February 27 380 Roman emperor Theodosius declares the orthodoxy of the Nicene Creed, making Christianity the sole religion of the empire. BBC. Although Scotland was outside of the Roman jurisdiction, the influence from Britain, later England, overtook the Scots.

1452 – Sometime in February James 2^nd Stewart King Scots stabs Earl Douglas at Stirling. Livingston saves James Hamilton of Cadyow from the same fate. TG 21-292,

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Sir Patrick Gray, commander of the royal (21-289)guard, revenges Earl Douglas’ murder of Gray’s nephew Maclellan. TG 21-290.

 MacLellan Crest: A naked arm supporting on the point of a sword, a moor’s head. Motto: THINK ON. Lord Kirkcudbright’s crest alludes to the tradition that a MacLellan killed an Irish bandit which had terrorised the lands around Kirkcudbright. The king offered anyone who brought the bandit in, dead or alive, the barony of Bomby. When the king appeared to forget his promise, MacLellan supposedly exclaimed “Think on!”. See Black Morrow for more info.

1544 the Battle of Ancrum Moor, Roxburghshire, was part of the War of the Rough Wooing. Henry 8^th attempting to  match Henry’s son Edward with Henry’s niece, Mary Queen of Scot’s. James Hamilton, 2^nd Earl of Arran, Archibald Douglas, 6^th Earl of Angus

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 1544 John Blair and Patrick his son, abiding from the queen’s armies at Ancrum, raid, in Pitcairn’s Criminal Trials, 4^th year of Queen Mary. Anderson v. 1, p.319.

1560 Second Treaty of Berwick, between England and Scotland, providing English assistance to remove French forces of Mary of Guise from Scotland. With the former Regent as its figurehead the Congregation was able to broker English military support by the Treaty of Berwick.

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”.

1617 Treaty of Stolbovo on February 27, 1617 the tsar surrendered to the Swedish king the provinces of County of Kexholm and Ingria, including the fortress of Nöteborg (later Schlusselburg), the key to Finland. Russia, furthermore, renounced all claims upon Estonia and Livonia, and paid a war indemnity of 20,000 roubles. In return for these concessions, Gustavus restored Novgorod and acknowledged Michael Romanov as tsar of Russia. The Swedish King Adolphus Gustavus used Scots mercenaries, including Colonel Hugh Cochrane and his brother.

1698 Colin Maclaurin born sometime in February. Scots Mathematician. Printer Andrew Millar 6^th , [clans Stewart, Lockhart, Hunter.]

 1748 June 9 An Account of Sir Isaac Newton Philosophical Discoveries in Four Books by Colin Maclaurin, A.M. Late Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and Secretary in the Philosophical Society there. Published from the Author’s Manuscript Papers, by Patrick Murdoch, M.A. F.R.S. The Second Edition. London Printed for A[ndro]. MILLAR [6^th] in Buchanan’s Head over against Catharine street in the Strand. M.DCC.L. (1750) [Andrew Millar]

1710 Whigs Try House of Lords of Sacheverel the Tory preacher TG 64-196.

1715-1716 Duke of Argyle arrives in Edinburgh. TG 73-424.

1745 Duke of Cumberland reaches Aberdeen for George II. TG 82-297. The King’s son has fictional Tom Jones enlisted in his regiment, Henry Fielding author, published by Andrew Miller VI, (1705-1768) London by the Strand.

1735 John Arbuthnot’s parents were Margaret Lammie and Alexander Arbuthnott. Born April 1667 in Inverbervie, Kincardine, Scotland.
Died 27 Feb 1735 in London, England. Arbuthnot entered Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1681. The family were Jacobite supporters, meaning they supported the right of the Roman Catholic James II to be King of England and Scotland. In 1689 Viscount Dundee, known as “Bonnie Dundee”, led an uprising in support of James. Robert Arbuthnot, who like his brother John was a graduate of Marischal College,

 MARISCHAL COLLEGE. founded by the Keiths, who were Earl Marischals, Spanish Granite. The Spell of Scotland by Keith Clark, 1916 to the Lord Marischall, Boston The Page Company. P. 207.

Arbuthnot joined Bonnie Dundee’s army and fought against General Hugh Mackay at the Battle of Killiecrankie. Dundee’s forces were completely victorious, but he was killed. In August the Scottish resistance was crushed at the Battle of Dunkeld and Robert Arbuthnot fled to France. With Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, John Gay and Thomas Parnell he founded the Scriblerus Club in 1713, whose purpose was to satirise bad poetry and pedantry

birthbplace sign. Suffering from kidney stones and asthma, and being very overweight through good living, his health began to fail in 1734.

http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Arbuthnot.html

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. Dr Richard Bates, of the University of St Andrews, said the discovery provided “exciting new evidence” of the early Mesolithic Scotland. He added: “This is the earliest example of such a structure and there is no known comparable site in Britain or Europe for several thousands of years after the monument at Warren Field was constructed.”

