Timeline of Edinburgh history hosts Armed Forces Day; two giant pandas from China, Yang Guang and Tian Tian, arrive at Edinburgh Zoo 2012: The Edinburgh Agreement between the Scottish Government and the UK Government on the terms of the Scottish independence referendum 2014 is signed in Edinburgh. 2013: To mark the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden, a minute's silence for the town's dead was observed at the Mercat Cross on 8 September. 2014: Completion of new tramway between the city centre and Edinburgh Airport Timeline of Edinburgh history This article is a timeline of the history of Edinburgh, Scotland, up to the
Tian Songyao Tian Songyao Tian Songyao, Tin Chung-yao, 田颂尧 （1888 - 1975）, warlord of the Sichuan clique and later Kuomintang general. Tian Songyao was born on 1888 in Jianyang, Sichuan. Tian joined the Sichuan Army and rose to command a Cavalry Regiment, of the 2nd Division, of its 1st Army. He also was the garrison commander of Chengdu from 1916 to 1918. In 1918, Tian was promoted to command the Beijing Government's 41st Brigade of the 21st Division. Later the same year Tian became the 21st Division commander, a post which he held until 1925. In 1925, Tian became Deputy Head of