April 17 `1341 Edinburgh Castle captured from the English.

1350 sometime in. The Statute of Provisors (1350) and the Statute of Praemunire passed in the reign of Edward III lead to The Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and Penal Laws of England, Ireland and Scotland which were, according to Edmund Burke “a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance, as well fitted for the oppression, impoverishment and degradation of a people, and the debasement in them of human nature itself, as ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man.” Savage, John (1869). Fenian Heroes and Martyrs. Patrick Donahoe. pp. 16. Bans on Catholics, Dissenters from the Established Church Presbyterians, Ban on converting from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism on pain of Praemunire: repealed circa 1829.

1560 sometime in April. The Siege of Leith, (port for Edinburgh) and loss of Alexander Lockhart, brother of the Laird of Bar, saw the slaughter continue as defeat stared in the eyes of the French.

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This is the turning point in British history. Not only is it the end of the Auld Alliance with France and the completion of the Reformation in Scotland. This is the beginning of the United Kingdom, after three millennia.

The (Dowager Regent Mary) Queen who by this time, is said to have left Leith for Edinburgh Castle, was slowly dying. From where she observed the Scottish and English Armies. The French now had about 5000 troops in Leith; where given orders that the town would be defended to the last of their bluid and breath” The English encamped at Restalrig and were immediately attacked by the French. Marching across the links, this force took possession of the wooded hill named Hawkhill and a battle ensued for possession of the Hill. The battle went on for several hours and the battered French returned to Leith and the English mounted cannon on Hawkhill. Gradually they took Hermitage Hill and so the English controlled all the high ground facing Leith.

After this a truce was called and the French came out and milled about at Restalrig, but gradually arguments broke out and a full scale battle started after guns were fired by the French into the faces of the English soldiers. The French were driven back at the cost of one hundred and forty men killed, the English losses were greater due to them being taken by surprise.

The next event was a French attack on the English. The French destroying three cannons and putting 600 English to the sword. The war became intense and bitter. The Scots and English now met every attack with an equal force and bluidy battles were fought across what was to become Leith Links. Into this came more English Troops and a really determined attack was made to capture Leith which failed. However by this time famine was starting to affect Leith as the French couldn’t supply Leith from the sea as it was being blocked by the ships of the English navy under Lord Winter.

As the war went on heavy cannon was placed nearer and nearer to Leith. One Gun mount called Mount Falcon just opposite Leith Hospital kept up a constant bombardment of the Sheriff Brae and Coal Hill along with the English navy. Gradually death worked overtime in Leith, between the constant heavy bombardment and the famine many of the people within Leith were killed. Leith had been turned into a slaughterhouse but the French showed no signs of surrender. Suddenly a fire broke out in the Sheriff Brae and along the west side of Leith and the glare could be seen for miles. This was due to many houses in Leith being timber fronted. The flames could be seen for miles and the English continued pounding the town. To the sad and tearful Maria de Guise the Governor of Edinburgh Castle said ‘’Indeed Madam, since it seems beyond the power of man to drive out the beggarly French, God himself is taking the matter in hand”

‘Repent, repent ye, Hear the words of that God who made you, by the voice of famine.’ Jesus Christ in Doctrine and Covenants section 43.

Leith, Port for Edinburgh.

1611 Sir John Meldrum (died 1645). In November 1610 Sir Arthur Chichester wrote from Ireland to the Earl of Salisbury, complaining of one Meldrum, who had brought a letter from the king for a share in the plantation. In spite of this remonstrance James, on 17 April 1611, reminded Chichester of his previous instructions to further the claim of Captain John Meldrum, upon the vacancy of any charge fit for him, and on 13 March 1617 he was granted some land in the county of Fermanagh. Meldrum seems to have been the agent of Lord Balfour of Burley, who had extensive grants both in Fermanagh and Donegal (Cal. State Papers, Irish, 1608–10 p. 526, 1611–14 p. 30, 1615–25 p. 152). Dictionary of National Biography vol 37. Meldrum also commanded a division of foot in Lord Fairfax’s victory at Selby (11 April 1644; Vicars, God’s Ark, pp. 102, 147, 205, 233, 234; Rushworth, v. 618).

