin crux, 'cross', and decussis, 'having the shape of the Roman numeral X'), has its origins in the late 14th century; the Parliament of Scotland having decreed in 1385 that Scottish soldiers shall wear a white Saint Andrew's Cross on their person, both in front and behind, for the purpose of identification.
The earliest reference to the Saint Andrew's Cross as a flag is to be found in the Vienna Book of Hours, circa 1503, where a white saltire is depicted with a red background. In the case of Scotland, use of a blue background for the Saint Andrew's Cross is said to date from at least the 15th century, with the first certain illustration of a flag depicting such appearing in Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount's Register of Scottish Arms, circa 1542.
The legend surrounding Scotland's association with the Saint Andrew's Cross dates from a 9th century battle, where Óengus II led a combined force of Picts and Scots to victory over the Angles, led by Æthelstan. Consisting of a blue background over which is placed a white representation of an X-shaped cross, the Saltire is one of Scotland's most recognizable symbols.
In what year was Rangers FC formed?
the team was origannaly founded in 1872 belonging to four men:
brothers peter & moses mccneil, peter Campbell and William mcbeath,
moses was the first Scotland football player to play for rangers even tho all were scottish only moses played for this wonderful team,
g east kilbride
Why do Scottish people wear kilts?
In the 19th century, Sir Walter Scott 're-invented' the kilt in its modern form and from that point on it began to be recognised as our National Dress (dress as in costume, not skirt) worn mostly on ceremonial / formal occasions. Now, more and more, it is worn as a symbol of Scottishness, for instance by fans attending Scotland football / rugby matches. It is not everyday wear for most Scots.
The wearing of kilts goes back along time. The Scottish army wore kilts out of mere convience. In battle it is alot easier to relieve yourself if you don't have a whole bunch of buttons and a belt to undo. Its also why traditional kilt wearing does not involve the use of underwear.
What battle took place between England and Scotland in 1314?
Forces of Robert the Bruce captured Stirling Castle after a siege in 1314. This event should not be confused with the Battle of Stirling Bridge in September 1297, in which Scottish forces under Andrew de Morey and William Wallace soundly defeated the English forces near Stirling at the bridge over the river Forth.
Who is heir to the throne in the UK?
The heir to the throne in the UK is Charles The Prince of Wales.
When did Scotland join the UK?
The principality was brought under English control in 1284 when the Statute of Rhuddlan was enacted, the remaining Welsh territory was administered under the Marcher Lords until the Laws in Wales acts of 1536 (and 1542) were passed making England and Wales a single legal state. Sometimes referred to as the Act of Union between England and Wales similar to the Scottish/English Act although the naming of it as such is unofficial and didn't occur until the 20th century.
The Crowns of England and Scotland were joined in 1603 and the Parliaments joined under the Act of Union in 1707 being known as the Kingdom of Great Britain. However it was not until the union of 1801 that the title the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland came in to being and therefore technically the answer as to Wales joining the UK is 1801.
If you mean england 1284 but otherwise 1801.
Was Robert Bruce related to the Scottish royal family?
Robert the Bruce had five legitimate children who married and produced offspring. When Robert the Bruce died, his son David 2 was the successor to the Scottish throne.
Is it just men who don't wear underwear under their kilt?
Wearing pants is entirely optional. It is traditional that Scottish military regiments wore no underwear beneath the kilt and were routinely inspected by walking over a glass panel under which an officer looked to see that each man complied. Other regiments used a mirror on the end of a stick to obtain the same result. These days, probably the majority of men, especially young men would wear pants but more traditional men, myself included "go commando". As a kilt, made of 16 or 18 oz woolen cloth is quite heavy, in winter the upper legs are quite warm, so no underwear is really necessary, while in summer, being well ventilated, likewise there is no need. Occasionally, there is a danger of exposing oneself, if poor posture is observed when sitting, or crouching, but most kilt wearers are well aware of the dangers and are safely covered at all times. Lachsloon
Does Scotland have its own language?
I dont think so. I think the just have an accent.
They have three languages, Gaelic (cames from Old Irish) and Scots (from Middle English).
Gaelic (Ga-lick) is the Celtic language of the Scottish Highlands but was once a majority language until the king who came from the lowlands who spoke Scots decided to make Scots the official language of government and society and branded Gaelic as "Erse", which is Scots for Irish to disconnect from any Scottishness and to made it out to be the language of barbarians. Nowadays it remain a spoken language with some recognition in Scotland.
