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Edinburgh was Scotland's largest city until Glasgow outgrew it in the first two decades of the 19th century. Following Scottish devolution in the very late 20th century, Scotland's Parliament was re-established in Edinburgh.
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During the Middle Ages, a small fort called Dun Eiden was built by the Gododdins probably on the Castle Rock, although the exact location is unknown. In the 7th century, the Angles (the tribe which gave its name to England) attacked the Gododdins and invaded the fort. The Angles took the name “Eiden” and joined it to “Burh”, an old English word mea...
Around the year 1500 approximately 12,000 people lived in Edinburgh. The population grew rapidly and reached 15,000 less than half a century later. After the Battle of Flodden in 1513, the inhabitants of the city built the Flodden Wall around Edinburgh to protect it from the English. However, the wall was not very effective, and the English would b...
In the 17th century, Daniel Defoe, English author of the novel Robinson Crusoe, remarked about Edinburgh “that in no city in the world [do] so many people live in so little room as Edinburgh”. The bubonic plague, typhus and cholera were present in the everyday lives of Edinburgh’s population. These would shout “Gardyloo” when they would throw waste...
During the 19th century Glasgow became an important industrial town to the detriment of Edinburgh. The most important industries of the city were the production of beer and the printing industry. Bankers and lawyers also settled in Glasgow. The New Town was finished at the beginning of the 19th century and attracted Irish immigration, increasing th...
5 days ago · Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland, located in southeastern Scotland with its center near the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. A city of somber theatricality, it is a major center for finance, law, tourism, education, and cultural affairs. Learn more about the city and its history in this article.
5 days ago · Edinburgh - Capital, Castle, Medieval: For the first settlers of Scotland, arriving at the onset of the postglacial period (as early as 7000 bc), the best access to the interior was provided by estuaries and rivers, with the Forth being among the most important.
Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament, the highest courts in Scotland, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland. It is also the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
This article is a timeline of the history of Edinburgh, Scotland, up to the present day. It traces its rise from an early hill fort and later royal residence to the bustling city and capital of Scotland that it is today.
Feb 17, 2011 · Built in several stages from the 1760s to the 1830s, the New Town of Edinburgh was the largest planned city development in the world at that time, and it proved an outstanding success in bringing...
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