1692 Duke of Melfort created 17 April 1692 for Drummond, became extinct or dormant since 28 February 1902         for the 1st Earl of Melfort, also Duke of Perth from 2 July 1800. Marquess of Forth created 17 April 1692         for Drummond         became extinct 28 February 1902 a subsidiary title of the Duke of Melfort

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1707 sometime in. Marquess of Kenmure         created 1707 for Gordon became dormant or extinct, also Viscount of Kenmure

1746 April 17. ITINERARY After the battle of Culloden the Prince crossed the river Nairn at the ford of Falie, where he dismissed his cavalry escort (I. 190). Accompanied by Lord Elcho, Sheridan, Alexander MacLeod, O’Sullivan, Peter MacDermit (ib.), O’Neil (I. 367), and guided by Edward Burke, he rode by Tordarroch, Aberarder, and Faroline to Gortleg,l where he met Lord Lovat. Rode on by Fort Augustus (I. 68).2. Publications OF THE SCOTISH HISTORY SOCIETY VOLUME XXIII, Pg 61 (46) April 1897 SUPPLEMENT LYON IN MOURNING PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART ITINERARY AND MAP. Ed.W. B. BLAIKIE, from Narrative of Lord MacLeod, son of the Earl of Cromarty.

Culloden, Augustus

1775 Lincoln Massachusetts.   Minutemen receive rumors of English secret plans to disarm trick and seize personal pistols and muskets. It is not about crime, but power. Across the ocean from Scotland, hundreds of thousands of Scots and their descendants are scattered 2,000 miles up and down the Atlantic coast of the colonies, many having been forced by the Highland Clearances after the ’45 (1745 Jacobite uprising). The English military watch the colonial arms, particularly those at Lexington and Concord. English forcing Gun control will cause the spark for the American Revolution.

1833 John Cutis Caldwell (April 17, 1833 – August 31, 1912) was a teacher, a Union Major general. Battle of Glendale, Battle of Antietam, Battle of Fredericksburg, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Gettysburg.

1838 Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Far West, Missouri (clan Mack of Inverness, Malcolm King of Scots). Doctrine and Covenants 114.

Those among ye who deny my name, others shall be planted in their stead.

Far West Temple Site. Joseph F. Smith, the 6th President of the Church, was born November 13, 1838, in Far West. Far West served briefly as the headquarters of the Church under the Prophet Joseph Smith. www.lds.org/scriptures/history

1873 Queen Victoria (clans Stewart, Douglas) presented the regiment with new colours at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, and directed they should in future be known as the “Queen’s Own”. Consequently they became the 79th Regiment, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. John Forbes-Sempill joined the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in 1883, then transferred to the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders in 1885.

Cameron Motto: AONAIBH RI CHÉILE. 
[from Scottish Gaelic: “Unite”]. Badge: crowberry, or oak Chief: Donald Angus Cameron of Lochiel Seat: Achnacarry Castle, Fort William, Highlands Crest: A sheaf of five arrows points upwards Proper tied with a band Gules

In the 16th century, the clan Cameron was located in the west hills southwest of the Loch Ness. Various clans surrounded the clan Cameron. Ft William is located on the Loch Limnhe. The red underlined clans (Menzies, Macpherson, Macdonald, Maclean) joined Montrose and the black underlined (Campbell) opposed Montrose. ‘the Great Montrose’ was James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (25 Oct 1612 to 21 May 1650) and 5th Earl. The Great Montrose’ mother was Mary Ruthven, his father the 4th Earl of Montrose, John Graham.

1891 CHARLES SMITH HAMILTON 1843 (26) Major General 1822- d. April 17, 1891 – Mexican-American War, American Civil War, Battle of Yorktown, Battle of Iuka, Battle of Corinth.

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2001 Mississippi citizens on April 17, 2001, voted 2:1 to keep the Confederate Battle Flag emblem on the state flag The flag of Scotland features St Andrew’s saltire cross.

Flag of Mississippi with the St Andrew’s cross.

2015 Utah is ranked 2nd highest (4.6% of the state population) among the 50 United States with the top percentages of Scottish residents (Wikipedia 26 March 2017). United Health Foundation America’s health rankings Diabetes % of adult Population Utah #1 2015. p.126.

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