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1 |
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September |
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714 |
|
St
Giles,
patron
saint
of
Edinburgh
and
Elgin,
died.
Source:
The
Scottish
Invention
of
America,
Democracy
and
Human
Rights,
Klieforth
and
Munro,
2004,
ISBN
0-7618-2791
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1 |
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September |
|
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|
St
Giles
Feast
Day.
Edinburgh's
Cathedral
is
St
Giles.
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1 |
|
September |
|
1644 |
|
The
Battle
of
Tippermuir.
Montrose
victory
over
the
Covenanters.
|
|
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1 |
|
September |
|
1880 |
|
The
relief
of
Kandahar
after
a
march
of
over
300
miles
from
Kabul,
at
the
end
of
the
2nd
Afghan
War,
by
General
Roberts
included
the
72nd
Highlanders
and
92nd
Highlanders.
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1 |
|
September |
|
1863 |
|
Violet
Augusta
Mary
Frederica
Kennedy-Erskine
later
the
Angus
poet
Violet
Jacob,
author
of
"The
Wild
Geese",
born.
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2 |
|
September |
|
1978 |
|
Hugh
MacDiarmid
(Christopher
Murray
Grieve)
died.
|
|
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3 |
|
September |
|
1650 |
|
The
Battle
of
Dunbar.
Cromwell
defeated
the
Scots
Army
under
General
David
Leslie.
Sir
William
Sinclair
was
killed
at
the
battle
and
by
tradition
was
the
last
of
the
family
to
be
buried
in
his
armour
in
the
vault
below
Rosslyn
Chapel.
Rosslyn
Castle
was
destroyed
by
General
Monck
but
Rosslyn
Chapel
was
spared,
though
used
for
stabling
horses.
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3 |
|
September |
|
1719 |
|
Solemnization
of
the
Marriage
of
James
Francis
Edward
Stuart
(The
Old
Pretender)
and
Princess
Maria
Clementina
Sobieska.
|
|
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|
3 |
|
September |
|
1752 |
|
The
Gregorian
Calendar
replaced
the
Julian
Calendar,
and
3
September
became
14
September.
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
September |
|
1939 |
|
Britain
and
France
declare
war
on
Germany.
Neville
Chamberlain
announces
to
the
British
people:
"This
morning
the
British
Ambassador
in
Berlin
handed
the
German
government
a
final
note,
stating
that
unless
we
heard
from
them
-
by
11
o'clock
-
that
they
were
prepared
at
once
to
withdraw
their
troops
from
Poland,
a
state
of
war
would
exist
between
us;
I
have
to
tell
you
now
that
no
such
undertaking
has
been
received
and
that,
consequently,
this
country
is
at
war
with
Germany."
Audio
Clip
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4 |
|
September |
|
1241 |
|
Alexander
III
born
at
Roxburgh.
|
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|
4 |
|
September |
|
1571 |
|
Matthew
Stuart
4th
Earl
of
Lennox,
Regent
of
Scotland
shot
dead
in
a
raid
at
Stirling
Castle.
|
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5 |
|
September |
|
1750 |
|
Robert
Ferguson,
Scots
writer
born
in
Edinburgh.
Robert Ferguson on Jeff Nisbet's Edinburgh - Facebook Page
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5 |
|
September |
|
1808 |
|
John
Home,
Scots
writer,
minister
and
historian,
died
at
Merchiston
Bank,
near
Edinburgh.
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
September |
|
1715 |
|
John
Erskine,
the
6th
Earl
of
Mar,"Bobbing
John",
raised
the
Standard
for
James
Francis
Edward
Stuart,
the
"Old
Pretender"
at
the
Braes
o'
Mar,
at
the
start
of
the
1715
Rising.
Braemar,
Scotland
:
History
&
Folklore
|
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|
6 |
|
September |
|
1876 |
|
John
James
Richard
Macleod,
discoverer
of
insulin,
born
near
Dunkeld.
|
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|
6 |
|
September |
|
1914 |
|
The start of the
Battle of The Marne which halted the German advance into France. While this
is seen as a French victory, the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) under General
French played a prominent part.
