|
1 |
|
January |
|
1537 |
|
James
V
married
Magdalen
of
France
|
|
|
1 |
|
January |
|
1651 |
|
Charles
II
crowned
at
Scone.
|
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|
1 |
|
January |
|
1600 |
|
Scotland
celebrates
the
New
Year
for
the
first
time
on
1
January.
Until
1582
when
the
Gregorian
Calendar
was
adopted,
the
New
Year
started
on
25
March.
|
|
|
1 |
|
January |
|
1768 |
|
James
Francis
Edward
Stuart,
"The
Old
Pretender"
died
in
Rome.
|
|
|
1 |
|
January |
|
1801 |
|
The
adoption
of
the
second
and
current
version
of
the
Union
Flag
or
Union
Jack
adding
the
cross
of
St
Patrick
to
the
previous
version,
originally
a
Royal
Flag,
which
combined
the
crosses
of
St
Andrew
and
St
George
on
the
1800
Act
of
Union
of
Ireland
with
Great
Britain
(England
(and
Wales)
and
Scotland)
coming
into
force.
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1 |
|
January |
|
1919 |
|
Sinking
of
the
Admiralty
Yacht
"IOLAIRE"
off
Lewis.
Early
in
the
morning,
as
the
Yacht,
which
was
carrying
naval
ratings
home
from
the
First
World
War,
foundered
on
rocks
close
to
the
shore.
205
men
died.
|
|
|
1 |
|
January |
|
1928 |
|
Iain
Crichton
Smith,
poet,
who
wrote
in
English
and
Gaelic,
born.
He
died
on
15th
October
1988.
|
|
|
2 |
|
January |
|
1877 |
|
Alexander
Bain,
the
inventor
of
the
"chemical
telegraph",
the
first
"fax"
machine,
born
at
Watten,
Caithness,
October
1810,
died
at
Kirkintilloch.
|
|
|
3 |
|
January |
|
1959 |
|
Edwin
Muir,
poet,
died.
He
was
the
youngest
of
six
children
born
to
tenant
farmers
in
the
Orkney
Islands
on
15
May
1887.
|
|
|
4 |
|
January |
|
1951 |
|
Dr
George
Cathcart,
ENT
Specialist,
born
in
Edinburgh,
and
sponsor
of
the
first
Henry
Wood
Promenade
Concerts
(The
"Proms"),
died.
|
|
|
5 |
|
January |
|
1993 |
|
The
oil
tanker
"BRAER"
ran
aground
off
Shetland.
The
Protection
of
Wrecks
(MV
Braer)
Order
1993
The
"BRAER"
Page
|
|
|
5 |
|
January |
|
1823 |
|
Lieutenant-Colonel George Johnston died. Born on
19th March 1764 in Annandale, Dumfriesshire, he was
briefly Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales, Australia after leading the
rebellion later known as the
Rum Rebellion which deposed the Governor, William Bligh.
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|
5 |
|
January |
|
|
|
"Twelfth
Night",
the
twelve
days
start
after
Christmas
Day
with
Boxing
Day
as
the
first
day
of
Christmas,
7
days
in
December,
5
days
in
January,
so
the
5th
January
is
the
night
before
the
twelfth
day
.
snopes.com:
The
Twelve
Days
of
Christmas.
(Until
modern
times,
the
next
day
started
at
sunset).
|
|
|
6 |
|
January |
|
|
|
Epiphany,
"The
Three
Kings",
the
twelfth
day
of
Christmas. |
|
|
6 |
|
January |
|
1540 |
|
Ane
Satyre
Of
The
Thrie
Estaites,
Linlithgow
Palace,
first
presented
in
front
of
King
James
V
and
his
court
at
Linlithgow
Palace,
during
the
Twelfth
Night
feast
of
1540.
