The Raitt Stuff
 
 
This timeline gives the dates for various Raitts in history (in licorice black) together with world events, inventions and great names (in midnight blue) at the time they were living. Also included are Raitts and other family members who are more directly related to me (in strawberry). See also all the Raitts in history (up to 1700). 1004 - Unsuccessful Viking raid at Gamrie, Banffshire 1012 - Murder of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Vikings 1040 - Macbeth crowned King of the Scots 1050 - Macbeth makes pilgrimage to Rome – only Scottish king to do so 1066 - William the Conqueror of Normandy invaded England and crowned King – start of French influence in names and etiquette 1086 - William I initiates survey of England known as Domesday Book 1095 - First Crusade to restore Christian rule to Holy Land 1098 - Agreement between Edgar of Scotland and Magnus of Norway that the Norse should hold Western Isles and the Scots the mainland 1099 - Siege of Jerusalem 1118 - Order of Knights Templar founded in France 1124 - David I crowned King of Scotland Bef 1129 - Village of Rait in Gowrie (Perth) mentioned – defensive, estuarial settlement 1149 - Second Crusade 1164 - Death of Somerled Macgillebrigte 1170 - Murder of Thomas a Becket 1178 - Arbroath Abbey founded 1194 - Arbroath harbour built 1209 - London Bridge (with houses and shops) completed; Albigensian Crusade 1241 The Mongols invade Hungary and Poland 1248 - Seventh Crusade 1249 - Alexander III crowned King of Scots 1251 - Alexander III married Margaret, daughter of Henry III of England 1260 - Rait castle built near Nairn 1263 - Alexander III defeats Haco (Haakon IV) King of Norway at Battle of Largs 1266 - Treaty of Perth – sovereignty of Western Isles (Hebrides) surrendered by Norway to Scottish crown 1271 - Ninth Crusade; Marco Polo visits China for first time 1272 - Edward I ascends English throne 1281 - Margaret, daughter of Alexander III marries Eirik II of Norway 1286 - Margaret, daughter of Eirik II and Margaret, becomes Queen of Scots 1290 - Margaret, Maid of Norway and Queen of Scots dies in Orkney aged seven 1292 - John Balliol adjudged rightful King of Scotland; Sir Gervaise de Rathe was Constable of Inverness Castle 1295 - Franco-Scottish treaty of mutual defence against England 1296 - Edward I of England invades Scotland, deposes King John Balliol, and removes Stone of Scone to Westminster Abbey; Gevaise de Rathe and his brother Sir Andrew de Rathe, as well as Sir Roger de Rathe, paid homage to King Edward 1st of England; Sir Andrew de Rait/Rathe was a member of Edward I’s household 1297 - William Wallace defeats English at Battle of Stirling Bridge 1298 - William Wallace becomes Guardian (Governor) of Scotland 1304 - Scots submit to Edward I 1305 - William Wallace executed 1306 - Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scotland 1314 - Battle of Bannockburn - Scots defeat English 1320 - Declaration of Arbroath 1328 - Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton 1346 - Sir Alexander de Rathe killed at the Battle of Crécy 1350 - John de Rait becomes Bishop of Aberdeen; Black Death plague kills some 50% of British population 1357 - Treaty of Berwick 1360 - Rait lands in Gowrie lost to Crown – de Rait family move to Hallgreen in Angus 1371 - Robert II becomes King of Scotland 1376 - Hallgreen castle built at Bervie, Kincardineshire 1378 - David de Arrat sells lands of Arrat and Brechin by charter to Thomas de Rait, Lord of Ury (Aberdeenshire) 1396 - Barony of Rait (village) granted to David Bruce – descendant of Robert the Bruce 1405 - Andrew, Thane of Calder (now Cawdor, Nairn), killed by Sir Alexander Gervaise de Raite who fled to the Mearns (Kincardineshire). All Rait lands in Nairn, Inverness, Moray were forfeit. 