Brief Life History of Andrew
When Andrew Scrimgeour was born on 9 February 1777, in Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Scrimgeour, was 39 and his mother, Eupham Irons, was 35.
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- Andrew Scrimger, "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: see Scrimshaw .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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