|
|
7 |
|
December |
|
521 |
|
St
Columba
born.
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
December |
|
1545 |
|
Henry
Stuart,
Lord
Darnley,
born.
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
December |
|
1784 |
|
Allan
Cunningham,
Scottish
Poet,
born.
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
December |
|
1542 |
|
Mary
Queen
of
Scots,
born
at
Linlithgow.
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
December |
|
1165 |
|
Malcolm
IV
"The
Maiden"
died.
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
December |
|
1578 |
|
Robert
Kerr,
1st
Earl
of
Ancram
died
after
this
date
in
poverty,
in
the
Netherlands.
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
December |
|
1540 |
|
Act
of
Annexation
of
the
lordships,
lands
and
castles,
with
pertinents
of
Orkney
and
Shetland.
Reference
Records
of
the
Parliaments
of
Scotland
See
also
The
Annexation
of
the
earldom
of
Orkney
and
lordship
of
Shetland
to
the
Crown,
20th
February
1472
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
December |
|
1747 |
|
Duncan
Forbes
of
Culloden
died.
Scots
statesman,
and
loyal
to
the
Government,
he
persuaded
many
not
to
join
the
Jacobite
cause
in
1745
and
also
sought
mercy
for
the
Jacobites
after
their
defeat.
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
December |
|
1941 |
|
The
sinking
of
HMS
PRINCE
OF
WALES
and
HMS
REPULSE
in
1941
by
Japanese
aircraft
off
the
Malayan
coast
in
the
events
leading
to
the
fall
of
Singapore.
HMS
PRINCE
OF
WALES
had
a
crew
of
1,612
and
20
officers,
280
sailors
and
27
marines
were
lost.
The
dead
included
Admiral
Sir
Tom
Phillips,
CinC
of
the
Eastern
Fleet,
and
PRINCE
OF
WALES
commanding
officer,
Capt
John
C.
Leach.
.HMS
REPULSE
was
built
on
the
Clyde.
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
December |
|
1899 |
|
The
Highland
Brigade
under
Maj
Gen
Wauchope
took
part
in
the
Battle
of
Magersfontein
in
the
South
African
War.
The
Brigade
included
1st
Bn
The
Highland
Light
Infantry
(now
2
SCOTS)
2nd
Bn
The
Black
Watch
(now
3
SCOTS),
1st Gordon Highlanders and 2nd Bn
The
Seaforth
Highlanders
(now
4
SCOTS),and
1st
Bn
The
Argyll
and
Sutherland
Highlanders
(now
5
SCOTS).
The
Brigade
advanced
to
within
400
yards
of
the
Boer
positions
when
they
hit
a
trip
wire.
The
Boers
opened
fire,
General
Wauchope
was
killed
and
the
Brigade
held
up
by
wire
and
rifle
fire,
taking
heavy
casualties,
and
ultimately
withdrew.
The
action
is
remembered
in
the
pipe
tune
"The
Highland
Brigade
at
Magersfontein".MP3
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
December |
|
1936 |
|
Edward
VIII's
instrument
of
abdication
took
effect.
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
December |
|
1574 |
|
Anne
of
Denmark,
wife
of
James
VI
and
I
born.
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
December |
|
1585 |
|
William
Drummond,
poet
of
Hawthornden,
Midlothian,
born.
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
December |
|
1542 |
|
James
V
died
at
Falkland
Palace.
Regency
eventually
passed
to
his
widow,
Mary
of
Guise.
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
December |
|
1730 |
|
James
Bruce,
Scots
Explorer,
and
discoverer
of
the
source
of
the
Blue
Nile,
born
at
Kinnaird
House
in
Stirlingshire.
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
December |
|
1900 |
|
An investigation subsequently concluded that it was on this day, probably in
the afternoon that
the
three Keepers of the year old
Flannan Isles Lighthouse disappeared. The work of the forenoon had
been completed and no light was visible that night. No trace of them was
ever found. WW Gibson wrote an epic poem on the mystery,
"Flannan Isle".
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
December |
|
1951 |
|
James
Eric
Drummond,
7th
Earl
of
Perth,
died.
He
was
a
diplomat
and
the
first
General
Secretary
of
the
League
of
Nations.
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