1413 - University of St Andrews founded 1421 - Chinese fleets sail around the globe – Australia, Africa, North and South America 1437 - Murder of James I at Perth Abt 1450 - Mark Rait (son of Alexander) marries heiress of Hallgreen (Dunnet family) and inherits the castle 1451 - University of Glasgow founded 1452 - Leonardo da Vinci born in Florence, Italy 1454 - Andrew Rayte had tenement (estate) in Glasgow 1469 - Orkney and Shetland ceded to Scotland from Denmark 1478 - Sir Thomas Rait, chaplain, St Andrews 1490 - David Rait of Drumnagair marries Ms Arbuthnott 1492 - Christopher Columbus lands in America 1495 - University of Aberdeen founded 1508 - Printing arrives in Scotland 1509 - Henry VIII crowned King of England 1513 - William Rait killed at Battle of Flodden (Field), Northumberland 1532 - central law court (college of justice) established in Edinburgh 1558 - Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England 1560 - Scottish Reformation - nation becomes Protestant; Church of Scotland established 1582 - University of Edinburgh founded 1585 - James Rait was the minister in Nairn and surrounds 1587 - Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots 1588 - Spanish Armada 1592 - David Rait, principle of the College of Aberdeen and of the house of Hallgreen, marries Elizabeth Allardice (daughter of Laird) 1595 - Elizabeth Rait of Hallgreen marries David Arbuthnot 1600 - Formation of East India Company 1603 - James VI of Scotland inherits English crown and becomes James I of England; Union of Scottish and English crowns 1605 - Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes) to blow up Houses of Parliament and get rid of Scots surrounding King in London 1607 - First English settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia 1610 - Galileo discovers moons of Jupiter and observes rings of Saturn 1613 - East India Company opens first trading post in Japan at Hirado 1614 - Japan issues edict against Christians (Jesuits) 1615 - William Shakart gets master mariner certificate 1616 - Act establishes schools in every parish in Scotland; death of William Shakespeare 1620 - Pilgrim Fathers arrive from Holland to establish settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts 1632 - James Rait born in Aberdeen 1635 - Alexander Raitt born (possibly Kinnell, Angus) 1636 - David Raitt was Principle of King’s College, Old Aberdeen 1639 - Outbreak of Bishops’ War in Scotland 1641 - Elizabeth Rait (daughter of William Rait of Hallgreen) marries Robert Arbuthnott 1643 - Taj Mahal completed in India 1646 - William Rait of Hallgreen marries Janet Arbuthnott 1649 - Charles II passes Act in favour of William Raitt, Laird of Hallgreen 1650 - James Stormont born Lednethie, Angus; Imposition of Cromwellian rule on Britain following Battle of Dunbar 1651 - Rait village attacked by Oliver Cromwell; A. Rait of Rayne, Aberdeenshire, left for Prussia as a merchant 1655 - Alexander Rait born Arbroath 1657 - James Raitt born Kinnell 1658 - James Rait married Marjorie Ronaldson; Oliver Cromwell dies 1660 - Royal Mail postal services starts 1665 - Katherine Raitt born Arbroath; Black Death in London – plague kills 75.000 1666 - Great Fire of London; Defeat of Covenanters at Rullion Green 1667 - Margaret Raitt born St Vigeans 1670 - Formation of Hudson Bay Company 1671 - John Meikison marries Agnis Shakkart; Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the crown jewels 1677 - Archibald Rait becomes burgess of Danzig 1680 - Francis Rait is standard-bearer of the Scots Regiment in The Netherlands; Patrick Sangster born Gamrie, Banffshire 1684 - Francis Raitt born Kinnell 1687 - Isaac Newton describes theory of gravity 1688 - Andrew Rait married Magdalene Fyfe 1689 - Uprising of Bonnie Dundee for the Stewart cause; William of Orange (Holland) offered English crown; Peter the Great becomes Czar of Russia 1690 - David Raitt born St Vigeans; Hearth tax (fireplace) introduced in Scotland 1692 - Massacre of Glencoe 1693 - Elizabeth Rait born Arbroath 1695 - Isobel Rait born (possibly Guthrie, Angus); Bank