Scots is the Germanic language of the lowlands which the language of the lowlands but became a very important language in the 15th century, when it became the language of power and society, at this time it was called "Scottis" which was the original Scots word for Gaelic until it was branded "Erse", Scots was original called "Inglis" which became the word for the language spoken in England. Today Scots remains a spoken language with some recognition in Scotland. It has been labled "Slang" or "Bad English" due to an ignorant attitude promoted by teachers and schools during the 20th century when Scotland's education was handled by the UK Government in London before the Scottish parliament was restored in 1999, now it was been reintroduced into the Scottish education system by the current government of Scotland.
The third language and current language of government is English (Scottish-English) which has influences from both Gaelic and Scots.
Do the Irish like the Scottish?
Here is more input:
- Ireland and Scotland are two separate nations. We both happen to have a Celtic heritage and our languages are very similar
- If you go back further then kind of yes. An old name for Ireland is Scotia. The Irish (Scotia) people invaded/settled in Scotland and it took their name.
- Not at all, two different cultures altogether. While the decendants of Irish immigrants constitute a fair percentage of the West of Scotland population Scotland as a whole has much more in common with its neighbours Wales and England than with Ireland.
- The Scottish creation myth involves a journey from Egypt to Spain and on to Ireland for the "Scots" named thus because of th Eqyptian princess Scotia that married one of there kings on the way. The Scots then settled in the western isles and amalgamated with Pict land to create the Kingdom of Alba.
Who were the 7 kings of Scotland?
King Kenneth I Reigned 843/848 - 13 February 858
King Donald I Reigned 858 - 13 April 862
King Constantine I Reigned 862-877
King Áed Reigned 877-878
King Giric Reigned 878-889
King Donald II Reigned 889 - 900
King Constantine II Reigned 900-943
King Malcolm I Reigned 943-954
King Indulf Reigned 954-962
King Dub Reigned 962-967
King Cuilén Reigned 967-971
King Kenneth II Reigned 971-973, 977-995
King Amlaíb Reigned 973-977
King Constantine III Reigned 995-997
King Kenneth III Reigned 997 - 25 March 1005
King Malcolm II Reigned 1005-1034
House of Dunkeld:King Duncan I Reigned 1034-1040
King Macbeth Reigned 1040-1057
King Lulach Reigned 1057-1058
King Malcolm III Reigned 1058-1093
King Donald III Reigned 1093-1097
King Duncan II Reigned 1094
King Edgar Reigned 1097-1107
King Alexander I Reigned 1107-1124
King David I Reigned 1124-1153
King Malcolm IV Reigned 1153-1165
King William I Reigned 1165-1214
King Alexander II Reigned 1214-1249
King Alexander III Reigned 1249-1286
House of Fairhair, disputed:Margaret, the Maid of Norway Reigned 25 November 1286-September/October 1290
First Interregnum, Guardians of Scotland(1290-1292):William Fraser, Bishop of St Andrews
Robert Wishart, Bishop of Glasgow
John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch
James, 5th High Steward of Scotland
Donnchadh IV, Earl of Fife
John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey
Bryan FitzAlan, Baron FitzAlan
House of Balliol:King John de Balliol Reigned 17 November 1292-10 July 1296
Second Interregnum, Guardians of Scotland:Sir William Wallace Guardianship: 1297-1298
Robert the Bruce, Earl of Carrick Guardianship: 1298-1300
John Comyn Guardianship: 1298-1300, 1302-1304
William Lamberton, Bishop of St Andrews Guardianship: 1299-1301
Sir Ingram de Umfraville Guardianship: 1300-1301
John de Soules Guardianship: 1301-1304
House of Bruce:King Robert I Reigned 25 March 1306-7 June 1329
King David II Reigned 7 June 1329-22 February 1371
House of Stewart/Stuart:King Robert II Reigned 22 February 1371-19 April 1390
King Robert III Reigned 19 April 1390- 4 April 1406
King James I Reigned 4 April 1406-21 February 1437
King James II Reigned 21 February 1437-3 August 1460
King James III Reigned 3 August 1460-11 June 1488
King James IV Reigned 11 June 1488-9 September 1513
