Edinburgh's Wild History: Strikes, Bombs, and Births

0:00It's March 31st. You're listening to Edinburgh News today, AI-powered local news. This month, the Old Edinburgh Club drops a timeline of wild history from the city. On the 1st and 1820, the radical rising kicked off with strikes and unrest, pushing for bigger forms after years of French revolution vibes. Got squashed by the Napoleonic Wars. Then on the 2nd and 1916, German Zeppelin's bombed leaf, streets like East Claremont and Marshall Street, killing 13 folks and, injuring 24 more, fast forward, the 3rd saw Edinburgh's first chop with the Maiden Gia-teen in 1565. The 5th marked the 1st printed book in Scotland in 1508 by local merchants near the Calgate and John Napier, logarithm genius, passed. In 1617, James VI bounced to London on the 5th in 1603 for the English Crown. Riots and raids hit hard too. Fortiest riots exploded on the 14th and 1736 after a smuggler hanging turned bloody.

1:03Zeppelin's tried the castle but wrecked the grass market, while 1941 landmines parachuted onto a leaf school, killing three and hurting, 131. Births and builds shaped the scene. Kimist. Joseph Black dropped on the 16th and 1728, University founded on the 14th and 1582, and Newtown. James Greenlit on the 17th and 1766. S&P's first public meet rolled on the 20th in 1934. Fire brigade, born on the 21st in 1824. Edinburgh's pass packs, punches from kings to chemists, bombs to books, reminding us the city's story stays fierce and full of fire.