of Scotland founded 1696 - Education Act ordered locally-funded schools, Church-supervised schools to be established in every parish in Scotland 1698 - Darien scheme - settlers from Scotland land in New Caledonia (Caribbean) – colony fails and almost bankrupts Scotland; severe famine in Scotland 1699 - Thomas Raitt born Arbroath 1700 - Helen Hunter born Forfar; John Dorward born St Vigeans 1701 - J. Rait is Scottish member of the Guild of Merchants at Königsberg (Kneiphof) 1703 - Alexander Raitt becomes secretary to the Earl of Mar 1704 - Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Crusoe) marooned on Juan Fernandez, Chile 1705 - John Sangster born Gamrie, Banffshire 1706 - George Raitt graduated from Leiden University; 1706 - Francis Hauksbee produces electric light 1707 - Union of parliaments between Scotland and England 1714 - George I (German) crowned King of England 1720 - David Raitt married Jean Leslie; Rise of tobacco trade 1721 - James Raitt born St Vigeans 1722 - Rapa Nui (Easter Island) discovered 1724 - Thomas Raitt marries Helen Hunter; John Raitt born St Vigeans 1725 - William Purvis born (Angus?); Original Arbroath harbour improved; Construction of military roads in the Highlands starts 1727 - John Raitt born Arbroath; Board of Trustees for Manufacturers set up to encourage Scottish industry 1728 - John Sangster married Elspet Smith 1734 - John Dorward marries Mary Lyall; Death of outlaw Rob Roy (McGregor) 1739 - John Raitt born St Vigeans; Dick Turpin, highwayman, executed 1742 - James Raitt marries Margaret Soutar; Jean Meikison born Arbroath 1743 - Potato introduced intro Hebrides – cultivation becomes more widespread 1745 - Jacobite rising – Bonnie Prince Charlie; Battle of Prestonpans 1746 - Francis Raitt born St Vigeans; Battle of Culloden and Act of Proscription 1750 - William Crabb born (Angus)? 1752 - Thomas Doig born Forfar 1753 - William Raitt born Kittery, Maine; Citrus treatment for scurvy proved by Scottish surgeon, James Lind 1755 - John Raitt appointed Sheriff of Arundel County, Maryland; Earthquake and tsunami kills 60.000 in Lisbon, Portugal 1757 - Start of British Empire in India 1758 - Halley correctly predicts return of comet 1759 - British capture Quebec from French 1761 - First Scottish settlement in Canada at Murray Bay, Quebec 1763 - John Raitt marries Jean Meikison 1765 - John Dorward born St Vigeans 1768 - Alexander Raitt born Arbroath; First volume of Encyclopaedia Brittanica published in Edinburgh 1769 - James Watt invents steam engine 1770 - William Kelman born Fordyce, Banffshire; James Cook claims Australia for Britain; East India Company employee John Stewart returns to London from Madras on foot 1773 - James Raitt marries Jean Watt; Boston Tea Party - Massachusetts 1774 - David Raitt born St Vigeans; John Crabb born Arbroath 1776 - Shipmaster Alexander Raitt dies in Jamaica; James Watt builds steam engine; American Declaration of Independence: Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations 1777 - Botanist John Lightfoot publishes Flora Scotica; Collapse of tobacco trade 1779 - Captain James Cook killed in Hawaii 1780 - Trading opportunities for Scots with East India Company 1781 - Francis Smith born Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire; Arbroath attacked by French privateer 1783 - Montgolfier hot air balloon flight in France; The Herald – earliest Scottish newspaper 1784 - David Lindsay born Tannadice, Angus 1786 - John Holt born England 1787 - John Wilkie born (Angus?); US Constitution signed 1788 - First British settlement in Australia 1789 - French Revolution 1790 - John Dorward marries Margaret Philip; HMS Bounty crew settle on Pitcairn Island; Opening of Forth and Clyde Canal; Rapid expansion of textile industries; Statistical Account of Scotland first published 1792 - Alexander Sangster marries Margaret Robertson; Year of the Sheep – first major highland clearances in