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7 |
|
September |
|
1306 |
|
Sir
Simon
Fraser
(The
Patriot),
captured
at
St
John's
Town
was
hanged,
drawn
and
quartered
in
London
and
his
head
was
displayed
on
London
Bridge
alongside
William
Wallace's.
Sir
Herbert
Morham
and
Thomas
Le
Boys
were
beheaded
at
the
Tower
for
supporting
the
Scots'
Cause.
Sir
Christopher
Seton,
a
Yorkshire
knight
married
to
Bruce's
sister
Christian,
also
captured
at
St
John's
Town
was
hanged,
cut
down
and
beheaded.
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7 |
|
September |
|
1736 |
|
Captain
John
Porteous
was
seized
by
a
mob
from
the
Edinburgh
Tolbooth
and
hanged
from
a
dyer's
pole
in
the
Grassmarket
for
his
alleged
role
in
firing
on
a
crowd
earlier
that
year.
|
|
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7 |
|
September |
|
1775 |
|
John
Leyden,
poet
and
orientalist,
was
born
at
Denholm.
|
|
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|
7 |
|
September |
|
1914 |
|
Lt Col David Campbell
led a
charge of a Troop of the 9th Lancers against a squadron of
German
Guard Dragoons during the
Battle of the Marne, the last lance on lance action of the First World War.
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8 |
|
September |
|
1468 |
|
Christian
I
of
Denmark,
Sweden
and
Norway
contracted
the
marriage
of
his
only
daughter
Margaret
Oldenburg,
Princess
of
Denmark
to
James
III
(after
discharging
the
Annual
of
Norway
for
Man
and
the
Hebrides)
with
a
dowry
of
60,000
florins,
10,000
florins
to
be
paid
before
her
departure,
and
Orkney
being
pledged
for
50,000
florins.
References:
International
Law
in
Historical
Perspective,
J.
H.
W.
Verzijl
p
391
Publication
of
the
Stair
Society
p.
448
SCAN
Catalogue
-
person
record
The
Annexation
of
the
earldom
of
Orkney
and
lordship
of
Shetland
to
the
Crown,
20th
February
1472
|
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8 |
|
September |
|
1650 |
|
Princess
Elizabeth,
daughter
of
Charles
I,
died
of
neglect
at
Carisbrooke
Castle
on
the
Isle
of
Wight
and
was
buried
at
Newport
Parish
Church,
Sts
Thomas.
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9 |
|
September |
|
1513 |
FLD |
James
IV
and
the
Flower
of
Scotland
fell
in
battle
at
Flodden
Field,
near
Branxton,
Northumberland,
to
the
billhooks
of
the
Earl
of
Surrey's
English
Army.
James
IV
had
invaded
England
as
a
consequence
of
the
"Auld
Alliance"
in
response
to
Henry
VIII's
invasion
of
France.
|
|
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|
9 |
|
September |
|
1543 |
|
Mary
Queen
of
Scots
crowned
at
Stirling
Castle.
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
September |
|
1758 |
|
Alexander
Nasmyth,
Scots
painter,
born
in
Edinburgh.
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
September |
|
1547 |
|
The
Battle
of
Pinkie,
between
Musselburgh
and
Wallyford
on
the
Esk,
part
of
an
English
attempt
to
force
a
union
of
the
kingdoms
by
attempting
to
marry
Mary
Queen
of
Scots
to
Prince
Edward
(later
Edward
VI)
saw
the
Scots
lead
by
the
Earl
of
Arran
defeated
by
an
English
Army
led
by
the
Duke
of
Somerset.
Over
half
the
Scots
Army
was
killed
or
wounded,
but
the
English
plan
failed
as
they
were
prevented
from
reaching
Edinburgh,
and
their
attack
precipitated
Mary's
marriage
to
the
Dauphin
of
France.