King James V Reigned 9 September 1513-14 December 1542
Queen Mary I Reigned 14 December 1542-24 July 1567
King James VI Reigned 24 July 1567-27 March 1625
King Charles I Reigned 27 March 1625-30 January 1649
King Charles II Reigned 30 January 1649-3 September 1651
Third Interregnum:Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell Ruled 16 December 1653 - 3 September 1658
Lord Protector Richard Cromwell Ruled 3 September 1658 - 25 May 1659
House of Stuart (restored):King Charles II Reigned 29 May 1660-29 May 1660
King James VII Reigned 6 February 1685-11 April 1689
Queen Mary II Reigned 11 April 1689-28 December 1694
King William II Reigned 11 April 1689-8 March 1702
Queen Anne Reigned 8 March 1702-1 May 1707
On 1 May 1707 the Kingdoms of Scotland and England merged into the Kingdom of Great Britain, thus from 1707 there are no Monarchs of Scotland
House of Stuart, Kingdom of Great Britain:Queen Anne Reigned 1 May 1707-1 August 1714
House of Hanover:King George I Reigned 1 August 1714-11 June 1727
King George II Reigned 11 June 1727-25 October 1760
King George III Reigned 25 October 1760-29 January 1820
King George IV Reigned 29 January 1820-26 June 1830
King William IV Reigned 26 June 1830-20 June 1837
Queen Victoria Reigned 20 June 1837-22 January 1901
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha:King Edward VII Reigned 22 January 1901-6 May 1910
King George V Reigned 6 May 1910-17 July 1917
House of Windsor:King George V Reigned 17 July 1917-20 January 1936
King Edward VIII Reigned 20 January-11 December 1936
King George VI Reigned 11 December 1936 -6 February 1952
Queen Elizabeth II Reigned 6 February 1952-Present
Who was the king of England and Scotland between 1625 and 1648?
James Ist of England, who was also King James II of Scotland.
Who was the last monarch born in Scotland?
Charles I was born in Dunfermline in 1600 when his father James VI/I was still only King of Scots. He reigned 1625-1649. As far as I know, every British monarch since him has been born in England.
Is Scotland a developed country?
Scots or Scotland was in many ways responsible for the "invention" of the modern, industrialized, democratic world. If one considers that"developed," then Scots were responsible. Below is a list of inventions or discoveries often held to be in some way Scottish.
Road transport innovations
Macadamised roads (the basis for, but not specifically, Tarmac): John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836)
The pedal bicycle: Attributed to both Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1813-1878)[2] and Thomas McCall (1834-1904)
The pneumatic tyre: Robert William Thomson and John Boyd Dunlop (1822-1873)
The overhead valve engine: David Dunbar Buick (1854-1929) [11]
Civil engineering innovations
Tubular steel: Sir William Fairbairn (1789-1874)
Falkirk Wheel: Initial designs by Nicoll Russell Studios, Architects and engineers Binnie Black and Veatch (Opened 2002)
The patent slip for docking vessels: Thomas Morton (1781-1832) [14]
The Drummond Light: Thomas Drummond (1797-1840)
Canal design: Thomas Telford (1757-1834)
Dock design improvements: John Rennie (1761-1821)
Crane design improvements: James Bremner (1784-1856)
Power innovations
Condensing steam engine improvements: James Watt (1736-1819
Coal-gas lighting: William Murdoch (1754-1839)
The Stirling heat engine: Rev. Robert Stirling (1790-1878)
Carbon brushes for dynamos: George Forbes (1849-1936)
The Clerk cycle gas engine: Sir Dugald Clerk (1854-1932)
Cloud chamber recording of atoms: Charles T. R. Wilson (1869-1959)
Wave-powered electricity generator:By South African Engineer Stephen Salter in 1977
Shipbuilding innovations
Europe's first passenger steamboat: Henry Bell (1767-1830)
The first iron-hulled steamship: Sir William Fairbairn (1789-1874)
The first practical screw propeller: Robert Wilson (1803-1882)
Marine engine innovations: James Howden (1832-1913)
John Elder & Charles Randolph (Marine Compound expansion engine)
Heavy industry innovations
Coal mining extraction in the sea on an artificial island by Sir George Bruce of Carnock (1575). Regarded as one of the industrial wonders of the late medieval period.