Scotland; Village of Raitts (Inverness-shire) cleared; Guillotine used for first time in France 1793 - Elizabeth Raitt marries John Crabb; William Kelman marries Isabella Irvin; William Kelman born Alvah, Banffshire; Louis XIV and Marie Antoinette executed 1794 - James Crabb born Arbroath 1796 - Alexander Raitt marries Susan Millar; Mungo Park traces course of river Niger in Africa 1798 - Isabella Sangster born Gamrie, Banffshire; Mary Laurence born Fordyce, Banffshire 1799 - Alexander Raitt born Arbroath; Rosetta Stone discovered in Egypt 1800 - James Scorgie born (Banffshire?); George Scorgie starts his Caravan – conveying passengers between Aberdeen and Huntly; David Raitt marries Margaret Chapel; Congreve rockets used for military purposes 1802 - Start of weaving of Paisley shawls 1803 - Louisiana Purchase; Passengers Act passed in Scotland to stem flow of emigrants to British North America 1804 - Cecilia Munro born Greenock, Renfrewshire 1805 - John Raitt born St Vigeans; Battle of Trafalgar – death of Nelson 1806 - Lewis-Clark expedition ends in Missouri; Abolition of slavery; First steam spinning mill in Arbroath 1807 - William Raitt commands the 18 gun brig-sloop Scout in naval battles in the Mediterranean; Start of Sutherland clearances; Abolition of slave trade in Britain; Bell Rock lighthouse built off Arbroath 1808 - Elizabeth Dorward born Arbroath; John Wilkie marries Isabella Wallace 1810 - Mexico independence from Spain declared 1811 - Napoleon invades Russia and loses 570.000 men; Bell Rock lighthouse, off Arbroath, becomes operational; Luddites protests against new textile technology 1812 - Bridget Mottley born (possibly Glamis, Angus); Prime minister Spencer Perceval assassinated; Madison declares war on Britain 1813 – Catherine Wilkie born Forfar, Angus; The Adelphi of Aberdeen, commanded by David Raitt, is captured by Americans off the coast of Brazil; British soldiers burn the White House and public buildings in Washington 1814 - Union of Norway and Sweden 1815 - John Wilkie, Forfar Militia and Honourable East India Company, serves in St Helena; Battle of Waterloo – Napoleon defeated and exiled on St Helena; Highland and Lowland clearances; Corn Laws passed; Collapse of cattle market 1816 - John Lindsay born Tannadice, Angus; Elgin Marbles purchased from Greece and placed on display in British Museum; the “year with no summer” following eruption of Tambora volcano in Indonesia in 1815 resulted in crop failure and famine 1817 - John Benjamin Kellogg born Kentucky; James W. Hold born England; Master George Sangster arrives in Pictou, Canada from Saltcoats in the Baron Ardrossan 1818 - William Kelman marries Mary Laurence; Illinois Immigrant newspaper starts 1819 - Owen Carroll born Ireland; First steam-powered ship (Savannah) crosses Atlantic; Liberation of New Granada (now Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador) from Spain 1820 - James Scorgie married Isabella Sangster; Alexander Scorgie born Macduff, Banffshire; Master David Raitt arrives in Pictou, Canada from Aberdeen in the Ceres; Independence of Brazil from Portugal; Start of decline in hand loom weaving 1822 - Greece declares independence from Turkey; Champollion translates Rosetta Stone based on earlier work by Thomas Young 1823 - Collapse of kelp industry 1824 - National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck founded 1825 - Steven’s Rocket – steam locomotive 1826 - Alexander Raitt marries Mary Stormont; Isabella Kelman born Marnoch, Banffshire; First commercial railway in Scotland between Edinburgh and Dalkeith 1829 - James Crabb marries Cecilia Munro 1831 - Thomas Taylor born Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire; First passenger railway opens – Glasgow to Garnkirk; London Bridge demolished after over 600 years 1832 - Outbreak of cholera, typhoid, flu in Scotland – over 50.000 die 1833 - John Raitt marries Elizabeth Dorward; Burghs establish