August 2 500 Strathclyde Sometime in the 6th century Arthur, was the chief military commander or Pendragon of the Cumbrian Britons, and he expelled his sovereign Huail, or Hoel, from Strathclyde. Tytler’s History of Scotland from Britannica 6-7.vStrathclyde, with Glasgow, River Clyde, clan Cunningham, Kyle, and Ayr, Falkirk, Bannockburn, Lennox, Firth of Clyde.

1320 Scone. The ‘Black’ Parliament tries conspirators against Robert Bruce king of Scots. including William de Soulis, hereditary butler of Scotland. Tytler’s History of Scotland from Britannica.

1373 Adolph IV, Duke of Cleves born. Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (2nd. Count of Cleves and 4th. Count of Mark) (2 August 1373 – 23 September 1448) was the son of Adolph III, Count of Mark, and Margaret of Julich (and thus the brother of Margaret of Cleves.

Adoldph 2nd Count of Cleves and 4th Count of Mark. before the year 1400 he married Agnes daughter of Rupert of Germany and Elisabeth of Nuremberg. In 1406 Adolf married Marie of Burgundy, daughter of John II of Burgundy and Margaret of Bavaria, they had the following issue:

Margarethe (23 February 1416 – 20 May 1444) married as her first husband William III, Duke of Bavaria on 11 May 1433; and as her second husband Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg on 29 January 1441

Catherine (25 May 1417 – 10 February 1479) married Arnold, Duke of Guelders, on 23 July 1423 – daughter Mary becomes Queen of Scots to James 2nd Stewart King.

John (1419–1481), succeeded as Duke of Cleves

Elisabeth (1420–1488) married on 15 July 1434 Henry XXVI, of Schwarzburg-Blankenburg (1418–1488)

Agnes (1422–1446) married Charles IV, King of Navarre, on 30 September 1439 in Olite

Helen (1423–1471) married on 12 February 1436 Henry “the Peaceful”, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (c. 1411 – 1473)

Adolph (1425–1492) married on 13 May 1453, to Beatrice of Portugal (1435–1462), daughter of Peter, Duke of Coimbra

Mary (1426–1487) married Charles, Duke of Orleans; became parents of Louis XII, King of France

1440 Sir Donald McDuck, (fictional) nicknamed “Black Donald” because of his foul temper, is said to have invented Golf, Hammer Throw and Caber Toss in 1440. His temper while playing golf resulted in James II of Scotland outlawing the sport. See 1495 when Parliament attempted to outlaw ‘gulf’ and ‘futball’, but reversed the law at the next parliament.

1482 Andrew Stewart Lord Avandale, (1426-1488) chancellor, effected an agreement between James III and Albany (Rymer, Fœdera, xii. 160), and some days later he was deposed from the chancellorship.

Arms of the Albany Stewarts. Previously, in 1479, when by order of the king James 3rd Avandale besieged the castle of Dunbar, rebelliously fortified against the crown by the king’s brother, Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany [q. v.] It soon surrendered. In 1482, when James III declared war against England, Avandale is said to have joined those nobles who refused to advance beyond Lauder, and who warded the king in Edinburgh Castle.

1503 Margaret Stewart (nee Tudor) spends night at the Nunnery at Haddington, East Lothian

1554 Battle of Marciano. (also known as the Battle of Scannagallo) occurred in the countryside of Marciano della Chiana, near Arezzo, Tuscany, on August 2, 1554, during the Italian War of 1551. The battle marked the defeat of the Republic of Siena in its war against the Duchy of Florence, and resulted in Siena losing its independence and being absorbed into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

1669 Charles Cochrane baptized.

1704 Battle of Blenheim On the Danube in Southern Germany. The War of theSpanish Succession was an early outing for the new British Army established after the Restoration in 1685. The regiments that took the field were the forebears of Royal North British Regiment of Dragoons (later the Royal Scots Greys; now the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards), 26th Foot, the Cameronians, (later the Scottish Rifles, disbanded in 1968); Scots Greys, 6th Regiment of Horse (later the 3rd Carabineers and now the Royal Scots Dragoon); The Royal Regiment (now the Royal Scots); and the Royal North British Fusiliers (21st Foot-later Royal Scots Fusiliers).  The British 26th Foot, the “Cameronians”, at the Battle of Blenheim, 
marching to assault the village of Blenheim. http://www.britishbattles.com/spanish-succession/

