February 26 328 Saint Isabelle of France, Princess of France 1270 ; Alexander of Alexandria, Roman Catholic, Pope 328.

1317 Sometime in February. Battle of Skaithmuir, 1316 First War of Scottish Independence.

1437 sometime this year. Sandside Chase Clan Mackay launched a raid from Strathnaver against Clan Gunn. Neil Wasse MacKay, son of Angus Dow MacKay, chief of Clan MacKay had been imprisoned in the Bass Rock by King James I of Scotland in 1427 for his part in the Battle of Harpsdale, which took place in 1426.

 This map is a portion of a 1654 Atlas, featuring Ross, Sutherland, Catheness, and STRATH NAVERNIAE.

Strathnaver is bounded on the east by the valley of the Naver river flowing north from Loch Naver, in Caithness.

1438 sometime this year. Battle of Tannach fought between men of the Clan Keith and Clan MacKay from Strathnaver against men of the Clan Gunn and possibly their allies the Clan Oliphant and Clan Sutherland from Caithness. The date is uncertain, it was probably in 1464 but may have been in 1438.

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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”.

1673 Throughout the year. Covenanter Prisoners are sent to Bass Rock – 1673.   Charles II’s Anglican policies force the Covenanters underground. Preaching in the hills and fields becomes popular despite being illegal. The renowned preacher Alexander Peden and forty other Covenanters are arrested and sent to Bass Rock. Video: A history of Scotland: God’s Chosen People.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/covenanters/covenanters_sent_to_bass_rock/

 The Bass in the 17^th century.

1716 an alarm was given in (73-419)Perth of the Duke of Argyle’s approach.

1729 Anne Fairfax Washington Lee. Anne Fairfax, married Lawrence Washington, George Washington’s half-brother, Anne was daughter of George William Fairfax (February 26, 1729 – April 3, 1787), the son of Sarah (née Walker), a woman of mixed race from the Bahamas, and Colonel Sir William Fairfax, William Fairfax (1691–1757) was the son of Henry Fairfax (d. 1708), a grandson of Henry Fairfax, 4^th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, and first cousin of Thomas Fairfax, 6^th Lord Fairfax of Cameron. Henry Fairfax, 4^th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (30 December 1631 – 13 April 1688) was the grandson of Thomas Fairfax, 1^st Lord Fairfax of Cameron. His father was the Honourable Henry Fairfax, of York, and his mother was Lady Mary Cholmondeley.(1593-1649). Thomas Fairfax, 1^st Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1560 – 2 May 1640) was an English soldier, diplomat and politician, his title being in the Peerage of Scotland. Before and after the death of Mary, Queen of Scots, he was employed by Elizabeth on several diplomatic communications with James VI of Scotland. James offered him a title, which he declined. In 1586 he offered his services to James to suppress a rebellion under Lord Maxwell; and on the death of Elizabeth he was, with six of his nearest kindred, one of the first Englishmen who went to Scotland to swear fealty to the new king. On the accession of Charles I, Fairfax was again knight of the shire (MP) for Yorkshire in the parliament of 1625. He drew up a statement of his services, and on 4 May 1627 was created Baron Fairfax of Cameron in the Peerage of Scotland; the grant was facilitated by a payment of £1,500.   Wikipedia. In 1877 Seventeen Eminent Scots’ Spirits appeared to and requested Baptism from Wilford Woodruff, President of the Saint George Temple, WASHINGTON, Utah 22-23 August 1877. Woodruff’s eminent men – Scots.

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 world’s oldest lunar “calendar” is in an Aberdeenshire field. The pit alignment also aligns on the Midwinter sunrise to provided the ancients with an annual “astronomic correction” in order to better follow the passage of time and changing seasons.

1762 Rev. Mr. Philip Francis instituted at rectory of Barrow, Suffolk. For eight years he was employed in studying the ‘Orations’ of Demosthenes, and his translation appeared in two volumes in 1757–8. Bookseller Andrew Millar 6^th (clans Stewart, Lockhart, Hunter).

 Orations of Demosthenes, etc. London Printed for A. Millar in the Strand. MDCCLVII>

1813 Robert Livingston (1746-1813), died. A Founding Father of the United States was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence, although he was recalled by his state before he could sign the final version of the document. (clan Livingstone)

 Of the five figures standing in the center of John Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence, Robert Livingston is depicted in the center of the Committee of Five presenting the draft Declaration to the Second Continental Congress. The five prominent figures depicted are, from left to right, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. Robert was United States Minister to France from 1801 to 1804, signing the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. 1^st Chancellor of New York. 1^st United States Secretary for Foreign Affairs.

Both Robert Livingston and Jonathan Allen Choate are descendants of Sir Alexander Livingston in the Court of James 2^nd. Grant Bever is a descendent of Robert the Chancellor.

1828 James Barbour born – died October 29, 1895) officer in the Confederate Navy.

1829 Joseph Smith the Prophet at Harmony, Pennsylvania. (Clan Mack of Inverness, Malcolm King of Scots). Doctrine and Covenants 4. Sometime in March. ‘And faith, hope, charity and love, with an eye single to the glory of God, qualify him for the work. Remember faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence.’

1836 siege at The Alamo Mission San Antonio, Texas Republic (February 23 – March 6, 1836) ends at the Battle of the Alamo on March 6 with list of Scots defenders. Restored in 1847 by Colonel James Harvey Ralston US Army. (clan Ralston)

1901 Carnegie signs the letter to sell his steel and other enterprises to John Pierpont Morgan’s United States Steel corporation for $225,639,000 which was paid to Carnegie in the form of 5%, 50-year gold bonds. Carnegie, age 66, was born in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.

1935 – Robert Watson-Watt (1892-1973) carries out a demonstration near Daventry which leads directly to the development of RADAR in the United Kingdom.

 Wilkin’s sketch of the Daventry Experiment.   Born in Brechin, Angus, Scotland, Watson-Watt was a descendant of James Watt, the famous engineer and inventor of the practical steam engine. After attending Damacre Primary School and Brechin High School, he was accepted to University College, Dundee (which was then part of the University of St Andrews but became the University of Dundee in 1967). Watt had a successful time as a student, winning the Carnelley Prize for Chemistry and a class medal for Ordinary Natural Philosophy in 1910.

1940s

Make it rain. ye may be the one swimming in money. Scrooge (fictional clan McDuck). (Of Course God rules in the affairs of men, and controls the rain, climate, tempests.)

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