February 17 1423 Sometime in February James I in English prison marries Joan Beaufort, a cousin of Henry VI King of England, and the niece of Thomas, Duke of Exeter and Henry, Bishop of Winchester. Joan will become ancestress of all Scots royalty from thereon, and English from 1603 and many of the European royal families, through marriage with the English and Scots.

1528 Master Patrick Hamilton, grandson of James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, summoned before a council of bishops and clergy presided over by the archbishop.

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There were thirteen charges, seven based on the doctrines affirmed in the Loci Communes. On examination Hamilton maintained their truth, and the council condemned him as a heretic on all thirteen charges. Patrick’s family was thus, starting with his grandfather, James 1st Lord Hamilton, 6th of Cadyow had Sir Patrick Hamilton of Kincavel, had the Martyr. His initials are in flag stone at the site of the martyrdom.

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and, secondly, in 1474, to the Princess Mary, eldest daughter of King James the Second, and widow of Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran. By the Euphemia James had two daughters, Elizabeth, married to David, fourth earl of Crawford,

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created, by James III., duke of Montrose, and Agnes, married to Sir James Hamilton of Preston; and by the Princess Mary he had a son, James, 2nd Lord Hamilton [Earl of Arran], and a daughter, Elizabeth, married to Matthew, 2nd Earl of Lennox. James had natural sons, James de Hamilton, whose name appears in the succession charter of 1455; Sir Patrick Hamilton of Kincavel, father of Patrick Hamilton, the martyr; and John Hamilton of Broomhill. James had also a daughter, married to Sir John Macfarlane, chief of the clan Macfarlane. www.electricscotland.com

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1599 never happened in Scotland. Dating its years from the birth of Jesus Christ, so that ‘’ every nation, kindred, every ear shall hear, every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess, Jesus Christ is Lord,’’ thru computer software applications and aviation, the Christian calendar has been adopted world wide for the Musselmen of Islam, the Buddhist, Confucian, Hindu, nativist, Jew, agnostic, or atheist (Isaiah 45:23, 1 Kings 19:18, Philippians 2:11, Romans 14:11, confirmed in modern times Mosiah 16:1, 27:31, Doctrine and Covenants 76:110, 88:104.)

 An 1883 map of the world divided into colors representing “Christians, Buddhists, Hindoos, Mohammedans, Fetichists”.

1751 did not occur in England, Ireland, British North America, and British colonies, as 1751 only had 282 days due to the Calendar Act of 1750. But 1751 did occur in Scotland, as 1751 had 365 days. The oldest known lunar calendar was found in Scotland; it dates back thousands of years. Referred to as the “Warren Field calendar,” referring to the land area in Aberdeenshire where the calendar was found, the discovery consists of an array of 12 pits and arc. They appear to represent the phases of the moon, going from waxing and waning to central arc, corresponding to the lunar months of the year.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-07-scotland-lunar-calendar-stone-age-rethink.html#jCp

1779 British historian Edward Gibbon publishes the ‘The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’. BBC. Strahan & Cadell were the publishers. William Strachan (born Edinburgh 24 March 1715 – 9 July 1785)  was educated at the Royal High School. Strachan’s  wife Margaret Penelope Elphinstone, was a daughter of Edinburgh Episcopal Clergyman William Elphnstone. Strahan (spelling of his name was changed) printed for successful London bookseller Andrew Millar 6th (Clans Stewart, Lockhart), as well as his longtime friend and business partner. On 7 March 1758, Cadell’s father apprenticed him for a fee of £105 to London bookseller and publisher Andrew Millar, Cadell became Millar’s partner in April 1765, having just finished his seven-year apprenticeship, and took over the business with the help of Millar’s assistant, Robert Lawless, upon Millar’s death in 1768

Portrait, oil on canvas, of Edward Gibbon by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792)

1796 Giovanni Pacini (17 February 1796 – 6 December 1867) was an Italian composer operas. Pacini was born in Catania, Sicily.

 Pacini [Vallace, 1820, Malvina di Scozia]. Professor Alexander Weatherson in the 2009 Donizetti Society wrote of a stream of operas that bore the footprint of [Elizabeth’s] rival……without Mary Stuart, Scotland might have been left in peace….In Italy alone in the earliest decades of the nineteenth century there was a Scotch broth of operas. Wikipedia.

