When John Falconer was born in 1806, in Kylestrome, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Falconer, was 33 and his mother, Mary Morrison, was 37. He married Barbara MacKenzie on 1 November 1838, in Eddrachillis, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 9 October 1894, in Kinlochbervie, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 88.
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The Tron riot was a riot which occurred in Edinburgh, Scotland on New Year's Eve. A group of young men attacked and robbed wealthier passers-by. One police officer was killed in the riot. Though the total count of participants is unknown, sixty-eight youths were arrested, with five sentenced to death for their actions during the riot.
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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English and Scottish: from Middle English fauconer, fauk(e)ner, falconer ‘falconer’ (Old French fau(l)connier), an occupational name for someone who kept and trained falcons (see Faulkner ).
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