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1st June 1495: First written reference to Scotch whisky (distilled at @LindoresAbbey)

  • 1st June 2020
  • Tagged as: Alcohol, James IV, Monastery, Scotland, Whisky

The royal Exchequer Rolls from Scotland recorded the first known written reference to Scotch whisky.

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8th June 793: Viking raiders attack Lindisfarne in Northumbria

  • 8th June 2019
  • Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Britain, Christianity, Danelaw, England, Lindisfarne, Monastery, Norse, Northumbria, Paganism, Scandinavia, Vikings

Norse raiders attacked the holy island of Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast in an event that is generally accepted as the start of the ‘Viking’ period of British history.

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