August 16 1284 King Philip IV of France married queen Joan I of Navarre (1271–1305). The inheritance of Joan in Champagne and Brie, next to the royal lands in Ile-de-France, effectively united to the king’s own lands, forming an expansive area. During Joan’s reign, and her three sons (1284–1328), these lands belonged to the person of the king; but by 1328 they had become so entrenched in the royal domain that king Philip VI of France (who was not an heir of Joan) switched lands with the then rightful heiress, Joan II of Navarre, with the effect that Champagne and Brie remained part of the royal demesne and Joan received compensation with lands in western Normandy. Not as nice, of course.

Philip IV of France – effigy at St. Denis. Listed as ancestor of George 1st (house of Hanover) (11 GGF), Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill (18th GGF)

1445 – Margaret Stewart of Scotland, (b. 25 December 1424) died, consort of Louis XI King of France. Firstborn child of King James I Stewart of Scotland and Queen Joan Beaufort, a cousin of Henry VI of England.   www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofScotland/KingsQueens-of Scotland/

Marguerita d’Ecosse Fille de James 1st Stuart 1424-1445 Dauphine de France epouse de Louis XI.

1454 Sister in law of James 2nd King of Scots, Margaret of Cleves (c. 1436-1486, Simmern), married on 16 August 1454 to Frederick I, Count of Palatine-Simmern. Wikipedia.

1513 Called the “Battle of the Spurs” because of the haste of the French horse to leave the battlefield, it took place at Guinegate. The rout at Novara inaugurated a period of continuous defeats for the French alliance. English troops under Henry VIII attacked La Palice at the Battle of Guinegate, scattered the French forces, and proceeded to sack Thérouanne. The town of Therouanne capitulated soon after the battle, and later in the campaign of 1513, Henry VIII of England captured and garrisoned Tournai. Louis XII of France Queen invited James IV of Scotland to invade England; but James failed to draw Henry’s attention from France, and James’ death—and the Scots’ disastrous defeat—at the Battle of Flodden Field on 9 September 1513, ended Scotland’s brief involvement in the war. Wikipedia.

1560 – Reformation Parliament agreed on 16 August to pursue the marriage of Elizabeth I Queen of England to James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran. Randolph never saw so important matters sooner dispatched. When the first session of the Parliament was concluded the Duke of Châtellherault gave the Clerk Register a silver coin to have the proceedings recorded. Wikipedia.

The Earl of Arran

1561 Mary, Queen of Scots, Dowager Queen of France, on the deck of her galley, gazing on the coasts of France. Morning found her in the same occupation; and when they vanished from her eyes, she exclaimed in sorrow, “Farewell, farewell, happy France; I shall never see thee more!” (TG30-88)

1692 King William (3rd of England, 2nd of Scotland) proclamation offered indemnity to such insurgents as should take the oaths of allegiance to the king and queen before the last day of December. Sometime in August. Tytler’s Britannica 218.

1745 – Governor of Fort Augustus, apprehensive for the safety of Fort William, which lay nearest to the disaffected clans, sent a detachment of two companies under Captain John Scott, afterwards [TG76-84] General Scott. Scott marched early in the morning of the 16th of August 1745,

 

Fort Augustus shown at the southwest end of the Loch Ness.

1745 Aug 16. Captain Switenham of Guise’s regiment, when on his way from Ruthven to take command at Fort William, taken prisoner by Keppoch’s people, PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART within twelve miles of the fort (G.C.T. 19, I. 352).

1766 Carolina Oliphant was born at Gask in Perthshire. She was the composer of Charlie is my Darling and Wi a Hundred Pipers an’ a’”, among others. http://www.scottishroots.com/index.php

1780 Battle of Camden, South Carolina. Two battalions of Fraser’s 71st Highlanders, provided a reserve. American War of Independence The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina. British forces under Lieutenant General Charles, Lord Cornwallis routed the American forces. Cornwallis’ son marries a Cochrane cousin. Banastre Tarleton’s dragoons fight, and Tarleton’s officer Major Charles Cochrane eventually becomes General Lord Cornwallis’ aide. Battle Leads directly to Battle of Cowpens and a year later, Yorktown.

1841 Victoria, Queen, Saint James’s Majesty’s Court. Royal Warrant for Charter of Incorporation for “The Society for promoting the Useful Arts in Scotland” was previously established in 1821

Arms granted 1978. The Royal Scottish Society of Arts.

 

1868 Bernard Adolphus McFadden, also Bernarr Macfadden, born Mill Spring Missouri. American bodybuilder, publisher of health and fitness. Weak and sickly as child, but adopting exercise, walking 6 miles a day and eating vegetables, he became healthy. As publisher of Liberty magazine, in April 1938 Macfadden learned the Army Air corps Assistant Chief of the Air Corps Brig. General Henry H. Arnold persuaded the Chief of the Air Corps, Maj. General Oscar Westover, that the Air Corps needed an official song reflecting their unique identity in the same manner as the other military services, and proposed a song competition with a prize to the winner. As publisher of Liberty magazine Macfadden stepped in, offering a prize of $1,000 to the winning composer, stipulating that the song must be of simple “harmonic structure”, “within the limits of [an] untrained voice”, and its beat in “march tempo of military pattern”. Of some 737 compositions, Robert MacArthur Crawford, an instructor at Juilliard, aviation enthusiast, and professional musician billed as “the Flying Baritone,” personally delivered a sound recording of his entry, which proved to be a unanimous winner.

1938 Liberty magazine cover, August 27, five cents. Sponsored the contest for The Army Air Corps song, now Air Force song.

1990 Susan Choate (nee Edwards) married Wililam Irvan Choate in ‘Arizo’ temple.

2003 Lockerbie Scotland bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on 21 December 1988 when the wreckage fell on the town of Lockerbie in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland.

1900 map with Lockerbie east of Dumfries. Other sites River Annan, Ecclesechan, Langholm, River Esk, Longtown, Liaad, Newcasteton, Lochinaben, Annan, New Abbey.

‘Until 2003 Libya had never formally admitted carrying out the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. On 16 August 2003 Libya formally admitted responsibility (but not guilt) for Pan Am Flight 103 in a letter presented to the president of the United Nations Security Council. ‘The motive that is generally attributed to Libya can be traced back to a series of military confrontations with the US Navy that took place in the 1980s in the Gulf of Sidra, the whole of which Libya claimed as its territorial waters.’  Gulf of Sidra—Libya’s claim to territorial waters. Banghazi is on the eastern shore, and is the site of the Murder of the American Ambassador Stevens October 12, 2012.

2006 The Flying Scotsman filmed in East Ayrshire, and Glasgow. Boyd, being Scottish, felt it important to have the right script and further promote Scottish film. Cox, a seasoned actor, had been working in Europe before returning to Scotland to shoot the film. East Ayrshire Council gave £5000. The film kicked off the 60th Edinburgh Film Festival.

Scottish amateur cyclist Graeme Obree holder of world one-hour distance record.

 

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