See
also
University
of
Bielefeld,
British
History
Scotland,
The
Three
Estates
|
|
|
6 |
|
January |
|
1781 |
|
The
78th
Highlanders,
Seaforth
Highlanders
later
Queens
Own
Highlanders,
The
Highlanders
and
now
4
SCOTS
and
the
83rd
Regiment
of
Foot
(Royal
Glasgow
Volunteers)
took
part
in
the
Battle
of
Jersey,
Channel
Islands,
repulsing
a
French
invasion.
|
|
|
7 |
|
January |
|
1451 |
|
The
University
of
Glasgow
was
established
by
a
bull
of
Pope
Nicholas
V,
granted
at
the
request
of
James
II
influenced
by
William
Turnbull,
Bishop
of
Glasgow.
He
in
turn
secured
a
charter
from
James
II
in
1453
and
granted
one
of
his
own
which
gave
the
University
great
privileges
including
freedom
of
jurisdiction
and
exemption
from
taxes.
This
was
Scotland's
second
university.
St
Andrews
was
the
first
in
1412.
Aberdeen
would
be
the
third
in
1494,
and
Edinburgh
the
fourth
in
1582.
England
then
had
2
universities.
Oxford
(11th
Century),
Cambridge
(1352).
Its
third,
The
University
of
Durham
was
not
founded
until
1832.
Blue
Berg |
|
|
7 |
|
January |
|
1746 |
|
George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith GCB born in Elphinstone Tower, near
Stirling,
a
British admiral active throughout the Napoleonic Wars. He died on 10th March
1823 |
|
|
7 |
|
January |
|
1806 |
|
Battle
of
Blaauwberg
(Blue
Berg)
took
place
for
the
Cape
of
Good
Hope.
The
71st
(Highland
Light
Infantry),
72nd
(Seaforth
Highlanders)
and
93rd
(Sutherland
Highlanders)
Regiments
of
Foot,
effected
a
Highland
charge
on
the
Batavian
line
and
routed
the
(Napoleonic)
Dutch
forces,as
a
result
of
which
Britain
controlled
the
route
through
to
India,China,
and
the
west
coast
of
Spanish
South
America
via
Australia.
Ref:
Blue
Berg
Britain
takes
The
Cape
by
Mark
Robert
Dunbar
Anderson
published
2008.
International
Prices
and
Postage:
Hardback:
Surface
Mail
£25/USD50;
Air
£30/USD60
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bound
&
one
Colour
Print-
Surface
Mail£50/USD100:Air
£60/USD120
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|
8 |
|
January |
|
1585
or
1586 |
|
George
5th
Lord
Seton
died.
Born
in
1531
to
George
Seton,
4th
Lord
Seton
and
Elizabeth
Hay.
A
contract
for
the
marriage
of
George
Seton,
5th
Lord
Seton
and
Isabel
Hamilton
was
signed
on
2
August
1550.
He
was
educated
in
France.He
succeeded
to
the
title
of
5th
Lord
Seton
on
17
July
1549.
On
17
December
1557
he
was
appointed
by
the
Scottish
Parliament
to
attend
the
marriage
of
Mary
Queen
of
Scots
with
the
Dauphin
of
France.
He
held
the
office
of
Master
of
the
Household
to
Mary
Queen
of
Scots
in
1563.
In
1568
he
was
exiled
in
the
Low
Countries
after
Mary
Queen
of
Scots
was
defeated
at
the
Battle
of
Langside.
He
was
invested
as
a
Privy
Counsellor
(PC)
in
1573.
He
was
Scottish
Ambassador
to
France
in
1583.
|
|
|
8 |
|
January |
|
1746 |
|
The
Burgh
of
Stirling
surrenders
to
the
Jacobite
Army
.
Ref:
The
Scottish
Jacobite
Army
1745–46
by
Stuart
Reid
p.4
ISBN:
9781846030734
|
|
|
9 |
|
January |
|
1981 |
|
A
J
Cronin
,
best
known
for
his
"Dr
Finlay"
books,
died.
|
|
|
9 |
|
January |
|
2000 |
|
Nigel
Tranter,
the
great
Scots
Historical
Novelist
died.
