Location:
Scotland
Coordinates:
55.9533, -3.1883
Events at Edinburgh (3)
1697
ID: 2236
Last execution for blasphemy in Scotland - Thomas Aikenhead hanged, showing waning of religious criminal law
ID: 2236
1703
ID: 2307
Scottish bankruptcy law allows discharge after 5 years - more liberal than English law, reflecting Roman cessio bonorum tradition
ID: 2307
1736
ID: 2254
Porteous Riots in Edinburgh - crowd justice against captain who fired on smugglers, legitimacy crisis
ID: 2254