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
September |
|
1621 |
|
Sir
William
Alexander,
later
1st
Earl
of
Stirling
and
later
1st
Viscount
of
Canada,
was
granted
Nova
Scotia
by
a
Royal
Charter
from
James
VI.
The
charter
came
with
a
title
of
Baronet
of
Nova
Scotia.
He
later
created
the
Knights
Baronets
of
Nova
Scotia.
|
|
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10 |
|
September |
|
1763 |
|
James
Thomson
born.
He
wrote
chiefly
in
the
local
vernacular
describing
Currie.
He
died
in
1832.
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
September |
|
1847 |
|
The
Caledonian
Railway
opened
its
line
from
Carlisle
to
Beattock.
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
September |
|
1297 |
SB |
The
Battle
of
Stirling
Bridge.
The
Scots
Army
led
Andrew
Moray
and
William
Wallace
defeated
and
destroy
half
the
English
Army,
led
by
Hugh
de
Cressingham,
drawing
them
onto
boggy
ground,
across
the
bridge,
and
cutting
them
off
from
the
rest
of
the
English
Army,
led
by
John
de
Warenne,
Earl
of
Surrey.
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
September |
|
1848 |
|
William
McNab,
the
curator
of
the
Royal
Botanic
Garden
Edinburgh,
who
moved
the
garden
to
its
current
location
at
Inverleith
Row,
died.
The
Scottish
Invention
of
America,
Democracy
and
Human
Rights
By
Alexander
Leslie
Klieforth,
Robert
John
Munro
ISBN-10:
0761827919
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
September |
|
1644 |
|
The
Battle
of
Aberdeen.
The
Marquis
of
Montrose
captures
the
city
from
the
Covenanters
led
by
Lord
Burleigh.
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
September |
|
1645 |
|
The
Battle
of
Philiphaugh.
The
Marquis
of
Montrose
was
defeated
by
General
David
Leslie.
The
Battle
of
Philiphaugh
Memorial,
Philiphaugh
Estates
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
September |
|
1402 |
|
The
Battle
of
Humbleton
or
Homildon
Hill.
The
Earl
of
Douglas
is
defeated
by
Henry
Percy
(Hotspur)
in
Northumberland.
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
September |
|
1580 |
|
Robert
Gordon
of
Straloch,
eminent
geographer
and
antiquary,
born
at
Kinnundy,
Aberdeenshire.
He
was
the
first
graduate
of
Marischal
University,
which
had
been
founded
recently
by
George,
the
Earl
Marischal.
Marischal
Virtual
Museum
-
The
University
of
Aberdeen
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
September |
|
1595 |
|
The
Edinburgh
Royal
High
School
riot.
Bailie
John
MacMorran,
the
wealthy
magistrate,
was
shot
and
killed
by
one
of
the
pupils,
William
Sinclair,
described
as
son
of
the
"Chancellor"
of
Caithness.
Roland
Saint-Clair's
St
Clairs
of
the
Isles
states
this
was
the
later
Sir
William
Sinclair
Knight
of
Mey,
usually
styled
Sir
William
of
Cadboll.
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
September |
|
1940 |
|
Battle
of
Britain
Day
marking
the
day
when
the
most
decisive
air
battles
were
fought.
"Never,
in
the
field
of
conflict
was
so
much
owed
by
so
many
to
so
few."
Winston
Churchill,
1940.
Scots
Historian,
Les
Taylor,
has
claimed
that
the
Battle
of
Britain
began
in
the
skies
over
Orkney,
rather
then
over
the
White
Cliffs
of
Dover.
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|
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|
16 |
|
September |
|
1701 |
|
James
VII
and
II
died
in
exile
at
St
Germain-en-Laye,
outside
Paris.
Map
of
St
Germain-en-Laye
|
|
|
|
16 |
|
September |
|
1745 |
|
Jacobite
forces
rout
Colonel
Gardiner's
13th
Dragoons
at
"The
Canter
of
Coltbrig"
outside
Edinburgh.
|
|
|
|
17 |
|
September |
|
1420 |
|
The
town
of
Melun
in
France
surrenders
to
the
siege
of
England's
Henry
V
and
his
Burgundian
allies.