He
was
born
in
Glasgow
on
23
November
1909
and
was
educated
at
George
Heriot's
School
in
Edinburgh.
|
|
|
10 |
|
January |
|
1750 |
|
Thomas,
1st
Baron
Erskine
prominent
advocate
born.
|
|
|
11 |
|
January |
|
1999 |
|
Naomi
Mitchison Scottish novelist and social activist,
died.
|
|
|
12 |
|
January |
|
1916 |
|
Steamer
"TRAQUAIR"
owned
by
George
Gibson
&
Co
Ltd,
Leith,
when
1
mile
SW
from
Admiralty
Pier,
Dover,
was
mined
and
sunk.
She
was
on
route
from
Leith
to
Dunkirk.
|
|
|
13 |
|
January |
|
1746 |
|
Jacobite
skirmish
at
Linlithgow
.
Ref:
The
Scottish
Jacobite
Army
1745–46
by
Stuart
Reid
p.4
ISBN:
9781846030734
|
|
|
14 |
|
January |
|
1872 |
|
"Greyfriars
Bobby"
died
after
keeping
watch
for
fourteen
years
over
his
Master's
grave
in
Greyfriars
Churchyard.
There
is
a
statue
of
"Bobby"
on
Candlemakers
Row,
close
to
Bobby's
Bar.
A
memorial
for
his
master
John
Gray
"Auld
Jock"
was
placed
by
American
dog
lovers
at
the
until
then
unmarked
grave
and
the
memorial
to
the
faithful
dog
is
just
inside
the
gate
of
the
graveyard,
where
he
was
buried
rather
than
on
consecrated
ground
and
was
placed
there
by
the
Dog
Aid
Society
of
Scotland
in
1981.
|
|
|
15 |
|
January |
|
1803 |
|
Marjory
Fleming,
"Pet
Marjory",
child
writer
and
poet,
who
died
in
1811
of
meningitis
at
the
age
of
8,
born
in
Kirkcaldy.
|
|
|
15 |
|
January |
|
1973 |
|
Neil
Gunn,
author
of
"The
Silver
Darlings",
and
other
works
on
Caithness,
died.
|
|
|
16 |
|
January |
|
1707 |
|
The
Treaty
of
Union
was
ratified.
The
treaty
to
unite
the
Scottish
and
Westminster
Parliaments
was
passed
by
110
votes
to
67,
but
was
less
than
popular
in
the
country.
Crowds
outside
the
Parliament
burnt
copies
of
the
treaty,
and
some
threw
stones
at
the
Parliament
windows.
In
Glasgow
those
opposed
to
the
treaty
held
the
city
for
over
a
month.
The
Scottish
Parliament: - History - The
Scottish
Parliamentary
Tradition - The
Treaty
of
Union
A
Parcel
of
Rogues
in
a
Nation
|
|
|
16 |
|
January |
|
1809 |
|
General
Sir
John
Moore
killed
at
the
Battle
of
Elviña,
La
Coruña,
and
buried
on
the
town's
ramparts.
|
|
|
16 |
|
January |
|
1945 |
|
The
start
of
Operation
Blackcock,
the
Battle
for
the
Roer
Triangle,
to
break
through
Germany's
West
Wall.
The
Lothian
and
Borders
Yeomanry
take
part
in
a
successful
operation
to
secure
Dieteren.
The
52nd
Division
had
been
trained
as
Mountain
Troops
and
fought
in
the
flattest
country
in
Europe
and
wore
their
"Mountain
Flash"
throughout.
"The
Battle
for
the
Roer
Triangle"
is
available
from
the
Erskine
Hospital,
price
£
15.
|
|
|
17 |
|
January |
|
1746 |
|
The
Battle
of
Falkirk.
The
retreating
Jacobite
Army
defeated
the
new
Government
Commander,
General
Hawley.
