Black Saturday (1621)

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Black Saturday is a term used in Scotland to describe a dark, stormy Saturday that occurred on 4 August 1621. Many regarded the foul weather as a judgment of Heaven against Acts then passed in the Scots Parliament tending to establish Episcopacy. Many suicides were recorded on this day, as some saw the foul weather as a preparatory for Armageddon, while others believed that "Reaper Gordon" would wreak his revenge on the English.[1]

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  1. ^ The-Nuttall-Encyclopaedia
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