January 18 – Pre-Lent Septuagesima Sunday is the name for the ninth Sunday before Easter, the third before Ash Wednesday. Earliest date on which Septuagesima Sunday can occur is January 18 (Easter falling on March 22 in a non-leap year) and the latest is February 22 (Easter falling on April 25 in a leap year). Celebrated in predominantly Catholic Scotland until mid 16^th century. Celebrated in Protestant Scotland with Easter.

1472 or 1488 sometime this year. King James III had the Pope suppress the Coldingham Priory, Berwickshire, and it became a collegiate church, so giving James easier access to Priory funds. To the Church he added an annexe known as the “Chapel of the King of Scots”.

Likely doorway to this demolished chapel; the doorway was blocked up 1850 AD.

1485 · sometime this year. Battle of Blar Na Pairce between the Clan Donald or MacDonald and the Clan Mackenzie (led by Kenneth Mackenzie)

Macdonald Crest: On a crest coronet Or, a hand in armour fessways couped at the elbow Proper holding a cross crosslet fitchée Gules. Motto: PER MARE PER TERRAS.[“By sea and land”].
Badge: common heath (Scots heather)Chief: Godfrey James Macdonald of Macdonald, 8^th Baron Macdonald of Slate

Princess Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald), Brave film 2012. (c) Disney.

1488 sometime this year. After the defeat and murder of James III in 1488AD, Coldingham Priory, Berwictshire, Scotland was re-instated but only as a shadow of its former self.

1599 never happened in Scotland. No birthdays, marriages, or deaths.

1646 Siege of Dartmouth ended with the surrender of Royalist garrison.

Tytler’s History of Scotland from Encyclopaedia Britannica

CHRONOLOGY OP THE PERIOD.

1746 [Scotland’s calendar.] The Prince at Falkirk. Young Glengarry (Angus) accidentally shot. Stirling Castle summoned to surrender by the Duke of Perth.

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. 1751 ran from March 25^th 1751 (Lady Day) to December 31^st 1751, the next date being January 1^st, 1752. But this date in 1751 did occur in Scotland and most European countries. 1762 A.D. Sometime in. Peter III. Emperor of Russia. Jesuits banished from France.1764 A.D. Sometime in. Stanislaus II, King of Poland. 1765 A.D. Sometime in. Joseph II., Emperor of Germany.

1766 A.D. Sometime in. Death of the [old] Pretender James Stuart. [In Possession the Crown Jewels of England from 1688]  1771 A.D. Sometime in. Gustavus III., King of Sweden. 1774 A.D. Sometime in. Louis XVI., King of France. 1776 A.D. Sometime in. The American colonies pass resolutions to call a convention to declare their Independence. [Scots comprised a quarter of the Signers.]

1778. Hawaiian Islands discovered by Scott’s. Oahu and Sandwich Islands. Captain James Cook was the 2^nd of eight ch ildren of James Cook, a Scottish farm labourer from Ednam near Kelso, Scots borders between Tweed and Teviot rivers, and his locally born wife, Grace Pace, from Thornaby-on-Tees. From 1768 to 1771, Cook, a surveyor in the Royal Navy, was commissioned a lieutenant in command of the H.M.S. Endeavor and led an expedition that took scientists to Tahiti to chart the course of the planet Venus, the coast of New Zealand and Australia and circumnavigated the globe. From 1772 to 1775, Cook commanded a major mission to the South Pacific and during the next three years explored the Antarctic region, charted the New Hebrides, and discovered New Caledonia.

James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance-Holland, c. 1775, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Cook’s ships, H.M.S. Resolution and Discovery, discover the Sandwich Islands (later Hawaii), named in honor of John Montague, Earl of Sandwich, and culinary extraordinaire, inventor of the Sandwich. Discovery’s name was used on a Space Shuttle two centuries later.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cook-discovers-hawaii

1786. A.D. Sometime in. Frederick William II King of The Prussia. 1788 A.D. Sometime in. Prince Charles Edward [Stewart young pretender] died at Rome. 1792 A.D. Sometime in. Gustavus III King of Sweden, assassinated. 1793 A.D. Sometime in. Louis XVI King of France. beheaded. 1796 A.D. Sometime in. Paul, Emperor of Russia. 1797 A.D. Sometime in. Frederic William III. King of Prussia. 1799 A.D. Sometime in. Bonaparte declared First Consul.

1827 Joseph Smith Junior marries Emma Hale. John Mack born 6 mar 1653 Inverness Scotland married in 1681 in Salisbury Massachusetts Bay Colony to Sarah Bagley, had Ebenezer, had Solomon, had Lucy Smith (nee Mack) had Joseph Smith Junior (1806-1844).

Joseph Smith

Emma Hale.

Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Fayette, New York. (clan Mack of Inverness, Malcolm King of Scots) John Macke, 1653-1721, born at Inverness, Scotland, descended from a line of clergymen. John emigrated to Salisbury, Massachusetts, in 1669, and then to Lyme, Connecticut. John’s son Ebenezer married Hannah Huntley (clan Huntley), had a son Solomon, 1732-1820, who married Lydia Gates in 1759, and had Lucy Mack, 1775-1856.

1840 Comrie earthquake. A monument to the first of these earthquakes was found in 1993 and now belongs to the Perth Museum.

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. 3.9 power. Mark 13:8 There shall be earthquakes in divers places: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

1851 “Destitution in the Highlands”. Morning Post. 18 January 1851. Potato famine in Scotland. In 1847 the crop failure was less extensive, and death rates had returned to normal; thereafter the government left famine relief to the Central Board. Crop failures continued, but at a reduced level, and the charitable relief programme only ceased upon the near-exhaustion of its funds. One modern historian summarises its evolution: “… gradually it took on the worst features of mid-Victorian philanthropy. At once autocratic and bureaucratic, the Board became a gradgrind employer, paying rock bottom wages in kind for hard labour on public works… “.^[6]:372 Relief was not available to those with any disposable capital (which was interpreted to include livestock).^[7] The daily ration (of oatmeal or Indian meal) was initially set by the Central Board at 24 ounces (680 g) per man, 12 oz (340 g) per woman and 8 oz (230 g) per child.

1880 Alan Alexander Milne born, (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was a British author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children’s poems. Father was Scots. The University of St Andrews lists the following – ‘’ The collection of Communion tokens is comprehensive with regard to Scottish and Irish material.  It is one of the largest collections of Communion tokens in the UK and includes two important private collections formed early in the 20^th century by two St Andrews alumni, Reverend AA Milne ***’’

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/museum/collections/heritage/

1892 Oliver “Ollie” Hardy (born Norvell Hardy) January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) comedic actor, best known for Laurel and Hardy from 1927 to 1955. Born in Harlem, Georgia. His father, Oliver, of Scots descent, was a Confederate veteran wounded at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. His mother, Emily Norvell, the daughter of Thomas Benjamin Norvell and Mary Freeman, was descended from Captain Hugh Norvell of Williamsburg, Virginia.

“United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865,” index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F9XZ-SZV : accessed 18 January 2015), Oliver Hardy, 1861-1865; citing military unit , Company K, 16^th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Soldier Confederate, NARA microfilm publication M226, roll 26, multiple microfilm publications, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 821,725. Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Georgia. Private to Sergeant.

Oliver Hardy Bonnie Scotland MGM posture.

Bons pour le service, Bonnie Scotland,

1908 18-25 WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

1936 – Rudyard Kipling, died. British writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1865). Rudyard Kipling was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay, in British India to Alice Kipling (née MacDonald) and (John) Lockwood Kipling.

Kipling’s India: map of British India

1949 DC-4 Skymaster. 6 cents. usstampgallery.com

1949.  Douglas DC-4 Skymaster was developed during World War II and led to the DC
-6 and DC-7 series with pressurized cabins. The rapid development of aircraft
was brought about by U.S. dominance of air transportation during and after
World War II.  (clan Douglas)

1970 – David O. McKay, died American religious figure (b. 1873). (September 8, 1873 – January 18, 1970) was the ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , serving from 1951 until his death. Ordained an apostle and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1906, McKay was a general authority for nearly 64 years, McKay’s father, David, was a Scottish immigrant and was called on a two-year church mission to Scotland in 1880 after David O. McKay’s two older sisters died. Like his father, about 1898, he presided over the Scottish district of the church. Famous film director Cecil B. DeMille consulted with McKay during the production of The Ten Commandments. They formed a friendship that would last until DeMille’s death. McKay invited DeMille to BYU, where he delivered a commencement address in 1957.

David O. McKay was a missionary in Scotland, his ancestral homeland. This picture, on the shores of Loch Lomond, was probably taken during his tour of the European missions in 1952.

1986 School teachers are taping posters about NASA and space adventure for a lesson from orbiting space craft to be taught and hosted by Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew, including mother of three Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1948) for NASA’s Teacher in Space Project (son Scot); and Ronald Ervin McNair, Ph.D. (1950).  Daily press briefings will assure at least one major network live coverage of the launch. As the launches had become routine, the networks had stopped live coverage of the space program, as the suspense had gone somewhere else.

2008 Trump Never Give Up: How I Turned My Biggest Challenges into Success

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 th e coast of Scotland, United Kingdom.

2016 Governor Sarah Palin, or Alaska, endorses Donald John Trump, Sr. for President (clans MacQueen, Macaulay, MacLeod, of Aberdeenshire and Outer Hebrides), (born June 14, 1946 business, real estate magnate and television personality), 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. At age 18, in 1930, Mary visited the United States, met Fred Trump and they were married in 1936.

Donald Trump and Sarah Palin

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