He
blamed
his
own
soldiers
for
the
defeat,
accusing
them
of
cowardice.
|
|
|
17 |
|
January |
|
1945 |
|
5
KOSB
(King's
Own
Scottish
Borderers)
clear
Oud-Roosteren
during
Operation
Blackcock,
the
Battle
for
the
Roer
Triangle.
|
|
|
18 |
|
January |
|
1792 |
|
Sir
John
Pringle,
pioneer
of
military
medical
services,
died.
|
|
|
18 |
|
January |
|
1945 |
|
6
Cameronians
establish
themselves
in
Heilder
and
5
HLI
(Highland
Light
Infantry)
cleared
Schalbruch
during
Operation
Blackcock,
the
Battle
for
the
Roer
Triangle
.
|
|
|
18/19 |
|
January |
|
1945 |
|
7/9
RS
(The
Royal
Scots)
and
4
KOSB
(King's
Own
Scottish
Borderers)
take
part
in
Task
Bear to
capture
Waldfeucht
(in
Germany)
and
Koningsbosch
during
Operation
Blackcock,
the
Battle
for
the
Roer
Triangle
.
|
|
|
19 |
|
January |
|
1736 |
|
James
Watt,
developer
of
the
steam
engine,
born
in
Greenock.
|
|
|
19 |
|
January |
|
1945 |
|
7
Cameronians
clear
the
villages
east
of
Höngen,
Saeffelen
and
Breberen
during
Operation
Blackcock,
the
Battle
for
the
Roer
Triangle
.
|
|
|
20 |
|
January |
|
1936 |
|
George
V
died
at
Sandringham. |
|
|
20 |
|
January |
|
1945 |
|
6
HLI
(Highland
Light
Infantry)
attack
and
capture
Bocket
during
Operation
Blackcock,
the
Battle
for
the
Roer
Triangle
.
83
PW
and
an
88
mm
were
captured.
This
brought
the
PW
captured
to
16
Officers
and
584
other
ranks
since
the
operation
began.
|
|
|
21 |
|
January |
|
1940 |
|
"HMS
EXMOUTH"
was
sunk
by
a
U-Boat
in
the
Moray
Firth
with
the
loss
of
189
lives.
|
|
|
21 |
|
January |
|
1945 |
|
The
Germans
counter
attacked
Waldfeucht
during
Operation
Blackcock,
the
Battle
for
the
Roer
Triangle
.
3
Companies
of
5
KOSB
defended
the
village
successfully
and,
and
were
relieved
by
4
KOSB
by
dark.
7
Cameronians
captured
Selsten
and
1
GLAS
H
(Glasgow
Highlanders)
captured
Hontem
and
Frilinghoven.
6
Cameronians
relieved
7
Cameronians
who
concentrated
at
Bocket
and
6
Cameronians
occupied
Braunsrath
during
the
night
and
a
German
counter
on
Selsten
was
resisted.
|
|
|
22 |
|
January |
|
1689 |
|
William
and
Mary
proclaimed
joint
sovereigns
of
Great
Britain
by
the
Convention
Parliament.
|
|
|
22 |
|
January |
|
1777 |
|
Joseph
Hume,
surgeon
and
later
politician,
was
born
in
Montrose.
He
died
in
1885.
|
|
|
22 |
|
January |
|
1945 |
|
5
HLI
(Highland
Light
Infantry)
captured
Laffeld
during
Operation
Blackcock
the
Battle
for
the
Roer
Triangle.
|
|
|
23 |
|
January |
|
1570 |
|
Regent
Moray
shot
dead
by
Hamilton
of
Bothwellhaugh
at
Linlithgow,
initiating
civil
war.
|
|
|
23 |
|
January |
|
1945 |
|
6
HLI
(Highland
Light
Infantry)
supported
by
the
SRY
(Sherwood
Rangers)
occupy
the
Aphoven
area
during
Operation
Blackcock
the
Battle
for
the
Roer
Triangle.
|
|
|
24 |
|
January |
|
1945 |
|
7/9
RS
(
Royal
Scots)
and
4
KOSB
of
52nd
Lowland
Division,
having
entered
Germany
overnight,
captured
Heinsberg
during
Operation
Blackcock
Battle
for
the
Roer
Triangle.
Opposition
was
light
and
a
counter
attack
was broken
up.
