June 28 – 200 Irenæus Bishop of Lyon Teacher of the Faith, c.200

1445 Laurence Abernethy of saltoun ad rothiemay, created Baron Saltoun of Abernethy. Anderson v.1/15.

1491– King Henry 8th Tudor of England born (d. 1547) King promoting 2 battles against Scots, Flodden Field and, after his demise, Pinky. Uncle of James 5th and all subsequent Scots royal line.

1495 Battle of Seminara. First Italian War, was fought in Calabria on June 28, 1495 between a French garrison in recently conquered southern Italy and the allied forces of Spain and Naples which were attempting to reconquer these territories. Against the redoubtable combination of gendarmes and Swiss mercenary pikemen in the French force, the allies had only Neapolitan troops of indifferent quality and a small corps of lightly armed Spanish soldiers, accustomed to fighting the Moors of Spain.

1534 to 1607 to 1641. Religious persecution laws adopted at various times in these years. The Act of Uniformity, the Test Acts and Penal Laws of England, (with jurisdiction into Ireland, Scotland and British colonies of Africa, India, and Americas), enforced by execution and torture, fine and prison, confiscation and transport to the plantations (American colonies, if ye weren’t already here) were, according to Edmund Burke “a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance, as well fitted for the oppression, impoverishment and degradation of a people, and the debasement in them of human nature itself, as ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man.” Savage, John (1869). Fenian Heroes and Martyrs. Patrick Donahoe. pp. 16. Bans on Catholics, Dissenters from the Established Church, (Nonconformists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Quakers, Covenanters, Methodists, Congregationalists, Jews, Anglicans 1650-1661, Baptists, along with slaves, felons, imbeciles. and foreigners). Ban on Catholics becoming grand jurors, repealed by the Relief Act of 1793. Wikipedia. Penal Laws repealed 1829.

thetruthwon.com Time Line of Scotland church (highly abbreviated).

1559 Linlithgow, Army of the Congreation occupies, pulled down altars, destroyed shrines, purged ideolatry, and forced the regent to retreat to Dunbar.

1586 Mary Queen of Scots writes a coded letter to Babington as a trusted friend.

Photo by John Choate of display at National Security Agency library Fort Meade Maryland. The symbols spell LIBRARY from various cryptographic codes,   The 9 symbol is a B in Mary Queen of Scots cipher circa 1580.

1678 ROBERT MILLER II, (christened 28 Jun 1678-1732) of St Quivox Scotland, Presbyterian minister.

1776 The Committee of Five presenting their draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Congress on June 28, 1776. Painting by John Trumbull. Trumbull’s painting can also be found on the back of the U.S. $2 bill.

 

1778 Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey. American Units; Scott, Maxwell, Ramsay’s 3rd Maryland, Livingston, Stirling, Stewart’s 13th Pennsylvania,

Molly Pitcher   http://www.britishbattles.com/battle-monmouth.htm

Mary Ludwig Hays accompanied her husband (clan Hays), a soldier during the War of American independence, as a camp follower–a common occurrence. She carried pitchers of water to the soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778. Reports from the battle are that her husband was wounded or overcome by heat. “Molly,” who received her nickname because of her role in the war, fought in his place. Her heroism made her a legendary figure. Usstampgallery. Molly Pitcher reststop on theJersy turpike, circa 2012.

1854 The Siege of Sevastopol, Begins in September. Continues to

1855 The Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War, Black Sea, ends in September. Scots Fusilier Guards, now the Scots Guards. 1st Royal Regiment: now the Royal Scots. 42nd Highlanders, The Black Watch. 6th Dragoon Guards: later the 6th Carabineers and now the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Royal Scots Greys: now the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. 71st Highland Light Infantry, now the Royal Highland Fusiliers. 72nd Highlanders: later the Seaforth Highlands, then the Queen’s Own Highlanders and now the Highlanders. 79th Highlanders, the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders: later the Queen’s Own Highlanders and now the Highlanders. 90th Regiment: later the Scottish Rifles; disbanded in 1966. 93rd Regiment: now the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. http://www.britishbattles.com/crimean-war/sevastopo.htm    British base at Balaclava

1902– The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal. 200 years after the Scots colony of Darien collapsed.

