‘st andrews’

Event	Date
Painter Jack Vettriano is born in St Andrews	17th November
John Knox is appointed minister in Geneva	1st November
Birth of David Stewart, heir to the Scottish throne	24th October
University of St Andrews is established by a Papal Bull	28th August
Covenanters defeated in the Battle of Bothwell Bridge	22nd June
Muirfield golf course designer Old Tom Morris is born	16th June
Cardinal David Beaton is assassinated at St Andrews	29th May
Death of the founder of St Andrews	6th April
Bell Rock lighthouse is lit for the first time	1st February

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13 February

The Massacre of Glencoe

30 September

Rod Stewart opens the SSE Hydro

14 July

The Scottish National War Memorial is opened

01 July

Naval hero Admiral Adam Duncan is born in Dundee

30 April

Ochil Hills are struck by an earthquake