January 9 1492 The Diocese of Glasgow was elevated to an Archdiocese by Pope Innocent VII.

1599 never happened in Scotland.  It happened in England though.

1700 The Darien colony. Sometime  in January

Two years had elapsed since the colonization of Darien had become matter of public discussion, and notwithstanding their feverish jealousy of their South American settlements, the Spaniards had not made any remonstrance against it. Nay, so close [Sir Walter Scott’s Tales of a Grandfather-59-44] and intimate was the King of Spain’s friendship with King William II, that it seems possible he might never have done so, unless the colonists had been  disowned by their Sovereign, as if they had been vagabonds and outlaws. But finding the Scottish colony so treated by their Prince, the Spaniards felt themselves invited in a manner to attack it, and not only lodged a remonstrance against the settlement with the English Cabinet, but seized one of the vessels wrecked on the coast, confiscated the ship, and made the crew prisoners. The Darien Company of Scotland sent an address to the King by the hands of Lord Basil Hamilton, remonstrating against this injury; but William, who studied every means to discountenance the unfortunate scheme, refused, under the most frivolous pretexts, to receive the petition. This became so obvious, that the young nobleman determined that the address should reach the royal hands in season or out of season, and taking a public opportunity to approach the King as he was leaving the saloon of audience, he obtruded himself and the petition upon his notice, with more bluntness than ceremony. ” That young man is too bold,” said King William II, but, doing justice to Lord Basil’s motive, he presently added,-” if a man can be too bold in the cause of his country.” 

Golden Island. The Bay of Caledonia lies about 3 Leagues west of the Gulf of Darien. We found the ground near Golden Island.

1746 Prince Charles Edward Stuart At Bannockburn and Stirling. Gun control.Purpose was not to prevent crime, but eliminate political opposition

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.

1752 Paper War of 1752–3 John Hill claimed in the London Daily Advertiser (9 January 1752) Fielding had met with him prior to January and proposed what would be a fake paper war that would involve London writers “giving Blows that would not hurt, and sharing the Advantage in Silence. Andrew Millar VI. (clan Stewart, Lockhart, Hunter).

1766 Thomas Birch Died. (23 November 1705 – 9 January 1766) was an English historian. Ordained deacon in the Church of England in 1730 and priest in 1731. As a strong supporter of the Whigs. Bookseller Andrew Millar 6^th (clan Stewart, Lockhart, Hunter).

 Memoirs of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, from the year 1581 till her death etc.Secret Intreques, Robert Earl of Essex, Anthony Bacon, Thomas Birch, etc. London Printed for A. Millar in the Strand.  1754

1788 Connecticut ratifies the constitution, and becomes a state. Scottish names include-  Darien. New Haven. Riverside. Scotland

1809 January 09 Samuel Mulliner, born, first missionary to Scotland, sailed back to the United States in the autumn of 1840. Reunited with his family at Springfield, Illinois, he found that his wife had provided for their two daughters by doing laundry for “a fine young lawyer … by the name of Abraham Lincoln,” among others.Samuel remained a faithful Latter-day Saint all his life, emigrating to Utah in 1850 and establishing tanneries and mills at Lehi and Orderville before his death in 25 feb 1891. [Ensign February 1987.  Gospel Seeds in Scottish Soil).

1830 Scots Roman Type, prepared in Glasgow Scotland, and shipped to a foundry in Albany New York, then delivered to the E. B. Grandin Printing company in Palmyra New York, according to the Crandall Gutenberg Printing Museum in Provo Utah. The Scots Roman type is the font used to print the first edition of the Book of Mormon. The contract with E. B. Grandin’s print shop to print the book was signed on Tuesday 25 Aug 1829, and the completed book was on sale by Friday 26 March 1830.  Typesetter John H. Gilbert selects type and inserts commas, periods, and other punctuation as Gilbert reads Oliver Cowdery’s hand written copy. One form signature of 16 pages, in quantities of 5,000 copies will be printed, 37 signatures, a form per 6 day, 11 hour per day week. Meridian Magazine (14 Apr 2005). http://www.johnpratt.com/items/docs/lds/meridian/2005/printing.html

19^th    form of 16 pages printed. Somewhere in Alma.

 Grandin Press restored.

1867 Scrooge McDuck (Fictional clan McDuck) was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Fergus McDuck and Downy O’Drake. He would have two younger sisters, namely Matilda McDuck (born in 1871) and Hortense McDuck (born in 1876).

 The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Collected Edition cover. Art by Don Rosa.

1904 John Brown Gordon died, (February 6, 1832 – January 9, 1904) General in the Confederate Army. (clan Gordon).

1937 Don Donald is a 1937 American film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. Donald woos Donna Duck.

 Poster Donald Duck (fictional clan McDuck). First  to feature Donald as leading duck character. Donald Fauntleroy Duck  was never nominated for best Duck or best supporting Duck with the Oscars, although (per Wikipedia) he has been in 178 theatrical films; nor literature prize for 60 books; nor for competition for 36 video games.  A good Scot with the name Donald.

1942  Battle of the Atlantic.Escorting a southbound East Coast convoy, destroyer “VIMIERA” was mined and sunk in the Thames Estuary. E-boats and aircraft continued to attack British coastal convoy routes directly and with magnetic and acoustic mines. Convoy escorts and minesweepers fought back, supported by RAF Fighter Command, Monthly Loss Summary
14 British, Allied and neutral ships of 19,000 tons in UK waters. The first United States troops landed in Northern Ireland. www.naval-history

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