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Nairn
Nairn , town (1991 pop. 7,721), Highland, N Scotland, at the mouth of the Nairn River on Moray Firth. It is a tourist resort and fishing harbor. Other industries include dairy and crop farming and whiskey distilling. Granite is quarried. Cawdor Castle, the legendary scene of the murder of Duncan... Read more |
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Cawdor
Cawdor , village, Highland, NE Scotland, SW of Nairn. Cawdor Castle, the earliest remaining piece dating from 1454, was represented by Shakespeare , following tradition, as the scene of the slaying (1040) of Duncan by Macbeth .... Read more |
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Battle of Auldearn
Auldearn, battle of, 1645. Montrose was unable to follow up his great victory at Inverlochy in February 1645 when many of his followers returned home. The campaign resumed the pattern of march and counter-march. This time a covenanting army under Sir John Hurry tried to surprise Montrose on 9 May at... Read more |
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Highland
Highland. An administrative region of Scotland, created in 1973 from the counties of Caithness, Nairn, Sutherland, Inverness (except the Outer Hebrides), Ross and Cromarty (except Lewis), and a northern part of Argyll. Between 1973 and 1996 it was a region, sharing local government activities with... Read more |
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Francis Russell 4th earl of Bedford
Bedford, Francis Russell, 4th earl of (1593–1641). Bedford hoped to resolve the political crisis of early 1641, since he was acceptable to Charles I as well as the parliamentary leaders. In concert with his client John Pym, a key figure in the Commons, he planned to accept office in the... Read more |
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Madeleine
Madeleine [Fr.,=Magdalen, i.e., Mary Magdalen], large church of Paris, in the Place de la Madeleine. It was originally planned by J. A. Gabriel as a part of his layout for the Place de la Concorde , the location being selected so as to close the vista of the Rue Royale. The building was begun in... Read more |
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