The new town of Edinburgh was started in 1766 as the old town perched oe stony bas e below the castle was becoming so overcrowded and very unsanitary as there was no sewage system (due to the rock)
As the new town was built (for the richer residents) the loch that separated the old from the new was drained and the current Princes Gardens were established.
The iconic Sir Walter Scott sandstone monument on Princes St is the tallest monument to an individual in the world.
King George IV was the original 'Georgie Porgie' of the nursery rhyme fame.
Queen Victoria used chloroform that had been invented by a Scot, and she was pleased with it's use and decreed that women would be allowed to enjoy the benefits it bestowed. Prior to this women were supposed to bear all and not partake of any pain reducing assistance. Thanks Your Majesty!!
Sir Arthue Conan Doyle (educated in Edinburgh) practiced medicine all his life and tried to kill off Sherlock Holmes as he did not like the character he had created. However public opinion forced him to keep his character alive as he wrote more stories. Doyle also had afalling out with Houdini as Doyle really did believe in magic and fairies etc and when meeting Houdini he praised him as being 'truly magic' and Houdini told him that was not so and Doyle would not have it.
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