February 9 – 1281 – Marriage of John de Balliol Toom Tabard (“Empty Cloak”) (Iain Balliol) 1292–1296 and Isabella de Warenne.

1307 Sir Thomas de Brus, and Alexander, taken prisoner in Galloway, hanged, drawn and quartered 9 February 1307, Carlisle, Cumberland.

1424 – sometime this year. [Update. Ground hogs day 2014, Seattle Seahawks football team win Superbowl XXXXVIII, or IIL, 590 years later. Of what significance are hawks?] ‘At this time [15th century] the amusement of hawking (that is, of taking birds of game by means of trained hawks) was a pastime greatly esteemed by the nobility. The Regent Murdac [Stewart] had one falcon of peculiar [TG18-262, Tales of a Grandfather, chap. 18, p. 262] excellence, which he valued. His eldest son, Walter Stewart, had often asked this bird of his father, and been as often denied. At length one day when the Regent had the hawk sitting upon his wrist, in the way that falconers carry such birds, Walter renewed his importunity about the falcon; and when his father again refused it, he [Walter] snatched it from his [Murdac’s] wrist, and wrung its neck round. His father [Murdac], greatly offended at so gross an insult, said, in his anger, “Since thou wilt give me neither reverence nor obedience, I will fetch home one whom me must all obey.” From that moment, he [Murdac] began to bargain with the English in good earnest that they should restore [his nephew] James I [Stewart], now King of Scotland, to his own dominions. (TG 18-262). By then James I Stewart was married to Joan Beaufort (English noble lady). Upon his return to Scotland James [1st Stewart] had both Murdac and Walter executed in 1425.’

[Murdac Stewart, 2nd duke of Albany, (d.1425) Earl of Fife (until 1420), (ODNB xviii1224,1232) (pronounced Murdoch), Justiciar, prisoner of war 1402, and Isabella Stewart of Lennox, had eldest son; Walter Stewart (d. 1425) (ODNB xviii1224) had, Andrew Stewart, 1st Baron Avandale (d. 1488) (ODNBxviii1157,1224) In 1530, Sir James Colville

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transferred the barony of Ochiltree to Sir James Hamilton of Finnart and years later it was passed to Andrew Stewart, 1st Lord (Baron) Evandale. (1) Andrew STEWART 3rd Lord Avandale and 1st Lord Ochiltree(1QF9-Z4X) (d. 1548 Ochiltree, Ayr, Scotland) and Margaret HAMILTON [1QF9-Z55] had, Andrew STEWART 2nd Lord Ochiltree, Ayr [1QF9-Z6C, System of Heraldry by Alexander Nisbet Vol. 2, IV, 42, 1742; ODNBxviii1158) ( fl .1548-1601) and [1QF9-Z04] had, Anne STEWART [1QF9-Z1B] married Andrew I MILLAR [1QF9-XVB] (2) Henry Stewart, Lord Methven, 3rd husband to Margaret Tudor Dowager Queen of Scots, had Master of Methven, had Dorothy Stewart married Ruthven Earl of Gowry, Perthshire. (3) Sir James Stewart, grandfather of the Earl of Moray.

The Duke of Albany thru 2nd great grand son Andrew 2nd of Ochiltree is the ancestor of Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976).

Wikipedia.

 

1530 also sometime this year, fictional Malcolm McDuck was born. Fictional clan McDuck. Malcolm served in the English navy.

1555 John Hooper, King Edward-era bishop of Gloucester and Worcester – burned in Gloucester. Rowland Taylor, rector of Hadleigh in Suffolk – burned at Aldham Common, 9 February 1555. Listed in Fox, “Ecclesiastical History conteyning the Acts and Monuments of Martyrs” “in this realm of England and Scotland as partly also to all other forrine nations apparteynyng”.

 Frontispiece to the 1761 edition of “Foxe’s Book of Martyrs”

 

1567 Mary, Queen of Scots, left Darnley (her husband, Clan Stewart) to attend a marriage of a servant at the palace, and took a ring from her finger to give to Darnley. Tytler’s Britannica.