Twenty
Scots
among
the
defenders
were
hanged
as
they
had
defied
captive
James
I's
orders
to
surrender.
|
|
|
|
17 |
|
September |
|
1470 |
|
The
first
transaction
in
a
series
up
to
16th
May
1471
by
which
the
Crown
in
exchange
of
certain
lands
in
Fife
and
a
pension
of
40
merks
acquired
from
Earl
William
Sinclair
an
irredeemable
title
to
the
earldom
of
Orkney.
The
earldom
of
Orkney
was
then
annexed
by
the
Crown
on
20th
February
1472.
References:
Oppressions
of
the
sixteenth
century
in
the
islands
of
Orkney
and
Zetland,
edited
by
David
Balfour.
p.
xxxv
and
xxxvi
William
Elphinstone
and
the
kingdom
of
Scotland,
1431-1514:
the
struggle
for
order,
Leslie
John
Macfarlane
p.
156
The
Case
for
Udal
Law.
William
Sinclair,
1st
Earl
of
Caithness
3rd
Earl
of
Orkney
(1410
-
1482)
-
Genealogy
The
Annexation
of
the
earldom
of
Orkney
and
lordship
of
Shetland
to
the
Crown,
20th
February
1472
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|
17 |
|
September |
|
1771 |
|
Tobias
Smollett,
Scots
author
of
picaresque
novels,
amongst
them
The
Adventures
of
Roderick
Random
(1748),
The
Adventures
of
Peregrine
Pickle
(1750),
The
Adventures
of
Ferdinand
Count
Fathom
(1753),
died.
|
|
|
|
17 |
|
September |
|
1869 |
|
John
Elder,
engineer
and
shipbuilder,
died.
|
|
|
|
18 |
|
September |
|
1643 |
|
Gilbert
Burnet,
Bishop
of
Salisbury
and
Historian,
born
in
Edinburgh.
|
|
|
|
18 |
|
September |
|
1959 |
|
Auchengeich
Colliery
disaster.
47
men
lost
their
lives
in
a
fire.
|
|
|
|
19 |
|
September |
|
1778 |
|
Henry,
Lord
Brougham,
1st
Baron
Brougham
and
Vaux
born
in
Edinburgh.
|
|
|
|
19 |
|
September |
|
1806 |
|
William
Dyce,
artist,
born
in
Aberdeen.
Aberdeen's
Dyce
Airport
is
named
after
him.
|
|
|
|
19 |
|
September |
|
1859 |
|
Professor
John
Pringle
Nichol,
author
of
"The
Architecture
of
the
Heavens"
died.
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
September |
|
1842 |
|
Sir
James
Dewar,
inventor
of
the
process
of
liquifaction
of
gases,
born.
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
September |
|
1967 |
|
The
"RMS
QUEEN
ELIZABETH
2",
"QE2"
was
launched
by
HM
The
Queen
at
John
Brown
and
Co's
yard,
Clydebank.
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
September |
|
1722 |
|
John
Home,
Scots
writer,
minister
and
historian,
born
at
Leith.
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
September |
|
1745 |
|
The
Battle
of
Prestonpans.
The
Jacobite
Army
defeats
General
Sir
John
Cope's
Government
Army
at
Prestonpans
near
Edinburgh.
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
September |
|
1756 |
|
John
Loudon
MacAdam
who
introduced
the
"macadam"
or
"tarmac"
system
of
road
surfacing,
was
born
in
Ayr.
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
September |
|
1832 |
|
Sir
Walter
Scott
died.
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
September |
|
1834 |
|
Thomas
Telford,
the
civil
engineer
died.
|
|
|
|
23 |
|
September |
|
1678 |
|
The
Royal
Scots
Fusiliers
raised
by
the
Earl
of
Mar
as
"The
Earl
of
Mar's
Regiment".