Hay-Varilla Treaty.

Darien Connecticut named for the Scots colony.

 

 

 

1919 treaty of Versailles. Scottish National War Memorial. a small independent charity relying on public donation.  Edinburgh Castle. This design for the Air Force Bay in the Scottish National War Memorial was drawn c.1924-25. www.treasuredplaces.org.uk. The Memorial’s origin goes back to 1917 when the Duke of Atholl proposed a national commemoration to Scots lost in the First World War. Two years later Sir Robert Lorimer (1864-1929) was selected as architect. After much discussion and debate Lorimer’s proposals to convert the 18th century Billings Barracks into one single E-plan Hall of Honour were passed.

Exodus 19;4. I bore ye on eagles’ wings, and brought ye unto myself.

In memory of Scots in all *** of the ROYAL NAVAL AIR FORCE, ROYAL FLYING CORPS, ROYAL AIR FORCE, AND OF THOSE AIR FORCES FROM EVERY *** OF THE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WINNING VICTORY FOR THEIR KING AND COUNTRY. 1914-1918

1997 Lindsey Fraser, who had supplied one of the blurb comments, wrote what is thought to be the first published review, in The Scotsman on 28 June 1997. Harry Potter.

Fictional posters of fictional Scots schools and wizards.

 

2016 BREXIT. UK referendum to leave EU on June 23rd gave the media plenty to talk about. You would have thought Harry Potter had flunked out of HogWarts.  US presidential hopeful Donald Trump arrives at his revamped Trump Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire CREDIT: ANDREW MILLIGAN/PA WIRE. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/26/eu-referendum-hilary-benn-sacked-from-shadow-cabinet-by-jeremy-c/

Switzerland never joined the EU, and voted about 3 years ago still to not join.

2017 Turnberry Ayrshire Scotland. King Robert the Bruce Golf Course opened. ‘The Bruce’ won the Battle of Bannockburn on 24 June 1314 against Edward 2nd King of England, leading to four centuries of independence . The Bruce was born 11 July 1274 in Turnberry Castle, site of the gold course.  The Turnberry Lighthouse now stands amongst the ruins of this historic castle.

Turnberry lighthouse, King Robert the Bruce Golf course and Isle of Arran. Eric F. Trump, (Clan MacLeod of The Lewes, commonly known as Clan MacLeod of Lewis)) hosted the grand opening of the Trump Turnberry Resort. Per Wikipedia,

Clan Macleod by R.R.Mclan from The clans of the Scottish Highlands, 1845. The MacLeod’s date from the 13th century with the following Septs

Allum, Callam, Callum, Challum, Gillecallum, MacAllum, MacAlman MacCallum, MacCalman, MacGillechallum, Malcolm. Malcolmson. Leis, MacAskill, Kasky, MacAsgill, MacCaskie, Caskie, MacCaskill, MacKaskill, McCaskill, MaKasky, Taskill, MacAulay, Aulay, Calley, Caulay, Coll, MacAllay, MacAlley, MacAuley, MacCaulay, MacCauley, MacCorley, MacCabe, MacKabe, MacCorkill, MacCorkindale, MacCorkle, MacCorquodale MacKerkyll, MacKorkyll, MacOrkill, McCorkie, McKurkul, MacCorkindale, Corquodale and MacCorcadail, MacCorkill, MacCorkle, MacCorquodale, MacThorcadail, Nicol, deNicole, MacNichol, MacNickle, McNychol, Necolson, Nichol(s), Nicholl, Nicholson, Nickle, Nicoll, Nicollsoun, Nicolson, Nuccol, Nuckall, Nucolsone, Norie, , Noray, Nore, Norn, Norrey, Norreys, Norrie, Norris, Norye, Tolmie. A sept is an English word for a division of a family, especially of a Scottish or Irish family.

In the context of Scottish clans, septs are families that followed another family’s chief. These smaller septs would then comprise, and be part of, the chief’s larger clan. A sept might follow another chief if two families were linked through marriage; or, if a family lived on the land of a powerful laird, they would follow him whether they were related or not. Bonds of manrent were sometimes used to bind lesser chiefs and his followers to more powerful chiefs.

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