180 PW
were
captured.
Haaren
was
occupied
by
7
Cameronians.
This
completed
the
operation,
40
small
towns
and
villages
had
been
captured,
23
officers
and
1,112
other ranks had been captured
with
a
further
85 PW taken
through
medical
channels.
The
evacuation
of
700
German
civilians
which
had
begun
during
the
operation
continued.
The
52nd
Division
had suffered
752
casualties,
4 officers
were killed,
1
died
of
wounds,
and
32
were wounded,
84 other
ranks
were killed,
12
died
of
wounds
and
619 were wounded.
|
|
|
25 |
|
January |
|
1759 |
|
Robert
Burns,
the
National
Bard,
born.
|
|
|
25 |
|
January |
|
1817 |
|
The
Scotsman
first
published. |
|
|
26 |
|
January |
|
1722 |
|
Very
Rev
Alexander
Carlyle,
Minister
of
Inveresk
and
pioneer
of
the
sunday
school
movement
born
the
son
of
the
local
minister
in
Prestonpans,
East
Lothian.
He
was
a
witness
to
the
Battle
of
Prestonpans
in
1745
.
He
was
educated
at
the
University
of
Edinburgh,
the
University
of
Glasgow
and
University
of
Leiden.
|
|
|
26 |
|
January |
|
1878 |
|
Kirkpatrick
Macmillan,
inventor
of
the
bicycle,
died.
|
|
|
26 |
|
January |
|
|
|
Australia
Day.
"Scots
played
many
key
parts
in
the
story
of
Australia.
Scots
were
convicts,
soldiers
and
governors;
orphans,
free
settlers
and
gold
hunters;
bushrangers,
merchants
and
immigrants." |
|
|
27 |
|
January |
|
1783 |
|
The
Glasgow
Herald
first
published
as
the
Glasgow
Advertiser.
The
Times
was
first
published
2
years
later
in
1785
as
the
Daily
Universal
Register,
the
Dundee
Courier
33
years
later
in
1816
and
the
Scotsman
34
years
later
in
1817.
|
|
|
28 |
|
January |
|
1582 |
|
John
Barclay,
Scottish
satirist
and
Latin
poet
born
at
Pont-à-Musson
in
Lorraine.
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28 |
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January |
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1829 |
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William
Burke,
of
Burke
and
Hare
infamy,
hanged
in
Edinburgh
for
the
West
Port
Murders.
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29 |
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January |
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1928 |
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Earl
Haig,
Commander
in
Chief
of
the
British
Army,
1915-1918,
and
founder
of
The
Royal
British
Legion,
died.
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30 |
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January |
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1649 |
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Charles
I
executed
in
Whitehall,
London.
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31 |
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January |
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1762 |
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Lachlan
Macquarie,
known
as
"The
Father
of
Australia",
was
born
on
on
the
small
island
of
Ulva
in
the
Inner
Hebrides.
Lachlan
was
related
to
the
last
chieftain
of
the
Clan
Macquarie
and
to
the
chieftain
of
Lochbuy
in
Mull.
As
Governor
of
New
South
Wales
from
1810
to
1822,
he
brought
reform
to
the
convict
colony
and
began
an
ambitious
building
programme
in
Sydney.
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31 |
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January |
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1788 |
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Charles
Edward
Stuart,
"The
Young
Pretender",
"Bonnie
Prince
Charlie"
died
in
Rome.
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31 |
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January |
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1918 |
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Battle
of
the
Isle
of
May.
100
men
died
in
a
series
of
collisions
between
submarines
in
the
Firth
of
Forth.
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31 |
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January |
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1919 |
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The
Battle
of
George
Square.
60,000
striking
workers
fought
with
police,
but,
as
the
strikers
included
many
former
servicemen,
they
drove
the
police
off.
In
the
aftermath
some
10,000
English
Soldiers
were
sent
to
Glasgow,
despite
the
presence
of
a
Scottish
Regiment
at
Maryhill,
as
the
Government
feared
full
revolution.
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