police forces in Scotland; Factory Act limits hours children work in cotton mills; New Statistical Account of Scotland published 1834 - Margaret Phillips Raitt born Arbroath; William Purvis marries Catherine Wilkie; Babbage invents analytical engine – precursor to computer; House of Parliament burned to the ground 1835 - John Benjamin Kellogg marries Sidney Gaston; John Benjamin Kellogg born Gonzalez Co, TX 1836 - The Alamo – Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Johnny Kellogg killed; End of survey expedition of HMS Beagle – Charles Darwin; Great Trek of Boers in South Africa 1837 - John (Dorward) Raitt born Arbroath; Cecilia Monroe Crabb born Arbroath; Queen Victoria crowned 1838 - Railway comes to Arbroath with link to Dundee 1839 - New harbour in Arbroath built; First photography – daguerreotype 1840 - James Dorward Raitt born Arbroath; James W. Holt emigrates to Illinois; Post service starts – Penny Black stamp 1841 - First decennial census giving names for the whole population 1842 - David Raitt arrived from Scotland and settled in Lachute, Quebec, Canada farming 100 acres before moving to Main Street as a tailor, then jeweller and finally taking office as bailiff. 1842 - James Rait, Merchant and Shipbuilder in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada dies in Jamaica; Hong Kong ceded to Britain by China after Opium Wars; Employment of women and children underground in mines ends 1843 - Elizabeth Abbott born Glamis, Angus; Alexander Scorgie marries Isabella Kelman; Richard M. Holt born Peoria, Illinois; Formation of the Free Church of Scotland; Launch of Great Britain – built by Brunel and first propeller-driven, iron-hulled steamship 1844 - Telegraph invented 1845 - Potato famine starts in Ireland and Scotland 1846 - David Dorward Raitt born Arbroath; Ann Smith born Kirkden, Angus; US declares war on Mexico; Planet Neptune discovered 1847 - Mary Purvis born Arbroath; Power looms for weaving sailcloth introduced in Arbroath 1848 - Alexander Scorgie born Easter Bonnyton, Banffshire; William Robertson Doig born Glamis, Angus; California gold rush starts 1849 - Elizabeth Dorward Raitt born Arbroath 1850 - Scotsman Allan Pinkerton opens first detective agency in Chicago, Illinois; First telegraph laid under English Channel 1852 - South African Republic established; Formation of Highland Emigration Society 1853 - Thomas Taylor marries Charlotte Tandy 1854 - Commodore Perry opens up Japan; Charge of the Light Brigade, Crimea 1855 - Alexander Barnwell Taylor born Springfield, IL; Henry Crabb emigrates to Illinois; David Livingstone discovers Victoria Falls, Rhodesia; Castle Garden becomes America’s first immigrant receiving centre; Introduction of statutory registration in Scotland 1856 - End of Crimean War (Florence Nightingale) 1858 - British rule starts in India after Mutiny; 1st transatlantic telegraph; Great Eastern launched – built by Brunel and largest ship ever (for over forty years) 1859 - John Dorward Raitt marries Cecilia Monroe Crabb; Elizabeth Ann Dorward Raitt born Arbroath 1860 - Cecilia Monroe dies Arbroath; Pony Express starts; Construction of London Underground begins; Lead acid battery invented 1861 - Patrick McAneny born Ireland; American Civil War 1863 - John Dorward Raitt born Glasgow; John (Dorward) Raitt emigrates to Illinois; William Crockett Kellogg born Flatonia, TX; Private William Rait of 165th New York Volunteers (2nd Duryee’s Zouaves) wounded at Port Hudson. Also fighting were 1st sergeant Lewis Raite, Augustus Johnston William Raite, Lewis Raite John McClain; Battle of Gettysburg; First underground railway system in the world opens in London 1864 - Walter Frederick Taylor born Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire; End of American Civil War; Abraham Lincoln becomes president 1865 - Abraham Lincoln assassinated 1867 - US buys Alaska from Russian 1868 - James Dorward Raitt marries Elizabeth