.MARCH 18 – 386 Cyril Bishop of Jerusalem Teacher of the Faith,

Cyril of Jerusalem (Greek Κύριλλος Α΄ Ἱεροσολύμων) was a distinguished theologian of the early Church (ca. 313[1] – 386). He is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion. Wikipedia.

1286 Alexander 3^rd King of Scots, died in a fall from his horse in the dark while riding to visit the pregnant queen, Yolande de Dreux, at Kinghorn in Fife on 18 March 1286 for her birthday the next day. Alexander had spent the evening at Edinburgh Castle celebrating his second marriage and overseeing a meeting with royal advisors. Alexander 3^rd was told the journey to Fife was hazardous because of weather conditions, but travelled anyway. Alexander became separated from his guides and in the dark his horse lost its footing. The 44-year auld king was found dead on the shore the following morning with a broken neck. (William 2^nd also died in 1702 from a horse fall, so did Majorie Bruce March 2, 1316, as did William the Conqueror 9 Sept 1087, John Dunbar Earl of Moray during a joust in 1390)

Alexander III of Scotland Rescued from the Fury of a Stag by the Intrepidity of Colin Fitzgerald (‘The Death of the Stag’) below

Artist Benjamin West 1786. West’s heroic and monumental style illustrates a legend in which the first chieftain of the Clan Mackenzie saves the life of the Scottish King (Alexander 3^rd). Colin Fitzgerald is shown about to spear a fierce stag who had turned on the Scottish King, Alexander III, during a hunting expedition. West includes other huntsmen, horses and dogs whose dynamic poses and striking gestures enhance the dramatic moment. Francis Humberston Mackenzie became chieftain of the Mackenzie Clan in 1783 and commissioned the painting to commemorate, rather conspicuously, his illustrious ancestor. www.nationalgalleries.org

1525 Archibald Douglas, 6^th Earl of Angus, holding James 5^th boy King of Scots, was de facto government of Scotland. On the 18^th (March 1526) Angus (clan Douglas) wrote to Magnus (English ambassador of Henry 8^th) again excusing Angus from attending a Peace Day with Earl of Westmoreland because: ‘ Will not leave the King for danger’ and ‘all my lords have left except Glasgow and Lennox’. Magnus replied stating that they, the English, would look towards Angus (clan Douglas), Argyle (clan Campbell) and Lennox (clan Stewart) should Duke of Albany (John Stewart, Regent and grandson of James 2^nd, clan Stewart) return to Scotland. www.bolb.org.uk

1599 never happened in Scotland. February went from the 11^th month in 1598 to the 2nd month in 1600.

1685 – Ralph Erskine, born Scottish minister (d. 1752)

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 world’s oldest lunar “calendar” is in an Aberdeenshire field.

1782 – John C. Calhoun, (clan Colquhoun) born, 7^th Vice President of the United States (d. 1850). Yale Phi Beta Kappa. Name sake of Yale college residence, Calhoun.

An 1822 portrait of John C. Calhoun at the age of forty.

100 dollar bill of November 1862, bearing image of John C. Calhoun. 1877 Seventeen Eminent Scots’ Spirits, including Calhoun, 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.

1783 Congressman David Ramsay, who married Frances Witherspoon, daughter of John Witherspoon (Scot), a descendant of John Welsh of Ayr and John Knox and Andrew Stewart 2^nd Lord Ochiltree (Scots). The President’s House in Princeton, New Jersey, his home from 1768 to 1779 is a U.S. National Historic Landmark. A bronze statue at Princeton University by Scottish sculptor Alexander Stoddart is the twin of one outside The University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Scotland. In Princeton today, a University dormitory built in 1877, the street running north from the University’s main gate, and the local public middle school all bear his name. Another statue stands near Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C., at the intersections of Connecticut Avenue, N and 18th Streets.

John Witherspoon Statue, Princeton New Jersey.

1832 Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Hiram, Ohio, (clan Mack of Inverness, Malcolm King of Scots), Doctrine and Covenants 81.  Lift up the hands which hang down.

Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City

1837 Grover Cleveland (Scots) (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908)

22nd and 24th President, 1885-89 and 1893-97: Born in New Jersey, he was the maternal grandson of merchant Abner Neal, who emigrated from County Antrim [Ulster Northern Ireland] in the 1790s. He is the only president to have served non-consecutive terms.

An anti-Cleveland cartoon highlights the Halpin scandal.

When Cleveland won election to a second term, he and the Democratic majority in the 53^rd United States Congress passed an Enabling Act in 1894 that permitted Utah to apply for statehood. Utah joined the Union on January 4, 1896.

1886 Edward Everett Horton (March 18, 1886 – September 29, 1970) grandson of Mary Orr and George Diack, immigrants from Scotland.   Actor.