In
1959
they
were
merged
with
the
The
Highland
Light
Infantry
(City
of
Glasgow
Regiment)
to
form
The
Royal
Highland
Fusiliers
(Princess
Margaret's
Own
Glasgow
and
Ayrshire
Regiment).
In
2006
all
the
old
Scottish
Regiments
were
merged
into
a
new
Regiment,
the
Royal
Regiment
of
Scotland.
|
|
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|
23 |
|
September |
|
1803 |
|
Prints
are
obtainable
from
the
artist,
David
Rowlands
www.davidrowlands.co.uk
The
Battle
of
Assaye.
All
but
one
of
the
officers
of
the
74th
Regiment
of
Foot,
The
Highland
Light
Infantry,
were
killed
or
wounded
in
General
Arthur
Wellesley's
(later
the
Duke
of
Wellington)
greatest
victory
in
India.
|
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|
24 |
|
September |
|
1332 |
|
Edward
Balliol,
son
of
John
Balliol,
crowned
at
Scone.
He
was
regarded
by
many
as
the
legitimate
successor,
but
was
chased
out
of
Scotland
and
sought
refuge
in
England.
|
|
|
|
25 |
|
September |
|
1703 |
|
Archibald
Campbell,
10th
Earl
and
1st
Duke
of
Argyll,
Marquess
of
Kintyre
and
Lorne,
Earl
of
Campbell
And
Cowall,
Viscount
of
Lochow
and
Glenyla,
Lord
of
Inverary,
Mull,
Morvern,
and
Tirie
and
one
of
the
commissioners
who
invited
William
of
Orange
to
Britain
and
responsible
for
the
massacre
of
Glencoe,
died.
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25 |
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September |
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1915 |
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The
first
day
of
the
Battle
of
Loos.
All
ten
Scottish
Regiments
were
involved
in
this
battle
as
part
of
the
9th
and
15th
Divisions.
The
battle
lasted
until
18th
October.
36
Battalions
took
part
and
sustained
over
12,000
casualties,
one
fifth
of
the
total.
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26 |
|
September |
|
1290 |
|
Margaret
"Maid
of
Norway",
Eiriksdottir,
died
in
Orkney.
When
her
grandfather
had
died
Princess
Margaret
was
three
years
old.
The
Scottish
Parliament
appointed
six
Guardians
to
rule
on
her
behalf,
and
on
18th
July
1290
the
Scots
agreed
in
the
Treaty
of
Birgham
(Berwickshire)
that
she
should
marry
Edward
I
of
England's
eldest
son,
Prince
Edward.
At
the
end
of
September,
the
eight-year-old
Queen
set
sail
for
Scotland,
escorted
by
Bishop
Narve
of
Bergen.
She
was
taken
ill
on
the
voyage
and
her
ship
put
in
at
Orkney,
but
she
died
there,
in
the
arms
of
the
Bishop.
She
was
buried
at
the
Kristkirken,
Bergen.
Her
death
left
the
Scottish
succession
open,
and
gave
Edward
I
the
opportunity
to
start
his
attacks
on
Scotland.
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27 |
|
September |
|
1938 |
|
RMS
Queen
Elizabeth
was
built
by
John
Brown
&
Company
shipyard
at
Clydebank,
Scotland,
was
launched.
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28 |
|
September |
|
1582 |
|
George
Buchanan,
poet
humanist
and
tutor
to
James
VI,
died.
|
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28 |
|
September |
|
1864 |
|
Charles
Murray,
North
East
poet,
born
in
Alford,
Aberdeenshire.
Poets'
Corner
-
Charles
Murray
-
Selected
Works
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29 |
|
September |
|
1902 |
|
William
McGonagall,
born
in
1825,
died
in
Edinburgh.
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30 |
|
September |
|
1813 |
|
John
Rae,
surgeon,
trader
and
Canadian
explorer,
was
born
at
Clestrain,
Orphir,
Orkney.
He
died
in
London,
in
1893
and
is
buried
in
St
Magnus
Cathedral,
Kirkwall,
Orkney.
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