Brief Life History of John
When John Baird was born on 16 December 1745, in Pencaitland, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, James Baird, was 33 and his mother, Helen Lawson, was 29. He married Susan Whitelan on 23 June 1766, in Gladsmuir, Haddingtonshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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- John Baird, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- John Baird in entry for Susannah Baird, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- John Baird in entry for Susannah Baird, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1811 · The Tron Riot
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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
Scottish:
from a common pronunciation of Bard in Scotland.
occupational name from Gaelic bàrd ‘bard, poet, minstrel’, or of Gaelic Mac an Baird ‘son of the bard’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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