Making cast steel from wrought iron: David Mushet (1772-1847)
Wrought iron sash bars for glass houses: John C. Loudon (1783-1865)
The hot blast oven: James Beaumont Neilson (1792-1865)
The steam hammer: James Nasmyth (1808-1890)
Wire rope: Robert Stirling Newall (1812-1889)
Steam engine improvements: William Mcnaught (1831-1881)
The Fairlie, a narrow gauge, double-bogie railway engine: Robert Francis Fairlie (1831-1885)
Cordite - Sir James Dewar, Sir Frederick Abel (1889)
Agricultural innovations
Threshing machine improvements: James Meikle (c.1690-c.1780) & Andrew Meikle (1719-1811)
Hollow pipe drainage: Sir Hew Dalrymple, Lord Drummore (1700-1753)
The Scotch Plough: James Anderson of Hermiston (1739-1808)
Deanstonisation soil-drainage system: James Smith (1789-1850)
The mechanical reaping machine: Rev. Patrick Bell (1799-1869)
The Fresno Scraper: James Porteous (1848-1922)
The Tuley tree shelter: Graham Tuley in 1979
Communication innovations
Print stereotyping: William Ged (1690-1749)
Roller printing: Thomas Bell (patented 1783)
The adhesive postage stamp and the postmark: James Chalmers (1782-1853)
Universal Standard Time: Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915)
Light signalling between ships: Admiral Philip H. Colomb (1831-1899) [49]
The telephone: Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922)
The teleprinter: Frederick G. Creed (1871-1957) [50]
The first working television, and colour television; John Logie Baird (1888-1946)[5][6]
Radar: Robert Watson-Watt (1892-1973)
The underlying principles of Radio - James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
Publishing firsts
The King James version of the Bible (sponsored by the man who was James VI of Scotland / I of England)
The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1768-81)
The first English textbook on surgery(1597)
The first modern pharmacopaedia, William Cullen (1776) The book became 'Europe's principal text on the classification and treatment of disease'his ideas survive in the terms nervous energy and neuroses (a word that Cullen coined).
The first postcards and picture postcards in the UK
Scientific innovations
Logarithms: John Napier (1550-1617)[56]
The theory of electromagnetism: James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
Popularising the decimal point: John Napier (1550-1617)
The Gregorian telescope: James Gregory (1638-1675)
The concept of latent heat: Joseph Black (1728-1799)
The pyroscope, atmometer and aethrioscope scientific instruments: Sir John Leslie (1766-1832)
Identifying the nucleus in living cells: Robert Brown (1773-1858)
Hypnotism: James Braid (1795-1860)
Colloid chemistry: Thomas Graham (1805-1869)
The kelvin SI unit of temperature: William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907)
Devising the diagramatic system of representing chemical bonds: Alexander Crum Brown (1838-1922)
Criminal fingerprinting: Henry Faulds (1843-1930)
The noble gases: Sir William Ramsay (1852-1916)
The Cloud chamber: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869-1959)
Pioneering work on nutrition and poverty: John Boyd Orr (1880-1971)
The ultrasound scanner: Ian Donald (1910-1987)
Ferrocene synthetic substances: Peter Ludwig Pauson in 1955
The MRI body scanner: John Mallard and James Huchinson from (1974-1980)
The first cloned mammal (Dolly the Sheep): Was conducted in The Roslin Institute research centre in 1996
Seismometer innovations thereof: James David Forbes
Metaflex fabric innovations thereof: University of St. Andrews (2010) application of the first manufacturing fabrics that manipulate light in bending it around a subject. Before this such light manipulating atoms were fixed on flat hard surfaces. The team at St Andrews are the first to develop the concept to fabric.
Macaulayite: Dr. Jeff Wilson of the Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen.
