Reformation & Union · event 8 of 8

1736

The Porteous Riots. A crowd storms the Tolbooth and lynches Captain John Porteous of the City Guard. Walter Scott used it to open The Heart of Midlothian.

The Reformation & Union era

  1. 1560
  2. 1561
  3. 1566
  4. 1603
  5. 1638
  6. 1645
  7. 1707
  8. 1736

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