Abbott; James Dorward Raitt receives Master Mariner certificate; Meiji restoration in Japan; First official football match between two Scottish teams, Queens Park and Thistle, in Glasgow 1869 - David Dorward Raitt marries Mary Purvis; Alexander Raitt dies Elsinore, Denmark; Alexander Kelman, wife and child die of TB in Aberchirder; Suez Canal (Egypt) opens; Transcontinental rail service established in US; Cutty Sark clipper built in Dumbarton – sails made in Arbroath; Folies Bergeres opens in Paris 1870 - Lily Dorward Raitt born Pike Township, IL; Electric light invented; Unification of Italy 1871 - James Dorward Raitt and family emigrate to Illinois, USA; Elizabeth Dorward Raitt marries William Robertson Doig; William Raitt born Arbroath; John Crabb, sister Jane and infant Becky emigrate to Illinois; Alexander Scorgie marries Ann Smith; German Empire declared; Stanley finds Scottish explorer Livingstone in Tanganyika; First ever rugby international - between England and Scotland 1872 - Education becomes compulsory in Scotland; Mary Celeste discovered unmanned and abandoned in North Atlantic under full sail 1873 - Jennie Crabb Raitt born Peoria, IL; The Highlander newspaper founded in Inverness to air crofter grievances 1874 - Henry Edward Keill born Londonderry, Northern Ireland; Robert Sangster Raitt born Narborough – Principal of Glasgow Uni – parents from Aberdeen; Major Rait, Officer Commanding Royal Artillery at Ashantee, Gold Coast (Africa) granted Freedom of City of Arbroath; Levi Strauss and Jacob Davies receive US patent for blue jeans with copper rivets 1875 - James Crabb died Arbroath; Alexander Croal drowned in shipwreck off Fidra island; Minimum age of ten set for child workers 1876 - Elizabeth Raitt born Deer Creek, IL; Emma Belle Raitt born Ocoya, IL; David Dorward Raitt receives Master Mariner (Captain) certificate; John Harvey Holt born IL; Telephone invented; Custer killed at Little Big Horn 1877 - Elizabeth Ann Dorward Raitt marries Alexander Barnwell Taylor; Helen Scorgie born St Vigeans; Phonograph invented – able to both record and reproduce sound 1879 - Zulu War in South Africa; Tay Railway Bridge disaster - 75 dead 1880 - John Raitt died Arbroath; Bridget Mottley died Washington Township, Illinois; Palace theatre opens in Paris – becomes Casino de Paris 1881 - James Lindsay marries Eliza Jane Drummond; Eyemouth fishing disaster off Berwickshire coast - 129 drowned during storm 1882 - Henry Motley Raitt died Washington Township, IL; Death of outlaw Jesse James in Missouri 1883 - James Dorward Raitt and family move to Nebraska; Elizabeth Dorward died Arbroath; Krakatoa volcano erupts in Indonesia – up to 120.00 killed - weather affected for years; Boys Brigade founded in Glasgow 1884 - Elmer Arthur Holt born Flanagan, IL 1885 - Benz – first petrol driven car 1886 - Statue of Liberty unveiled in New York; Crofters’ Commission set up 1887 - David Dorward Raitt died St Vigeans; Jane Lindsay born Kirriemuir, Angus 1888 - Herbert George Taylor born Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire; Kodak box camera introduced by George Eastman; Jack the Ripper active in London; T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) (b Wales); Scotsman John Dunlop introduces pneumatic tire 1890 - Forth Bridge opened; Eiffel Tower built; Massacre of Wounded Knee 1891 - Ethel B. Horner born IL 1892 - Ellis Island immigration centre opens; Women admitted as undergraduates at Scottish universities 1893 - John Dorward Raitt marries Lily Dorward Raitt; Chicago World Fair; New Zealand becomes first country to give women the vote; Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) born Hunan, China 1894 - Archibald Claude Raitt born Rising City, NE 1895 - Sino-Japanese War ends 1899 - William Raitt marries Helen Scorgie; John Dorward Raitt and family move to Nebraska 1901 - Emma Belle Raitt marries John Harvey Holt; William Raitt born Arbroath; Raitts