When Matthew McKewn was born on 15 February 1694, in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Walter McKewn, was 40 and his mother, Agnes Aikenhead, was 31.
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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.
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.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Fergal, Kieran, Liam, Murph.
Irish: variant of McEwen .
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