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A N N I VE R S A R I E S I N S C O T T I S H H I S T O RY

August

August 3, 1573 - Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange executed, after defending Edinburgh Castle on behalf of Mary Queen of Scots from May 1568 to May 1573. August 3, 1305 - William Wallace betrayed and handed over to the English. August 8, 1296 - King Edward I removed to England the Stone of Destiny on which generations of Scottish kings had been crowned. August 8, 1503 - King James IV married Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England. The marriage was known as the Union of the Thistle and the Rose. August 11, 1560 - Latin Mass prohibited in Scotland by Parliament as Protestant faith gained the ascendancy. August 14, 1040 - King Duncan I killed in battle at Pitgavney by Macbeth. August 15, 1057 - Macbeth killed in battle by Malcolm at Lumphanan. August 15, 1856 - Birth at Holytown of John Keir Hardie, coal miner and founder of the Labour Party. August 17/19, 1648 - Battle of Preston in which Duke of Hamilton at the head of an army of 20,000 crossed into England in support of Charles I. Scots defeated by Cromwell, 2,000 killed, 8,000 captured and Hamilton surrendered on 25 August (and beheaded in March 1649). August 23, 1305 - William Wallace executed.

September

September 1, 714 - Death of St Giles, patron saint of Edinburgh (and Elgin). September 4, 1241 - King Alexander III born at Roxburgh. September 7, 1306 - Sir Simon Fraser, the “Scottish Patriot”, who fought alongside Wallace and Robert the Bruce, was executed by the English and his head displayed in London alongside that of Wallace. September 7, 1842 - Queen Victoria’s first visit to Edinburgh. September 9, 1513 - James IV and the flower of Scotland’s nobility were killed in battle at Flodden Field, near Branxton, in the English county of Northumberland. September 11, 1297 - Battle of Stirling Bridge, Wallace defeats Edward I. September 12, 1715 - Jacobites defeated government forces at Battle of Sheriffmuir. September 15 - St Mirren Day (patron saint of Paisley). September 21, 1722 - Minister, historian, playwright and tutor to the Prince of Wales, John Home born. After the first performance of his play “Douglas”, people asked “Whaur’s yer Wully Shakespeare noo?” September 21, 1745 - Charles Edward Stuart victorious at Battle of Prestonpans. The Jacobite army of just over 3,000 under Bonnie Prince Charlie heavily defeated the English Royal forces led by Sir John Cope. September 23, 1678 - The Earl of Mar was commissioned to raise a regiment nicknamed “Earl of Mar’s Gray Breeks” which later became the Royal Scots Fusiliers. Scots News Magazine August/September 2021