in Arbroath move to Glasgow; First transatlantic radio communication experiments 1902 - Annie Smith Raitt born Glasgow; End of Boer War 1903 - Mary Purvis Raitt born Glasgow; Charles Carroll born Glasgow; Wright brother’s credited with first powered flight in US; Scotsman David Dunbar Buick established Buick Motor Company in Detroit 1904 - Alta Mae Kilgore born Monroe, NE 1905 - Helen Raitt born Glasgow 1906 - San Francisco earthquake and fire – 3000 dead 1907 - Baden-Powell starts Boy Scout movement; Regular transatlantic radio-telegraph service between Ireland and Nova Scotia commences 1908 - Alice Kirk Raitt born Glasgow; Peter McAneny born Glasgow; Elmer Arthur Holt marries Ethel B. Horner; Model T Ford goes into production; First powered flight in UK; Frederick Cook claims to reach North Pole – although credit controversially given to Robert Peary in 1909 1909 - Alexander Scorgie Raitt born Glasgow 1910 - Elizabeth Raitt marries Henry Edward Keill 1911 - Margaret Phillips Raitt died Arbroath; Capital of India moved from Calcutta to Delhi by British King-Emperor; Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole, just beating Robert Falcon Scott; Northern Rhodesia created 1912 - Herbert George Taylor marries Jane Lindsay; Titanic strikes iceberg on maiden voyage and sinks with loss of 1500 lives 1913 - Kenneth Eugene Holt born Lowell, IL; Emma Belle Raitt died Shiloh, IL 1914 - Start of World War I 1915 - David Raitt born Glasgow; James Eldon Keill born David City, NE; Jennie Crabb Raitt marries John Harvey Holt; Annie Lindsay marries George Milne in Winnipeg; mass Glasgow rent strikes 1916 - Easter Rising in Ireland 1917 - James Dorward Raitt died David City, NE; John Emmett Raitt born Santa Ana, CA; Russian Revolution 1918 - End of World War I; Flu pandemic kills up to 100 million people 1919 - Archibald Claude Raitt marries Alta Mae Kilgore; Alcock and Brown make first non-stop transatlantic flight; German Grand Fleet scuppered in Scapa Flow 1920 - Elden Louis Andrew born Ponca, NE; Cecilia Monroe Crabb died David City, NE 1921 - Marcella Imogene Raitt born Rising City, NE; David and William Lindsay emigrate to New Zealand; Einstein receives Nobel Prize for Physics 1922 - Aileen Taylor born Rotherham, Yorkshire; Audene Clara Taylor born (IL?); William Robertson Doig died Arbroath; Tutankhamun’s tomb discovered in Egypt 1923 -James Scorgie of Turriff emigrates to Canada aged 18; First sound film shown commercially 1924 - John (Dorward) Raitt died Panola, IL; Elizabeth Dorward Raitt died Arbroath; British Empire Exhibition held in London 1925 - Art Deco movement commences 1926 - Lindsay family emigrates to Argentina; First successful liquid-fueled rocket tested: Silent movie idol Rudolph Valentino died - 100.000 people at New York funeral 1927 - Jennie Crabb Raitt died Peoria, IL; Television invented; Charles Lindbergh makes first solo transatlantic flight crossing 1928 - William Raitt died Glasgow; Penicillin discovered 1929 - Graf Zeppelin airship circumnavigates the globe from Lakehurst, NJ; Wall Street Crash 1930 - John Dorward Raitt died Rising City, NE; Amy Johnson becomes first woman to fly solo between Great Britain and Australia; Evacuation of St. Kilda 1931 - Earthquake devastates Napier, NZ – town rebuilt in Art Deco style; Empire State Building completed in New York 1933 - Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany 1934 - David Raitt died Glasgow; Queen Mary launched on Clydebank 1937 - Last Laird of Rait dies; Ann Dorward Raitt (died Peoria, IL; Jet engine introduced; Hindenberg airship catches fire while docking at Lakehurst, New Jersey – 36 dead 1938 - Edward VIII crowned and abdicated; Biro patents ball point pen 1939 - Mary Purvis died Glasgow; New York World’s Fair; Start of 2nd World War All%20Raitts%20in%20history.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0
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