1776 – The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place. A century and a year later, all signers appear in the newly dedicated and constructed St. George holy temple, to Wilford Woodruff, to request their personal ordinances after the restoration of the ancient privileges.  Engrossed copy now in the national Archives. The Scottish Declaration of Arbroath (1320) was known to Thomas Jefferson, who was influenced by the Scottish enlightenment.

Arbroath on the north sea above the Firth of Tay. Near Dundee, Kirriemuir, Blairgowie, Perth, Tay, Bethune, Cupar, Magnus Muir.

1798 Battle of the Nile: “England knows Lady Hamilton,’’ and Sir Horatio Nelson.

Detail from The Destruction of ‘L’Orient’ at the Battle of the Nile George Arnald, 1827, National Maritime Museum

1833 Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Kirtland, Ohio (clan Mack of Inverness, and Malcolm King of Scots), Doctrine and Covenants 97. That they may be perfected in the understanding of their ministry, in theory, in principle, and in doctrine, in all things pertaining to the kingdom of God on the earth, the keys of which kingdom have been conferred upon you.

1905 Myrna Loy (born August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) Myrna Adele Williams was an American actress. Portrayal of Nora Charles in The Thin Man (1934) with William Powell resulted in 14 films together, including five subsequent Thin Man films. Scots descent.

1922 The death of Alexander Graham Bell, [clan Bell, born Edinburgh 1847] inventor of the telephone.

Telephone patent March 7, 1876.

1925 John Jasper McClellan, born 20 April 1874 Payson Utah-2 august 1925; served as the chief organist of the organ in the Salt Lake Tabernacle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1900 to 1925. Hymns titiled Sweet is the WORK 147, 317

McClellen while teaching music at LDS College

1932 Peter Seamus Lorcan O’Toole (born 2 August 1932) (clan Ferguson) Peter O’Toole, has been nominated for eight Academy Awards, and holds the record for most competitive Academy Award acting nominations without a win. O’Toole is the son of Constance Jane Eliot (née Ferguson), a Scottish nurse. He played King Henry II in both 1964’s Becket and 1968’s The Lion in Winter. O’Toole revealed that he knows all 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets.

1942 HM Queen Mary, Cunard Line, built Clydebank Scotland, converted to troopship. August 2 – 7, 1942 First time a complete division was carried on any ship. First Armored Infantry Division (15,125 troops, 863 crew).

1955 Caleb Carr (born August 2, 1955) wrote fiction The Italian Secretary (2005).

Cover 2005. Architect Sir Alistair Sinclair and his foreman, Dennis McKay, have been slain in the midst of rehabilitating the medieval west tower of the Royal Palace of Holyrood—the very wing where Mary, Queen of Scots, had lived, and where David Rizzio had met his brutal, politically motivated end. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson travel north to investigate. Wikipedia.

 

1971~ Space Achievement Decade Issue of 1971

2012 Humor. Bothwell, fancying himself a big Scots futball fan told Hepburn, “Me pooch watches all the games. When mae team wins, he jumps up and doon and claps his wee paws. When we lose, he somersaults.”

“Yer Kiddin’ me right? How many somersaults?” asked his impressed friend.

Bothwell replied, “depends how often Ah kick him…”

http://www.humorsphere.com/humor/scottish_jokes.htm

[About 1495, the Scots parliament banned both Futball and golffe, as a waste of time. The ban was repealed in the next parliament.]

2014 Inverkeithing Highland Games

2 August Head to this Highland games in Fife and witness awesome displays of sporting prowess and see skilled
traditional dancers and talented musicians, as they strive to take the titles in their categories.