Now and Then: 28th Janury

The Scotsman | January 28, 2004 | Copyright

28 JANUARY

1580: King James VI signed the Confession of Faith, later incorporated into the National Covenant of 1638.

1807: London's Pall Mall was the first street in any city to be illuminated by gaslight.

1829: William Burke, Irish body-snatcher, who joined William Hare in Scotland in selling bodies to Dr Knox for research, and eventually murdering to supplement their stock, was hanged. Hare escaped gallows by turning king's evidence.

1871: Paris surrendered in Franco-Prussian War.

1884: The first Ireland v Scotland football international took place in Belfast. Scotland won 5-0.

1885: ...

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