Mayne Reid, pseudonym of Thomas Mayne; soldier, journalist, and writer of boys stories, is bornApril 04, 1818Thomas Mayne Reid (4 April 1818 – 22 October 1883) was an British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the lives of American Indians. “Captain” Reid wrote adventure novels akin to those by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. They were set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was an admirer of Lord Byron. His novel Quadroon (1856), an anti-slavery work, was later adapted as a play entitled The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault and produced in New York.Oliver Goldsmith, Irish author of Deserted Village died.April 04, 1774Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was a well-known Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, noted for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur’d Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought by some to have written the classic children’s tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765)Scottish Parliament declared that James VII had forfeited the Scottish throne.April 04, 1689The 1689 Convention of Estates sat between 16 March 1689 and 5 June 1689 to determine the settlement of the Scottish throne, following the deposition of James VII in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The Convention of the Estates of Scotland was a sister-institution to Parliament, comprising the three estates of bishops, barons and representatives of the Burghs. Historically, it had been summoned by the king of Scots for the limited purpose of raising taxes, and could not pass other legislation. Unlike the English Convention Parliament of 1689, the 1689 Scottish Convention was also a contest for control of the Church of Scotland or Kirk.John Napier, inventor of logarithms, died in Edinburgh.April 04, 1617john Napier of Merchiston (1 February 1550 – 4 April 1617), nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He was the 8th Laird of Merchiston. His Latinized name was Ioannes Neper.King Robert III died and James I ascended the throneApril 04, 1406King Robert III, the second of the Stewart kings, was the eldest son of King Robert II (1316-90), and grand-son of Robert the Bruce (1274 - 1329). Robert II, king of Scotland (1371–90), nephew and successor of David II.John of Gaunt, son of Edward III attacks Scotland.April 04, 1384John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the fourth son of King Edward III of England, and the father of King Henry IV. Because of Gaunt’s royal origin, advantageous marriages, and some generous land grants, he was one of the richest men of his era, and was an influential figure during the reigns of both his father and his nephew, Richard II.Parliament held by King Robert II at Scone, resolved that his son, the Earl of Carrick should succeed his father as KingApril 04, 1373Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was the first monarch of the House of Stewart.calendar
Mayne Reid, pseudonym of Thomas Mayne; soldier, journalist, and writer of boys stories, is bornApril 04, 1818Thomas Mayne Reid (4 April 1818 – 22 October 1883) was an British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the lives of American Indians. “Captain” Reid wrote adventure novels akin to those by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. They were set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was an admirer of Lord Byron. His novel Quadroon (1856), an anti-slavery work, was later adapted as a play entitled The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault and produced in New York.
Oliver Goldsmith, Irish author of Deserted Village died.April 04, 1774Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was a well-known Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, dramatist and poet, noted for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), his pastoral poem The Deserted Village (1770), and his plays The Good-Natur’d Man (1768) and She Stoops to Conquer (1771, first performed in 1773). He is thought by some to have written the classic children’s tale The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765)
Scottish Parliament declared that James VII had forfeited the Scottish throne.April 04, 1689The 1689 Convention of Estates sat between 16 March 1689 and 5 June 1689 to determine the settlement of the Scottish throne, following the deposition of James VII in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The Convention of the Estates of Scotland was a sister-institution to Parliament, comprising the three estates of bishops, barons and representatives of the Burghs. Historically, it had been summoned by the king of Scots for the limited purpose of raising taxes, and could not pass other legislation. Unlike the English Convention Parliament of 1689, the 1689 Scottish Convention was also a contest for control of the Church of Scotland or Kirk.
John Napier, inventor of logarithms, died in Edinburgh.April 04, 1617john Napier of Merchiston (1 February 1550 – 4 April 1617), nicknamed Marvellous Merchiston, was a Scottish landowner known as a mathematician, physicist, and astronomer. He was the 8th Laird of Merchiston. His Latinized name was Ioannes Neper.
King Robert III died and James I ascended the throneApril 04, 1406King Robert III, the second of the Stewart kings, was the eldest son of King Robert II (1316-90), and grand-son of Robert the Bruce (1274 - 1329). Robert II, king of Scotland (1371–90), nephew and successor of David II.
John of Gaunt, son of Edward III attacks Scotland.April 04, 1384John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman. He was the fourth son of King Edward III of England, and the father of King Henry IV. Because of Gaunt’s royal origin, advantageous marriages, and some generous land grants, he was one of the richest men of his era, and was an influential figure during the reigns of both his father and his nephew, Richard II.
Parliament held by King Robert II at Scone, resolved that his son, the Earl of Carrick should succeed his father as KingApril 04, 1373Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, he was the first monarch of the House of Stewart.
