[1]Tomorrow: December 11.
In 1936: Edward VIII abdicates, King Edward VIII of England abdicates
on 10 December and announced it to the public during a radio address
11/12, saying "I have found it impossible to carry on the heavy burden
of responsibility and to discharge the duties of King as I would wish
to do without the help and support of the woman I love." 12/12, after
Edward had already departed for Austria to stay with friends, his
brother, now King George VI, named him the duke of Windsor.
In 1936: George VI, King of Britain.
In 1906: Captain John Sinclair Secretary for Scotland,
[2]Captain John Sinclair of Lyth MP - created Secretary [of State] for
Scotland, Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland and Privy Counsellor in
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Liberal Government.
In 1698: Maurepas in Darien, Arrival of the Maurepas.
In 1688: Sack of Rosslyn Chapel, Shortly after the protestant William
of Orange had landed in England and displaced the Catholic James II, a
mob from Edinburgh and some of the villagers from Roslin entered and
damaged the [3]Chapel. Their object was to destroy the furniture and
vestments, which were now regarded as Popish and idolatrous.
In 1688: Glorious Revolution, Catholic King James II of England and
VII of Scotland was driven from London by an almost-bloodless revolt;
succeeded by [4]William and Mary.
References
1. http://www.mids.org/sinclair/timeline.html
2. http://www.clansinclair.org/hist20.htm
3. http://www.rosslynchapel.org.uk/
4. http://www.mids.org/ada/local/virtual/www.sinclair.mids.org/today/tomorrow.inc#William & Mary
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