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Sinclair Dates


   [1]Sinclair Dates:  August 9.
   In 48 B.C.: Era of Antioch,
   [2]Commemorating the battle of Pharsalus in Thessaly in which Pompey
   was defeated by Caesar..
   [3]Tomorrow:  August 10.
   In 1460: James III, Coronation as King of Scots
   In 1175: Treaty of Falaise,
   [4]William the Lyon becomes prisoner of English at Falaise in
   Normandy, and there signs treaty with Henry II making Scotland a
   feudal posession of England. ``William ... swore fealty as his
   liege-man to the King of England. Nor he alone; his bishops and nobles
   were partners with him in this surrender of the ancient independence
   of their country, and the transaction was concluded, and Henry's hold
   upon Scotland made complete by the delivery into his hands of the
   castles of Edinburgh, Stirling, Berwick, Roxburgh, and Jedburgh, which
   were now garrisoned with his troops.''.

References

   1. http://www.mids.org/sinclair/timeline.html
   2. http://peicommerce.com/HISTORY/ROMAN/POMPEY/POMPEY.HTM
   3. http://www.mids.org/sinclair/timeline.html
   4. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/wylie/vol3ch26.htm
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