1826 Lord Liverpool, 1st Lord of the Treasury, struck with apoplexy. Tytler’s History of Scotland Britannica.

1834 Prophet Joseph Smith Kirtland, Ohio, (clan Mack of Inverness, Malcolm King of Scots) Minutes of the organization of the first high council of the Church, Doctrine and Covenants 102

1858 Sometime in February. Buchanan’s Blunder. Washington D.C. Senator Sam Houston of Texas stated that a war against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would be

” … one of the most fearful calamities that has befallen this country, from its inception to the present moment. I deprecate it as an intolerable evil. I am satisfied that the Executive has not had the information he ought to have had on this subject before making such a movement as he has directed to be made.”

1864 The Confederate submarine CSA HL Hunley becomes the first submarine to sink a ship – the USS ‘Housatonic’. The Hunley was designed by James McClintock.

1889 sometime in February. William Hole paints frieze of Heroes of Scottish National Portrait Gallery Edinburgh

 Margaret Queen of Scots, the ‘Maid of Norway’; Thomas the Rhymer, minstrel and seer; Alexander III King of Scots; King Alexander II Son of William the Lion; King William I “The Lion”; King Malcolm IV, “The Maiden”; David I, Prince of Cumbrians and King of Scots; Alexander I, King of Scots; Margaret Queen of Malcolm III; Malcolm III ‘Malcolm Canmore’; Macbeth King of Scots; Gruoch, Queen of Macbeth; Duncan I King of Scots; Three Vikings; Kenneth MacAlpine, Kenneth I First King of Scots;

1961 Douglas Dundonald. The chief of the Name and Arms of Cochrane is Iain Alexander Douglas Blair Cochrane, 15th Earl of Dundonald, 10th Baron Cochrane of Dundonald as well as 10th Baron of Paisley and Ochiltree. He is also the 5th Marquess of Maranhão in Brazil. Facebook. ist ein britischer Peer und Politiker der Conservative Party. Cochrane wurde im February 1961 als Sohn von Iain Cochrane, 14. Earl of Dundonald (1918–1986) und Aphra Farquhar Fetherstonhaugh († 1972) geboren. Er benutzt üblicherweise seinen mittleren Namen Douglas. Cochrane besuchte das Wellington College in Wellington, Berkshire und studierte am Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester. Er war Direktor von Duneth Securities Ltd. Er lebt in Beacon Hall in Benenden. Cochrane erbte beim Tod seines Vaters 1986 den Titel des Earl of Dundonald und den damals damit verbundenen Sitz im House of Lords. Laut Hansard meldete er sich dort niemals zu Wort.

Während der Sitzungsperiode 1997/1998 war er an 97 Tagen anwesend. Durch den House of Lords Act 1999 verlor er seinen Sitz. Für einen der verbleibenden Sitze trat er nicht an. Im Register of Hereditary Peers, die für eine Nachwahl zur Verfügung stehen, ist er verzeichnet. Cochrane hat zwei Söhne und eine Tochter: Archie Ian Thomas Blair Cochrane, Lord Cochrane (* 14. März 1991), Lady Marina Aphra Mariola Cochrane (* 1992)

Hon. James Douglas Richard Cochrane (* 10. Mai 1995) House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections Webseite Election Demon, abgerufen am 11. Januar 2015.

1983 Local Hero released. Scottish comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster. Produced by David Puttnam, the film is about an American oil company representative who is sent to the fictional village of Ferness on the west coast of Scotland to purchase the town and surrounding property for his company.[2] Bill Forsyth won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Direction,

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2006 Trump Strategies for Real Estate: Billionaire Lessons for the Small Investor

Donald John Trump, Sr. (clans MacQueen, Macaulay, MacLeod, of Aberdeenshire and Outer Hebrides), (born June 14, 1946). His mother was Mary Anne MacLeod, (born May 10, 1912,– died August 7, 2000), who was married in 1936. Mary Anne was born at Tong, Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, off the coast of Scotland, United Kingdom.