Sinclair Dates

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@matrix.net>]

   [1]Tomorrow:
   January 16
   
   In 1486: Henry VII m. Elizabeth, [2]Marriage of Henry Tudor and
   Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV King of England
   
   In 1559: Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Tudor crowned as Queen of England.
   Source: Oxford Companion
   
   In 1604: Hampton Court Conference, [3]John Rainolds moves '...that
   there might bee a newe translation of the Bible.' James VI and I
   approved the motion the next day.
   
   In 1707: Union of Parliaments, Scottish Parliament voted union with
   the English Parliament. [4]Alexander 9th Earl of Caithness was against
   it and was the last surviving peer of the Scottish Parliament. No
   Scottish Parliament would meet again [5]until 1999.
   
   In 1759: British Museum, opens in London.

References

   1. http://www.mids.org/sinclair/timeline.html
   2. http://fly.hiwaay.net/~crispen/tudor/chronology/
   3. http://www.scopesys.com/
   4. http://www.clansinclair.org/hist1.htm
   5. http://www.mids.org/ada/local/virtual/www.sinclair.mids.org/today/tomorrow.inc#Modern Scottish Parliament
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