Thursday 4th of April 1675 (x) — Soldier and adventurer Francis Charteris is baptised
Charteris was born in Edinburgh in about 1665, the exact date is unknown.
Sunday 24th of February 1732 (-) — Soldier and adventurer Francis Charteris dies of natural causes
Wednesday 28th of January 1829 (-) — Serial killer William Burke is executed by hanging
Burke was hanged in front of a crowd possibly as large as 25.000; views from windows in the tenements overlooking the scaffold were hired at prices ranging from 5 to 20 shillings. Burke's skeleton was given to the Anatomical Museum of the Edinburgh Medical School where it remains. His death mask and a book said to be bound with his tanned skin can be seen at Surgeons' Hall Museum.
Wednesday 3rd of March 1847 (+) — Scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator Alexander Graham Bell is born
Thursday 8th of December 1859 (-) — Writer Thomas De Quincey dies of unknown causes
Wednesday 1st of October 1913 (-) — Double murderer Patrick Higgins is executed by hanging by John Ellis
Higgins drowned his 2 sons, 6-year-old William and 4-year-old John at Hopetoun Quarry, Abercorn, West Lothian on 25 October 1911.
Sunday 23rd of June 1940 (+) — Musician Stuart Sutcliffe is born
Wednesday 6th of May 1953 (+) — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair is born
Saturday 15th of October 1977 (-) — 17-year-old Christine Eadie and 17-year-old Helen Scott are beaten, gagged, tied up, raped and strangled by Serial killer Angus Sinclair
On 25 November 2004 Sinclair's DNA matched. On 31 March 2005 Sinclair was arrested. At a trial in 2007 Sinclair was acquitted by lack of evidence. At a second trial in 14 November 2014 Sinclair was found guilty of the murders and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 37 years.
Saturday 29th of January 2005 (-) — Guitarist Eric Griffiths dies of pancreatic cancer
