January 22 304 Vincent of Saragossa Deacon first Martyr of Spain, with a feast day celebrated in Scotland, as recorded in deeds and decrees.

1575 Former Regent Arran DIED. One of 24 Lords of the Congregation.

.James Hamilton, 2^nd Earl of Arran French Duke of Châtellerault promised a duchy by the Treaty of Châtillon, 1548 until 1559 and 2^nd Earl of Arran (c. 1529 – 22 January 1575) was a Scottish nobleman.

His Father James Hamilton, 1^st Earl of Arran (1475–1529), died, married firstly in 1490 Elizabeth Home by whom he had two daughters; he divorced Elizabeth in 1504. He married secondly in 1516, Janet Bethune, daughter of Sir David Bethune, 1^st of Creich and Janet Duddlingston. by whom he had three children including his heir, James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault, 2^nd Earl of Arran (c.1516- 22 January 1575), heir presumptive to the Kingdom of Scotland (2 July 1536 – 22 May 1540), (April 1541- 8 December 1542), (14 December 1542 – 19 June 1566), (29 July 1567 – 22 January 1575); Regent of Scotland (1542–1554)) .

James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and 2^nd Earl of Arran. Eldest legitimate son of James Hamilton, 1^st Earl of Arran, Through his paternal grandmother, Mary Stewart Princess of Scotland, Hamilton was the great grandson of James II Stewart King of Scotland. On the death of John Stewart, Duke of Albany in 1536, Arran became the next heir of the Kingdom of Scotland after James 5^th. in August 1559, joining the Protestant Lords of the Congregation to oppose the regency of Mary of Guise (James 5^th’s widow), and lost his French dukedom as a result. Hamilton married in 1532, to the Lady Margaret Douglas, daughter of James Douglas, 3^rd Earl of Morton and Catherine Stewart, herself a natural daughter of James IV. His older half-brother James Hamilton of Finnart paid Morton 4000 marks as part of the marriage settlement.

They had the following issue:

James Hamilton, 3^rd Earl of Arran

Lady Anne Hamilton – married George Gordon, 5^th Earl of Huntly

Lady Jean Hamilton – married Hugh Montgomerie, 3^rd Earl of Eglinton

Lady Barbara Hamilton – married 1st Alexander Gordon, Lord Gordon, 2^nd James Fleming, 4^th Lord Fleming

John Hamilton, 1^st Marquess of Hamilton-married Margaret, daughter of John Lyon, 7^th Lord Glamis

Lady Margaret Hamilton – married Sir Alexander Pethein (Peden)

Gawain Hamilton – died in infancy

Lady Elizabeth – married George Hamilton

David Hamilton – had three children in 1575.

Claud Hamilton, 1^st Lord Paisley – married Margaret, daughter of George Seton, 7^th Lord Seton

Douglas county – Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin,

1599 never happened in Scotland, but it did in England.

1646 sometime in, the pestilence of 1645 in Paisley arrives in Glasgow. In 1646 the infection had arrived in Glasgow, but built up slowly, allowing the burgh to organise the isolation on the Foul Moor, with regular checks for new cases, ensuring that family members did not visit relatives on the moor. Gradually the measures become more restrictive as more cases appear: No men to leave the town, lykewakes after funerals are banned, as are other public gatherings. An official is appointed to keep a register of events, and record the graves on the moor. There was belated realisation that cleanliness was a factor, and so a man with a horse and cart is employed to collect the rubbish from the streets. A doctor is paid to make regular inspections of suspect victims. Soldiers quartered in the burgh are moved out to buildings outside the town, with the approval of the military authorities. The soldiers were also regularly checked for the disease, for troops were not very easily obtained and trained. Losses would be hard to make good. Plague! By Gordon.

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

1641 map with Glasgow and Paisley, Renfrew, Hamilton, Bothwell, River Clyde.

1689 Convention Parliament met The Convention sought to justify the overthrow of James II (of England, 7^th of Scotland). The Whigs held the ascendancy in the House of Commons and the Tories in the House of Lords. The parliament spent much time arguing over whether James II was considered to have abdicated or to have abandoned the throne in some manner, and following that who then should take the crown. The Whigs referred to theories of social contract and argued that William alone should now be King. A few ‘Radical’ Whigs argued for a republic (no King) but most Whigs argued for a limited monarchy.

The Tories favoured either the retention of James II, a regency, or Mary (James 2^nd daughter and William 3^rd’s wife) alone as Queen. Archbishop Sancroft and loyalist Bishops preferred that James II be conditionally restored.

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. The algorithm, set out in the Book of Common Prayer as required by the Act, includes calculation of the Golden Number and the Sunday Letter, which (in the Easter section of the Book) were presumed to be already known.

1788 George Gordon Byron, 6^th Baron Byron, later George Gordon Noel, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), commonly known simply as Lord Byron, He was the son of Captain John “Mad Jack” Byron and his second wife, the former Catherine Gordon (d. 1811), a descendant of Cardinal Beaton and heiress of the Gight estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Wikipedia

Lord Byron on his deathbed as depicted by Joseph-Denis Odevaere c.1826 Oil on canvas, 166 × 234.5 cm Groeningemuseum, Bruges. (Note the sheet covering his misshapen right foot).

Portrait by Richard Westall, date unknown, Lord Byron. In 1877 Seventeen Eminent Scots’ Spirits, including Byron, 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

Stained glass at Ottawa Public Library features Charles Dickens, Archibald Lampman, Sir Walter Scott (clan Scott), Lord Byron (clan Gordon), Alfred, Lord Tennyson, William Shakespeare, Thomas Moore.

Tytler’s History of Scotland from Encyclopaedia Britannica

CHRONOLOGY OF THE PERIOD.

A.D. 1821. Napoleon Bonaparte died at St Helena.

1831. Prince Leopold elected King of the Belgians.
1832. Charles X., King of France.
1833. Donna Maria, Queen of Portugal.
1834. Louis Philippe, King of the French.
1835. Prince Leopold elected King of the Belgians.
1836. Isabella II., Queen of Spain.
1837. Ferdinand I., Emperor of Austria.

1901 Queen Victoria died. United Kingdom (Stewart clan).

1986 Space Shuttle Challenger’s crew, including Sharon Christa McAuliffe (1948) for NASA’s Teacher in Space Project (son Scot); and Ronald Ervin McNair, Ph.D. (1950) prep for historic launch.   Weather reports cold front moving south. The Saturn rocket will fly at about Mach 30, or three times the speed of a bullet fired from a high powered rifle. Mach is the name assigned to the speed of sound at sea level, which is about 750 miles per hour, or Mach One.

2001 Scotland PA released. William Shakespeare’s Macbeth tragedy is set in 1975 as a dark comedy in Duncan’s café, a fast food restaurant in Scotland Pennsylvania.

Scotland PA poster.

2001 Enigma filmed in Scotland at Tigh Beg Croft, Oban. Jericho trails Puck to Scotland and catches up with him just as he is about to be taken on board a U-boat,

Codebreakers of Bletchley Park in World War II. See the NSA museum at Ft. Meade Maryland.

2005 Melania Knauss married 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.

Wedding of Donald and Melania Trump.

2016 The 2016 Burn’s Night Dinner, honoring the 257th birthday of Scotland’s greatest poet and author, Robert Burns, will be held on Saturday, January 23th, 2016, in the Belle Haven Country Club in Alexandria, Virginia.

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