1566 Earl Bothwell brings gunpowder to Kirk of Field TG 31-117. (clan Hepburn)

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”.

1649 publication of Eikon Basilike, allegedly by Charles I of England.

1666 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, born, British soldier (d. 1737)

 Romancing the Stones

Midhowe Broch: Orkney Islands, Scotland. www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/stones.html#

1712 Sometime in February. Act of Toleration passed for Episcopal Clergymen. Who take Oath of Abjuration against James II, and Pretender. (TG 65-212)

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 repealed Julian calendar is still used by the Berber people of North Africa, and on Mount Athos. In the form of the Alexandrian calendar, it is the basis for the Ethiopian calendar, which is the civil calendar of Ethiopia.

1769 George Washington Campbell (February 9, 1769 Tongue, Highland, Scotland – February 17, 1848) was an American statesman who served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, Tennessee Supreme Court Justice, U.S. Ambassador to Russia and the 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury from February to October 1814.

1800 – Hyrum Smith, born, descended from Mack of Inverness, 17th century, and Malcolm Canmore King of Scots 11th century, Apostle and President of the Church of Jesus Christ, American religious leader (d. 1844)

1831 Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Kirtland, Ohio, (clan Mack of Inverness, Malcolm King of Scots). Doctrine and Covenants 42. Therefore, he that lacketh wisdom, let him ask of me, and I will give him liberally and upbraid him not.

1843 Nauvoo, Illinois. Joseph Smith the Prophet, (clan Mack of Inverness, Malcolm King of Scots) When a messenger comes saying he has a message from God, offer him your hand and request him to shake hands with you. If he be an angel he will do so, and ye will feel his hand. If he be the spirit of a just man made perfect he will come in his glory; for that is the only way he can appear—Ask him to shake hands with you, but he will not move, because it is contrary to the order of heaven for a just man to deceive; but he will still deliver his message. If it be the devil as an angel of light, when ye ask him to shake hands he will offer ye his hand, and ye will not feel anything; ye may therefore detect him. These are three grand keys whereby ye may know whether any administration is from God. Doctrine and Covenants 129

1886 Winfield Scott Hancock 1844 (25), major general; 1824 –d. February 9, 1886. Mexican-American War, American Civil War. Battle of Gettysburg. ‘Thunderbolt of the Army of the Potomac’

Gettysburg Centennial Commemorative issue of 1963

1914 Thomas McIntyre (b 29 may 1833  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland – d 9 feb 1914 Salt Lake City Utah) wrote the music for the hymn “How Great the Wisdom and the Love.” HISTORY SCOTLAND – MAGAZINE 195, arrived Salt Lake Valley 1859 with George Rowley Handcart Company. Cornetist. Salt Lake Theater Orchestra, and Tabernacle Choir.

1971 – The Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California. John and Gretchen, living 50 miles away, lose their groom and bride ornament from their wedding cake, as it shakes and falls out of the kitchen cabinet and breaks. (clans Armstrong and MacPherson, Cochrane, Hunter, Meldrum, Lockhart, Stewart) Doctrine and Covenants 45:33 And there shall be earthquakes also in divers places, and many desolations.

Repent, repent ye, Hear the words of that God who made you, by the voice of earthquakes.’ Jesus Christ in Doctrine and Covenants section 43.

 

1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.

 Ras al Khaimah was the last of the Trucial States  (in the south-eastern Persian Gulf) to issue its own stamps.

 The Apollo 14 crew: Stuart Roosa, Alan Shepard & Ed Mitchell.

1972 Joseph Fielding Smith, 10th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Descended from Mack of Inverness (clan Mack), Scotland and Malcolm King of Scots. Presides at the dedication of the Provo Utah Temple. Having written the dedicatory prayer, assigns President Harold B. Lee to offer the prayer.

1996 Loch Ness

A tutor travels to Scotland for research.

 Urquhart Castle is along the shores of famous Loch Ness. After being largely destroyed in 1692, Urquhart Castle was essentially left to decay. www.destination360.com/europe/uk/urquhart-castle