WebThe National Monument of Scotland, on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, is Scotland's national memorial to the Scottish soldiers and sailors who died fighting in the Napoleonic Wars. It was intended, according to the inscription, to be "A Memorial of the Past and Incentive to the Future Heroism of the Men of Scotland". The monument dominates the top of Calton Hill, …

WebLa guerre orangiste en Irlande est le premier des conflits liés aux tentatives de Jacques II pour reconquérir son trône. Elle oppose les jacobites et catholiques irlandais alliés au royaume de France à Guillaume III d'Angleterre, appuyé par les Provinces-Unies, à la tête d'une armée composée d'Anglais, d'Écossais, de Hollandais, de huguenots français, de …

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WebHistory. The "foundational myth" has it that the hospital was founded by Dr Andrew Duncan, following the death of Robert Fergusson, a Scottish poet who died in 1774 following mental health problems caused by a head injury. Duncan wanted to establish a hospital in Edinburgh that would care for the mentally ill of the city and after launching an appeal in …