Henry McLeish resigned as Scotlands First Minister
November 8, 2001
Author Neil M Gunn, born in Caithness Scotland
November 8, 1891
Birth of Sir Arnold Bax, composer, writer and Hibernophile
November 8, 1887
Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, born in Dublin
November 8, 1847
Charles Stuart invades England at the head of the Jacobite Army
November 8, 1745
Allan Ramsay's First regular public theatre in Scotland opened in Carrubbers Close, Edinburgh
November 8, 1736
John Duns Scotus, scholar and philosopher, died
November 8, 1308