Sports innovations
Scots have been instrumental in the invention and early development of several sports:
several modern athletics events, i.e. shot put] and the hammer throw, derive from Highland Games and earlier 12th century Scotland
Curling
Cycling, invention of the pedal-cycle
Golf
Shinty The history of Shinty as a non-standardised sport pre-dates Scotland the Nation. The rules were standardised in the 19th century by Archibald Chisholm
Rugby sevens: Ned Haig and David Sanderson (1883)
Medical innovations
Pioneering the use of surgical anaesthesia with Chloroform: Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870) [83]
The hypodermic syringe: Alexander Wood (1817-1884) [84]
Discovery of hypnotism (November 1841): James Braid (1795-1860)
Identifying the mosquito as the carrier of malaria: Sir Ronald Ross (1857-1932)
Identifying the cause of brucellosis: Sir David Bruce (1855-1931)
Discovering the vaccine for typhoid fever: Sir William B. Leishman (1865-1926)
Discovering insulin: John J R Macleod (1876-1935) with others
Penicillin: Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955)
Ambulight PDT: light-emitting sticking plaster used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) for treating non-melanoma skin cancer. Developed by Ambicare Dundee's Ninewells Hospital and St Andrews University. (2010)
Discovering an effective tuberculosis treatment: Sir John Crofton in the 1950s [90]
Primary creator of the artificial kidney (Professor Kenneth Lowe - Later Queen's physician in Scotland)
Developing the first beta-blocker drugs: Sir James W. Black in 1964
Glasgow Coma Scale: Graham Teasdale and Bryan J. Jennett (1974)
EKG [Electrocardiography]: Alexander Muirhead (1911)
Household innovations
The Refrigerator: William Cullen (1748)
The Flush toilet: Alexander Cummings (1775)
The Dewar Flask: Sir James Dewar (1847-1932)
The first distiller to triple distill Irish whiskey; John Jameson (Whisky distiller)
The piano footpedal: John Broadwood (1732-1812)
The first automated can-filing machine John West (1809-1888)
The waterproof macintosh: Charles Macintosh (1766-1843)
The kaleidoscope: Sir David Brewster (1781-1868)
Keiller's marmalade Janet Keiller (1797) - The first recipe of rind suspended marmalade or Dundee marmalade produced in Dundee.
The modern lawnmower: Alexander Shanks (1801-1845)
The Lucifer friction match: Sir Isaac Holden (1807-1897)
The self filling pen: Robert Thomson (1822-1873)
Cotton-reel thread: J & J Clark of Paisley
Lime Cordial: Peter Burnett in 1867
Freeze-tolerant solar heating: Kerr MacGregor commercialised in 1999 as Solartwin
Bovril beef extract: John Lawson Johnston in 1874
Electric clock: Alexander Bain (1840)
Chemical Telegraph (Automatic Telegraphy) Alexander Bain (1846) In England Bain's telegraph was used on the wires of the Electric Telegraph Company to a limited extent, and in 1850 it was used in America.
Weapons innovations
The carronade cannon: Robert Melville (1723-1809)
The Ferguson rifle: Patrick Ferguson in 1770 or 1776
The Lee bolt system as used in the Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield series rifles: James Paris Lee
The Ghillie suit
The Percussion Cap: invented by Scottish Presbyterian clergyman Alexander Forsyth
Miscellaneous innovations
Boys' Brigade (an early Boy Scouts)
Bank of England devised by William Paterson
Bank of France devised by John Law
Colour photography: the first known permanent colour photograph was taken by James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879)
Democracy -- the idea that the will and wishes of the people take precedence over those of the King or the government -- that is, that government exists to serve the people, not the other way around -- The Declaration of Arbroath in the year 1320
Name given by the Romans to Judah?
In 135 the emperor Hadrian joined Judaea (the Latin for Judah) and Galilee and merged them with the Roman province of Syria. The two areas were renamed Syria Palaestina. Paleastina meant land of the Philistines. He did so because after a rebellion against his anti-Jewish policies, he persecuted the Jews and wanted to root out Judaism. He banned the Torah, executed ten rabbis and had the sacred scrolls burnt. He changed the name of Judah because he wanted erase the memory of Judah, a practice the Romans called damnatio memoriae. The Jews were also banned from entering Jerusalem, which he had renamed Aelia Capitolina. Aelia was the name of Hadrian's clan and Capitolina referred to the fact that he had dedicated the new Jerusalem (which he had rebuilt after it had been destroyed during the First Roman-Jewish War, 66-73) to the Roman god Jupiter Capitolinus.
Who was Robert the Bruce's a wife?
According to the Wikipedia article on him, Robert The Bruce married Isabella of Mar, the daughter of Domhnall I, Earl of Mar, in 1295. She died before 1302. In that year he married Elizabeth de Burgh, the daughter of Richard de Burgh, 2nd Earl of Ulster. Together they had four children. He is also said to have had several illegitimate children by unknown mothers.
When and where did golf originate?
Golf's roots can be traced to games and rituals dating back hundreds or thousands of years. However, the modern game of golf descends from Scotland, where shepherds would knock rocks into holes. The course at St. Andrews in Scotland is the world's earliest dedicated golf course.
The Loch Ness Monster lives in the lake, Loch Ness. Loch Ness is a fresh-water lake. That's what "loch" means; "lake".
first you research Scotland, is it the right place for you? if it is, buy a house in Scotland. depending on where you live now, get a plane, trian, boat, car to Scotland and move in to your new house.
simple :)
