May 11 – 1200 Treaty of Le Goulet signed by the kings John of England and Philip II of France in May 1200 and meant to settle claims of Norman kings of England had as Norman dukes on French lands. Hence it concerned bringing an end to the war over the Duchy of Normandy.  American military cemetery in Normandy France with 9387 souls, of which an estimated 40% have scots ancestry. http://blackquillandink.com/?p=15894  The French speak French instead of German because of the American soldier.

Tytler’s History of Scotland from Encyclopaedia Britannica

CHRONOLOGY OP THE PERIOD.

  1. A.D. Sometime in. The English take possession of Jamaica.
  2. A.D. Sometime in. The Royal Society Instituted In England.
  3. A.D. Sometime in. Great plague In London.
  4. A.D. Sometime in. Great fire In London.
  5. A.D. Sometime in. John Sobieski, King of Poland. Milton died.
  6. A.D. Sometime in. The Habeas Corpus act passed in England.
  7. A.D. Sometime in. Peter the Great, Czar of Russia.

1684 The Killing Times – 1684. The Abjuration Oath is issued by the Privy Council. All subjects are to swear allegiance to the king and renounce the Covenant. Failure to take the oath results in summary death. The Killing Times had begun. Video: The Sword and the Cross: Covenant or King.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/covenanters/the_killing_times/

1685 The Killing Time. Two women (Covenanters or Presbyterians) underwent the punishment of death by drowning ; for which purpose they were chained to posts within the flood mark, and exposed to the fury of the advancing tide ; while, at the same time, they were offered rescue from the approaching billows, the sound of which was roaring in their ears, if they would but condescend so far as to say, (TG52-259) God save the King.”

Margaret Wilson, and Margaret McLachlan.

Margaret Wilson, one of the ‘Wigtown Martyrs’, executed by drowning in the incoming tide of the Solway Firth (1685). Wikipedia

 

Map with Wigtown on the Solway Firth.

A.D. Sometime in. Siege of Vienna by the Turks, raised by John Sobieski, King of Poland. Tytler’s History of Scotland, Britannica.

 

1699 The Darien colony. Sometime in May 1699. The governors of Jamaica, Barbados, and New York, published proclamations, setting forth, that whereas it had been signified to them (the governors) [Sir Walter Scott’s Tales of a Grandfather-59-42] by the English Secretary of State, that his Majesty was unacquainted with the purpose and design of the Scottish settlers at Darien (which was a positive falsehood), and that it was contrary to the peace entered into with his Majesty’s allies (no European power having complained of it), and that the governors of the said colonies had been commanded not to afford them any assistance therefore, they did strictly charge the colonists over whom they presided, to hold no correspondence with the said Scots, and to give them no assistance of arms, ammunition, provisions, or any other necessary whatsoever, either by themselves or any others for them; as those transgressing the tenor of the proclamation would answer the breach of his Majesty’s commands at their highest peril.

1745 Siege of Louisbourg (1745).

1745 History of the Scots Guards (1642–1804) Part of the War of the Austrian Succession Battle of Fontenoy. King George’s War. Napoleon I would later declare that the victory at Fontenoy prolonged the Ancient Régime monarchy in France by 30 years. Later in the year most of the British regiments were called back to Britain following the outbreak of the Jacobite Rising in the Highlands of Scotland.

The Battle of Fontenoy, 11 May 1745 by Horace Vernet. (Galerie des Batailles, Palace of Versailles). The Scots Guards is ranked as the third regiment in the Guards Division; as such, Scots Guardsmen can be recognized by having the buttons on their tunics spaced in threes.

Troopers of the Royal Scots Greys and the Royal Horse Guards. The Highland Regiment’s officer casualties in the battle were: Killed: Captain John Campbell, Ensign Lachlan Campbell. Wounded: Captains Robert Campbell, Ronald Campbell and James Campbell.

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Sergeant of the Highland Regiment : The Black Watch

http://www.britishbattles.com/battle_fontenoy.htm

1831 Sabbath. Joseph Smith the Prophet, in Thompson, Ohio,, (Clans Mack, Mackenzie of Inverness, Hamilton, Huntley,, Malcolm King O Scots) Doctrine and Covenants 51, Sometime in May. I am Jesus Christ, who cometh quickly, in an hour ye think not.

1858 Minnesota statehood, and has Scottish place names (Wikipedia)- Albany, Annandale, Argyle, Caledonia, Caledonia Township, Dumfries, Dundas, Dundee, Edina, Elgin, Fergus Falls, Glasgow Township, Wabasha County, Glencoe, Harris, Iona, Lismore, McGrath, Montrose, Nevis, Rothsay

State of Minnesota L’ETOILE DU NORD

1899 Sometime in May to July 1901. Joseph Fielding Smith, 10th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Descended from Mack of Inverness (clans Huntley, Hamilton, Mackenzie, Mack ), Scotland and Malcolm King of Scots. Serves as a full-time missionary assigned to England.

1942 to May 16. HM Queen Mary, Cunard Line, built Clydebank Scotland, converted to troopship. First time more than 10,000 persons had traveled on any ship (9,880 troops, 875 crew).

1944 The White Cliffs of Dover released in USA. A War propaganda tear jerker romance love story chic flic. The film is based on a poem, which is quoted.   The Scots angle? The mother in law identifies herself as ‘Scots’ or ‘Scotch’. Also stars June Lockhart as the 20 something Betsy love interest. Roddy McDowall as a Boy Baronette, having inherited his title at age 6 months, when his father dies in the Great War, November 1918. Brenda Forbes is Gwennie. (clans Lockhart, McDowall, Forbes)  A young Elizabeth Taylor has a cameo part. Taylor’s grandmother was a Wilson, presumably Scots.

 

  

2015 Utah is ranked 2nd highest (4.6% of the state population) among the 50 United States with the top percentages of Scottish residents (Wikipedia 26 March 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Americans#Scottish_Americans_by_state ).   How are the Scots in Utah doing? 3 decades ago, a UCLA researcher[i] sampled thousands of California Saints and others about their health. Generally, the Saints life style meant they were significantly healthier, would have a life expectancy of a decade or more longer, with 50 percent lower cancer mortality. https://rsc.byu.edu/archived/latter-day-saint-social-life-social-research-lds-church-and-its-members/15-health-practices

2016 West Virginia headlines Trump wins Republican Presidential Primary.  ‘West Virginia Primary Record Turnout Reported in the Mountain State, on Tuesday May 10.

People’s Pundit Daily.

People show their support as Donald Trump speaks in Charleston, West Virginia, on May 5, 2016. (Photo: Chris Tilley/Reuters). (clan McLeod. Tong Scotland).

[i] James E. Enstrom, “Health Practices and Cancer Mortality among Active California Mormons,” in Latter-day Saint Social Life: Social Research on the LDS Church and its Members(Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1998), 441–460. For high priests, especially those who are middle-aged, the SMRs for all cancers, for cardiovascular diseases, and for all causes are substantially below those for typical nonsmokers. Indeed, this population is currently achieving the 50 percent reduction in cancer mortality that the National Cancer Institute has set as a goal for the year 2000 (Breslow and Cumberland 1988). These results demonstrate substantial progress in prevention of cancer and other diseases in one well-defined population, and they suggest a life-style that could result in a major reduction in cancer mortality, as well as mortality in general. Further research might reveal that additional health practices result in an even greater reduction in mortality.

James E. Enstrom is research professor in the school of public health at the University of California at Los Angeles. This article was originally published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute 23:1807–14; reprinted with permission.