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Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott
1897Aug, 21

Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott

Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish soldier and peer (d. 1966)
Major General Robert Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, (21 August 1897 – 15 December 1966) was a senior British Army officer who served in both the First World War and the Second World War.

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Events on 1897

  • 22Jun

    Chapekar brothers

    British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
  • 26Jul

    Siege of Malakand

    Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
  • 2Aug

    Siege of Malakand

    Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
  • 31Aug

    Kinetoscope

    Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
  • 12Sep

    Battle of Saragarhi

    Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi.