‘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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06 March

Scott Monument architect drowns in the Union Canal

25 January

Launch of The Scotsman newspaper

20 August

Cartoonist Dudley D Watkins dies in Broughty Ferry

25 January

Poet Robert Burns is born in Ayrshire

04 March

The Forth Bridge is opened