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23286928

1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire. George Gordon Byron, 6^th   Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, 6^th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), commonly known simply as Lord Byron, Byron’s mother was the former Catherine Gordon (d. 1811), a descendant of Cardinal Beaton and heiress of the Gight estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His maternal grandfather, was George Gordon of Gight, a descendant of James I of Scotland, Byron himself used this surname for a time and was registered at school in Aberdeen as “George Byron Gordon”. At the age of 10, he inherited the English Barony of Byron of Rochdale, becoming “Lord Byron”, and eventually dropped the double surname (though after this point his surname was secondary to his peerage).

 Catherine Gordon, Byron’s mother

1833 Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Kirtland, Ohio (clan Mack of Inverness, Malcolm King of Scots), Doctrine and Covenants 89. In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto ye this word of wisdom by revelation— That inasmuch as any man drinketh wine or strong drink among you, behold it is not good, neither meet in the sight of your Father, only in assembling yourselves together to offer up your sacraments before him. And again, tobacco is not for the body, neither for the belly, and is not good for man, but is an herb for bruises and all sick cattle, to be used with judgment and skill.

Western Cattle in Storm. Angus, They are naturally polled (do not have horns) and solid black or red, although the udder may be white.

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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. Mission  Restored in 1847 by Colonel James Harvey Ralston. (clan Ralston)

1838 William Jekiel Kirkpatrick (February 27, 1838 – September 20, 1921) Composer, Hymns, Away In A Manger 206, Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd 221, I Have Work Enough to Do 224

1869 Dr. Alice Hamilton (February 27, 1869, New York City – September 22, 1970) was the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University and was a leading expert in the field of occupational health.

 1995 July 11. In 1915, she was a delegate to the International Congress of Women at the Hague, which tried and failed to prevent the start of World War I. In 1928, Hamilton was one of two physicians appointed to a U.S. delegation to the League of National Health Commission. The recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards, Hamilton was named New England’s “Woman of the Year” in medicine by the American Medical Women’s Association in 1956. Long into retirement, she continued to lecture for workers’ health and remained active in politics. She died in 1970. usstampgallery.com.

1900 The Battle of Paardenburg. The Boer War. North West of Cape Colony in South Africa on the border with the Orange Free State. 2^nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys). 2^nd Gordon Highlanders. 
3^rd Brigade (Gordon). 3^rd Highland Brigade (Major General McDonald)
2^nd Black Watch.
1^st Highland Light Infantry.
2^nd Seaforth Highlanders.
1^st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

 An 11-foot high bronze statue of a Black Watch soldier by William Birnie Rhind commemorates over 200 members of the Regiment who were killed or wounded in the South African War of 1900-02. The Black Watch, the oldest Highland Regiment, was formed by General Wade in 1739 to police the Highlands at a time when many of the clans harboured pro-Jacobite sympathies. Their name derived from the contrast of their dark green tartan against the regular red tunics of the British Army. The unveiling ceremony for the memorial, planned for 25^th May, 1910, was cancelled because the nation was still in official mourning after the death of King Edward VII. Wikipedia.

Highland regiments in Natal devised aprons to conceal coloured kilts and sporrans. On the left of the line the Highland Brigade repeated the experience of Magersfontein, advancing across the Veldt in the face of heavy fire. But the British infantry was learning fast and better use was made of whatever cover could be found. Kelly-Kenny issued orders that no unit in his division was to attempt to cross the river. Two flanking attacks by Colville’s 9th Division assaulted the Boers from the West along the Modder and downstream from the East.

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www.lairdofportabeul.com/ Queens Own Highlanders (Seaforth Highlanders)

1900 Relief of Ladysmith. The Siege of Ladysmith. The Boer War. Siege from 2nd November 1899 to 27^th February 1900. Ladysmith in northern Natal in South Africa. 2^nd Gordon Highlanders: now the Highlanders. The troops on Wagon Hill were King’s Royal Rifles, Gordon Highlanders and Imperial Light Horse with a Hotchkiss gun. A confused fight took place in the dark. Ian Hamilton brought up reinforcements of Gordon Highlanders, Rifle Brigade and 21^st and 53^rd Field Batteries. Fierce fighting took place along Wagon Hill and in support of the beleaguered on Wagon Hill West and Caesar’s Camp. The Boers were finally driven back by a renewed attack reinforced by a dismounted squadron of 18^th Hussars. was among the first British troops into Ladysmith and Pretoria. Winston Churchill and his cousin, the Duke of Marlborough, were able to get ahead of the rest of the troops in Pretoria, where they demanded and received the surrender of 52 Boer prison camp guards.

http://www.britishbattles.com/great-boer-war/siege-ladysmith.htm

1900 The Labour Representation Committee is formed, the direct predecessor of the British Labour Party. BBC.

1933   the German Reichstag building is destroyed by a fire set by the Nazis as a pretext for repression. European events would eventually involve all of Scotland, and most of the Scots around the world, including from America, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Asia.

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