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EDINBURGH COUNTY DIRECTORY CALENDAR.
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Times Newsp. founded, 1788.
New Year's Day. Bk. Holiday.
Commercial Bk. Divid. payable.
Alexander Smith d.
Royal Bank Dividend payable.
Prince Albert Victor b. 1864.
National Bank Dividend payable
New Year's Day, Old Style.
Henry Mackenzie d. 1831.
Battle of Corunna, 1809.
Battle of Falkirk, 1746.
Ayr Fast-day.
Greyfriars Ch. destroyed by fire,
[1845-
Plague in Edinburgh, 1647.
Chas. J. Kean, tragedian d. 1868.
William Pitt d. 1806.
Hurricane and Loss of Life, 1868.
Princess Royal 711. 185S.
Lord Jeftrey d. 1850.
Peter the Great d. 1725.
Prescott, historian, d. 1859.
George in. d. 1820.
Charles I. beheaded, 1649.
FEBRUARY.
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Tweed Rod Fishing opens.
Candlemas Term.
Clydesdale Bank Gen. Meeting.
Tay Fishing opens.
Clydesdale Bank Divid. payable
Francis Horner d. 1817.
Sir David Brewster d. 1868.
Dee, Don, Forth, Ness, and
Spey Fishings open.
St Valentine's Day.
Tweed Net Fishing opens.
Esk Fishing opens.
National Debt began 1500.
20. Joseph Hume d. 1855.
Princess Louisa Dagmar b. 1867.
Adam Ferguson d. 1816.
Renfrew Fast-day.
Earl Derby resigned, 1868.
First Sunday in Lent.
Longfellow b. 1807.
Montaigne b. 1533.
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Coupar-Angus Fast-day.
Arbroath and Haddington
Fast-days.
Second Sunday in Lent.
British Linen Company meeting.
Court of Lords Ordinary resumes.
Auchterarder Fast-day.
Prince of Wales married, 1863.
Sir J. Outram d. 1863.
Third Sunday in Lent.
Rev. Dr Robert Lee d. 1868.
Duchess of Kent d. 1861.
Reform Bill introduced, 1867.
Court of Session rises.
Mid-Lent Sunday.
Spring com. — day and night eq.
Greenock Fast-day.
Lady Day.
Fifth Sunday in Lent.
Robert Bruce crowned, 1306.
George Wishart martyred, 1689.
Bank of Scotland meets.
Portobello & Banff Fast-days.
Paisley Fast-day.
APRIL.
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2. Richard Cobden d. 1865.
Palm Sunday.
Professor Wilson d. 1854.
Last day for Peace-warning.
Aberdeen Fast-day.
Glasgow and Perth Fast-day.
Good Friday. Bank Holiday.
Census of 1861 taken.
Easter Sunday.
9. General Lee surrendered, 1865.
12. Bank of Scot. Divid. payable.
13. Theo. of Abyssinia killed, 1868.
Dundee and Lanark Fast-days.
Pres. Lincoln assass. 1865.
Low Sunday.
Benjamin Franklin d, 1790.
American Revolution began, 1775.
Shakespeare Tercentenary, 1864.
Princess Alice b. 1843.
Edinburgh, Peebles, Selkirk,
Airdrie, and Kirkwall Fast-
days.
Admiral Fitzroy d. 1865.