Aberdeen is a city in Scotland, United Kingdom.

On 11 December 1885, after a speech by Lord Aberdeen, Lady Aberdeen unveiled a bronze statue and plaque of Alexander Selkirk outside a house on the site of Selkirk's original home on the Main Street of Lower Largo, Fife, Scotland.

In Scotland the only one which has survived the convulsions of the 16th century is Aberdeen Breviary, a Scottish form of the Sarum Office ( the Sarum Rite was much favoured in Scotland as a kind of protest against the jurisdiction claimed by the diocese of York ), revised by William Elphinstone ( bishop 1483 – 1514 ), and printed at Edinburgh by Walter Chapman and Andrew Myllar in 1509 – 1510.

In Aberdeen, Scotland, the shipbuilders Alexander Hall and Sons developed the " Aberdeen " clipper bow in the late 1830s: the first was the Scottish Maid launched in 1839.

At the age of 10 he was taken by his mother to hear a talk given by John Thomas in Aberdeen, Scotland.

On 30 November 1682 he was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Haddo, Methlic, Tarves and Kellie, Viscount of Formartine and Earl of Aberdeen.

George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen ( 6 October 1637 – 20 April 1720 ), Lord Chancellor of Scotland, was the second son of Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet, of Haddo, Aberdeenshire, ( executed in 1644 ); by his wife, Mary Forbes.

In 1682 he was made Lord Chancellor of Scotland, and was created, on 13 November, Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Formartine, and Lord Haddo, Methlick, Tarves and Kellie, in the Scottish peerage, being appointed also Sheriff Principal of Aberdeenshire and Midlothian.

Aberdeen in Scotland, which is constructed principally from local granite, is known as " The Granite City ".

Scotland advanced markedly in educational terms during the fifteenth century with the founding of the University of St Andrews in 1413, the University of Glasgow in 1450 and the University of Aberdeen in 1495, and with the passing of the Education Act 1496, which decreed that all sons of barons and freeholders of substance should attend grammar schools.

By the 18th century there were five universities in Scotland, at Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews and King's and Marischial Colleges in Aberdeen, compared with only two in England.

Shetland is also served by a domestic connection from Lerwick to Aberdeen on mainland Scotland.

There are frequent charter flights from Aberdeen to Scatsta near Sullom Voe, which are used to transport oilfield workers and this small terminal has the fifth largest number of international passengers in Scotland.

* February – King's College, Aberdeen, predecessor of the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, is founded on the petition of William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen.

* Aberdeen, Scotland since 1955

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* Alistair Urquhart, former Gordon Highlander, born in Aberdeen, Scotland.

In Scotland, the position of Rector exists in the four Ancient Universities-( St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh ) ( in order of foundation ) and at Dundee, which is considered to have Ancient status as a result of its early connections to St. Andrews University.

The current Rector of the University of Aberdeen is Maitland Mackie, owner and chairman of Mackie's of Scotland.

The Aberdeen Bestiary is related to other bestiaries of the Middle Ages and especially the Ashmole Bestiary.

The tradition is often carried out at other sporting events, both professional or amateur, and even sometimes at non-sporting events where the anthem is played, throughout the Baltimore / Washington area and beyond, notably at Baltimore Ravens, Washington Capitals, Georgetown Hoyas, Maryland Terrapins, Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia Tech Hokies, West Virginia Mountaineers, Penn State Nittany Lions and Aberdeen Ironbirds games.

The Aberdeen Bestiary is one of the best known of over 50 manuscript bestiaries surviving today.

Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, in the County of Aberdeen, in the County of Meath and in the County of Argyll, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Also, the United States Army Communications and Electronics Life Cycle Management Command ( CECOM-LCMC ) Headquarters at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland is named Armstrong Hall in his honor.

Given the differences of opinion within the Lord Aberdeen cabinet over the direction of foreign policy with regard to relations between Britain and the French under Napoleon III, it is not surprising that debate raged within the government as Louis Bonaparte, now assuming the title of Emperor Napoleon III of France.

The name " Hong Kong ", literally meaning " fragrant harbour ", is derived from the area around present-day Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island, where fragrant wood products and fragrant incense were once traded.

The Aberdeen Pavilion, built in 1898 in Ottawa was used for ice hockey in 1904 and is the oldest existing facility that has hosted Stanley Cup games.

He is buried in Allenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen.

Traditional academic prizes, such as the University of Aberdeen's Lumsden and Sachs Fellowship, tend to be awarded for performance in theology ( or divinity as it is known at Aberdeen ) and religious studies.

* August 9 – The Aberdeen Act is signed as part of the abolition of the African slave trade.

* The city of Aberdeen is chartered by William the Lion.

* Aberdeen is burned by the English.

* The Bishopric of Aberdeen is established.

Returning home he was created a peer of the United Kingdom as Viscount Gordon, of Aberdeen in the County of Aberdeen ( 1814 ), and made a member of the Privy Council.

Geelong played most of its early home games at the Argyle Square, situated between Aberdeen Street and Pakington Street.

As a young man Gladstone had treated his father's estate, Fasque, in Forfarshire, southwest of Aberdeen, as home, but as a younger son he would not inherit it.

After inducting his successor, Lawson of Aberdeen, as minister of St Giles ' on 9 November, Knox returned to his home for the last time.

Aberdeen is home to the U. S. Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground ( APG ).

Aberdeen is also the home port of the tall ship Lady Washington, a reproduction of a smaller vessel used by the explorer Captain Robert Gray, featured in the Pirates of the Caribbean film The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Aberdeen is home to Grays Harbor College, located in south Aberdeen, and is represented by the Charlie Choker mascot.

Cobain was shuttled between relatives until 1983 when he moved back to his mother's home in Aberdeen, Washington, the city of his birth, during his sophomore year of high school.

A small campus at Hilton became part of the university estate following a merger in 2001 between the University and the Aberdeen campus of the Northern College, and temporarily became home to the university's Faculty of Education.

* James B. Baker House, historic home in Aberdeen, Maryland, United States

In addition to this elaborate figure-piece, Wilkie was much employed at the time upon portraits, both at home and in Kinghorn, St Andrews and Aberdeen.

* Robbie Winters ( Scottish Footballer ) Robbie started out at Scottish Premier league side Dundee United as a youth product, and after 4 eventful season's at Tannadice he moved on to fellow SPL side Aberdeen FC in a memorable transfer that saw Dons forward Billy Dodds move in the opposite direction ( plus cash ). Winters went on to play in Norwegian football before returning home to play for Livingston FC and Alloa FC in the twilight of his career.

He sent him to Grammar School briefly in Aberdeen, and in 1588, the year the Spanish Armada was defeated, at the age of ten ( or 14 ) Thomas left home to enter Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, an Anglican institution.

In June 2003, the company moved to new premises at Craigshaw Business Park in West Tullos, Aberdeen and the original headquarters at Queens Cross were subsequently demolished, becoming home to a development of luxury flats.

Dunfermline's first home win of the season was a 3 – 0 victory against Aberdeen on 28 April 2012.

* Biggest home attendance: 8, 122: vs Aberdeen on 3 February 1972 – 73

In 1871, William Ewart Gladstone stated at a meeting held in Aberdeen that if Ireland was to be granted home rule, then the same should apply to Scotland.

10 miles from Braemar it passes Balmoral Castle, holiday home of the Royal Family, then continues through Ballater, where many small local shops proudly display the Royal Warrant, Aboyne, Kincardine O ' Neil, Banchory and Peterculter before entering Aberdeen city.

Cults was once home to Sir Alex Ferguson, who was the manager of Aberdeen F. C.