Brief Life History of John
When John Dickson was born on 23 March 1742, in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Dickson, was 42 and his mother, Margaret Dun, was 31.
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- John Dickson, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- John Dickson, "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 and northern English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dick + son.
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