Events for April 14

April 14, 1736

Porteous Riots in Edinburgh take place after the hanging of a smuggler by the City Guard

The Porteous Riots surrounded the activities of Captain John Porteous, Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh (ca. 1695 – 1736). Porteous seems to have been an overbearing official, despised by the mob and the underclasses of Edinburgh society.

April 14, 1886

Jack Beattie, socialist politician and trade unionist, is born in Belfast

April 14, 1903

Aberdeen Football Club was founded.

April 14, 1917

Birth of actress Valerie Hobson in Larne, Co. Antrim