January 12 689 Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, River Tyne and River Wear, 103 miles south of Edinburgh. 1167 Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1599 never happened in Scotland. James 6th decreed the day after December 31 1599 would be January 1, 1600, and so it was. Scotland and England had different years […]
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