Played fictional Mr. Witherspoon in Arsenic and Old Lace 1944, McTavish in Springtime in the Rockies (1942), fictional Horace Hunter in The Magnificient Dope (1942), fictional Graham in Angel (1937),

1892 Vice Admiral Edward Lull “Ned” Cochrane (March 18, 1892 – November 14, 1959) was a United States Navy officer and noted naval architect who served as Chief of the Bureau of Ships during World War Two. In this capacity, he was directly responsible for the Navy’s massive shipbuilding and maintenance program from November 1942 until November 1946. Cochrane was also awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, and was an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Quote from Edward L. Cochrane on WWII poster. TO ALL PRODUCERS OF LANDING CRAFT. The Battle for the Beaches is on! Invasion Craft are needed to put our armed forces ashore to meet and crush the enemy. Meet your schedules! Beyond the beachheads lie the roads to Victory! Rear Admiral E. L. COCHRANE, USN.

1893 – Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; originally presented to amateur champions, the Stanley Cup has been awarded to the top pro team since 1910, and since 1926, only to National Hockey League teams. Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16^th Earl of Derby KG GCB GCVO PC (15 January 1841 – 14 June 1908), known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893.

The 1^st Earl Derby’s 5^th son was Sir Edward Stanley, 1^st Lord Monteagle (1462–1524) prominent in the battle of Flodden Field. Popular ballads represent the English army as begging the Earl of Surrey to put Stanley in command of the van; Surrey, out of jealousy, placed Stanley in the rear, where nevertheless he distinguished himself, forcing the Scots to evacuate their position of vantage on the hill, and killing James IV of Scotland with his own hand (his name occurs in a line of Walter Scott’s Marmion: ‘Charge, Chester, charge—on, Stanley, on’). Thomas Ruthall, bishop of Durham, reported that Stanley behaved well, and recommended his elevation to the peerage for his services. On 8 May 1514 Stanley was installed Knight of the Garter. The 1^st Earl Derby was also titular King of Mann, and Derby’s sister Elizabeth Stanley, who married Sir Richard Molyneux, was an ancestor of Molly Lenore Choate Summers and Garrett Scott Summers.

1903 Schuyler Hamilton 1841 (24) Major General 1822- d. March 18, 1903. Mexican-American War
, American Civil War, Battle of Island Number Ten, Second Battle of Corinth. Grandson of Alexander Hamilton. (clan Hamilton).

[Hamilton 2Stewart 2Millar 2simmons 2Choate 2Sorensen]

1938 Bulldog Drummond’s Peril released. Fictional Scots’ hero. Captain Drummond solves serial murders.

1960 – James MacPherson, born Scottish actor. (clan MacPherson)

1964 – Bonnie Blair, born American speed skater. (clan Blair)

1965 March 18. The stone “‘What e’er thou art, act well thy part.’” Inspiring to David O. McKay. [David McKay from Caithness Scotland reared a son, David O. McKay who became president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’.] arrived in Edinburgh on Thursday, March 18, 1965. Journal Mormon History 33_3_2007 {matt_richardson@byu.edu}

2014 Pentland Firth. Strait between Scotland mainland and Orkney Islands. BALTIMORE, March 18, 2014 – Adding to its recent momentum in ocean energy, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced today that it is further advancing the next generation of tidal energy. Lockheed Martin has commenced a contract from global tidal energy leader Atlantis Resources Ltd. (ARL:LN) to optimize the design of Atlantis’ new 1.5-megawatt tidal turbine, the AR1500.  The MeyGen project in Scotland’s Pentland Firth, the world’s largest tidal stream project under development – is expected to deliver up to 398 megawatts of power, enough energy to power 200,000 homes. The MeyGen project will contribute to Scotland’s goal of 100 percent renewable energy by 2020.  Orkney was Margaret’s dowry for her July 1469 marriage to James 3^rd of Scotland.

Pentland Firth, Orkney Islands, Caithness, Sutherland, Butt of Lewis, C. Wrath, Duncansby Hd, Wick, Loch Shin.

2015 March 18, NBC announced they were going ahead with production of the 15^th season of The Apprentice with 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.

1799 map showing Lewis Isle, Harris Isle, with Stornaway on on the east cost at Loch Tua. Other locations clockwise from top, Bull of Lewes Tosa IId, Loch Tua, Keampan II, Bible IId, Cichen IId, I Stornaway, Loch Hourn, Och Shell, Shiant Is, Glss I. Loch Tarbat, The Minsh, Fladahun, Treda, L Stokinish, Ru Renish, Rowaldale, Toe Head, Harris, Isle, Loch Scaforth, L. Hamneway, Galla Hd, Graf i. Part of Ross Shie, Limeshadr, Barvas, Galson.