May 30 – 1215 English barons organized against King John. King John descends from Malcolm 3^rd, King of Scots. First Barons’ War run up.

1418 John the Fearless captured Paris, but not before the Dauphin (the traditional name of the heir apparent to the throne of France), the future Charles VII of France, had escaped. John then installed himself in the city and made himself protector of the King. Although not an open ally of the English, John did nothing to prevent the surrender of Rouen in 1419. Wikipedia. John de Bourgogne ‘the fearless’ and Margaret are great grand parents of Maria Guelders Queen of Scots to James 2^nd Stewart King.

1431 Joan of Arc, Visionary. Executed burned at the Stake. Died age 19. Patron Saint of France. Hundred Years War. Extends auld alliance for more than a century until 1560.

Joan of Arc’s Death at the Stake, by Hermann Stilke (1843). Joan lead armies for Charles Vii of France, against English armies of Henry VI (age 10), captured by Philip III of Burgundy. Scotland and France were the Auld Alliance (from 1173 or 1295 to 1560). France was on the brink of surrendering to the forces of Henry V and in 1418 the Dauphin, Charles VII, called on his Scottish allies for help. Between 1419 and 1424 as many as 15,000 Scottish troops were sent to France.

French and Scottish forces together won against the English at the Battle of Baugé in 1421. As it marked the turning point of the Hundred Years War, the significance of this battle was great. However, their victory was a short-lived one: at Verneuil in 1424, the Scots army was defeated. Despite this defeat, the Scots had given France a valuable breathing space, effectively saving the country from English domination.

In addition, in 1429 Scots came to the aid of Joan of Arc in her famous relief of Orléans. Scottish soldiers also served in the Garde Écossaise, the loyal bodyguard of the French monarchy. Many Scottish mercenaries chose to settle in France. Some were granted lands and titles in France.

1472 Jacquetta of Luxembourg died (1415/1416 – 30 May 1472) was the elder daughter of Peter I, Count of St Pol, Conversano and Brienne and his wife Margaret de Baux (Margherita del Balzo of Andria). She was the mother of Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort of King Edward IV of England. Wikipedia.  American military cemetery Luxembourg. 5,076 souls (40% of Scots ancestry). blackquillandink.com/

1527 Master Patrick Hamilton fled to Germany, enrolling himself as a student,

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under Franz Lambert of Avignon, in the new University of Marburg, opened on May 30, 1527 by Philip of Hesse. Among those he met there were Hermann von dem Busche, one of the contributors to the Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum, and probably William Tyndale, translator of the Bible. Wikipedia.  Ancient University in Marburg, Germany. www.flickriver.com

1546 David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews, assassinated.

1588 – May 30 for all ships to leave port. The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail on May 28 from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. (Portions of the fleet, not sunk and destroyed, will circumnavigate Scotland (and England and Wales).

1625 Sir William Douglas created baronet of Nova Scotia, with a grant of 1600 acres of land in that colony. Anderson Scot’s History v. 2/p. 49.  Douglas 1036 2Stewart 2Ruthven 2Kinchin 2Jared 2Simmons 2Choate – Douglas 2Montgomberie 2Blair 2Cochrane 2Miller 2Simmons 2Choate – Douglas 2Hamilton 2Stewart 2Miller 2Simmons 2Choate – Douglas 2Carlyle 2Semple 2Montgomery 2Cochrane 2Miller 2Simmons 2Choate

1832 – James Mackintosh, Scottish jurist, politician and historian (b. 1765 Aldourie, Inverness-shire)  Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832

1939 Murdo Mackenzie (April 24, 1850 near Tain, Ross-shire, Scotland – May 30, 1939 in Denver, Colorado) was twice (1891-1901 and 1922-1937) manager of the Scots-owned Matador Land and Cattle Company, and founding president of the American Stock Growers Association, for whom he testified before congress and the Interstate Commerce Commission. His testimony led to passage of the Hepburn Act of 1906 which eased railroad fares for western shippers.

Mackenzie appears as a character in the fictional Scrooge McDuck comic book, The Buckaroo of the Badlands (1992), set in 1882, in which the poor, newly-hired Scrooge, helped by Theodore Roosevelt, rescues a championship bull belonging to Mackenzie.

Original cover of The Buckaroo of the Badlands. Art by Don Rosa. Scrooge comes across some cowboys led by Murdo MacKenzie, transporting cattle and joins them, receiving his own horse, which he names after his sister Hortense, since they have the same bad temper. Scrooge is placed in charge of security of a prize winning bull, which is then stolen by the McViper brothers.

1940 Scotland. ‘Their Finest Hour, The Fall of France, Back to France.’ Generations of government imposed gun controls and gun bans had disarmed the homefronts of Poles, and disarmed the homefronts of neutral Belgians and Dutch, and disarmed the homefronts of French, Scots, and English. Relying, as their governments hollow promises and, as they falsely supposed on their police and armies, instead of themselves. All were to pay very dearly for such short sightedness, under rape, riot, and ruin. Terrible and crushing evils would be unleashed on a defenseless, helpless and self unarmed populace. The shock of Nazi blitzkrieg devastated Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France. Next up was Great Britain. Churchill (clan Montgomery) was returned to the government. 5 cent US Postage, overrun countries Luxembourg.

1951 United Confederate Veterans Final Reunion. This event of the Confederate veterans was held May 30, 1951, at Norfolk, Virginia. The organization was founded in New Orleans in 1889. Central design is a United Confederate Veteran as he appeared in 1951 and as he was in his youth as a Confederate soldier. General John Brown Gordon, Confederate, and political figure in Georgia, headed the United Confederate Veterans from 1890 until his death in 1904. 86 years after the end of the war. Confederate soldier. UCV 5 cent. Final Reunion united confederate veterans.

1994 Ezra Taft Benson, 13^th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, died Salt Lake City Utah. (1899-1994) He served a mission to Great Britain. From 1953 to 1961, he was Secretary of Agriculture in the cabinet of U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. His favorite hymn is ‘How Great Thou Art’. (clans Bruce, Buchan, Carrick, Cheney, Comyn, Douglas, Dunbar, Giffard, Lindsay, Mar, Montgomery, Stewart, and Malcolm III Ceannmor King of Scots.  etb.bensonfamily.org/etb-anc/surnames.htm Secretary of Agriculture.

2007 Operation Lastay Kulang was launched on 30 May 2007 near the village of Kajaki Sofle, 10 kilometres to the south-west of Kajaki, to remove a Taliban force encamped there. In October 2007 the battalion of The Coldstream Guards was to be sent to Afghanistan as part of 52 Infantry Brigade. In March 2008, while on patrol with the ANA, members of the Regiment discovered a Taliban torture chamber. Coldstream is on the Scots English border. Coldstream Guards by W.B. Wollen

2012 Picturing history: Bishopton, Scotland.  The first LDS missionaries to take the gospel to Scotland were Alexander Wright and Samuel Mulliner. Following their conversion to the gospel in Canada, these two met en route to Great Britain and were counseled to go to their native homeland of Scotland. Feeling that their preaching should begin with their own families they separated. Wright walked for days to find his family in Marnock only to be sequestered from them because he was suffering from smallpox. Mulliner began his labors in the area of Glasgow. On Jan. 14, 1840, Mulliner baptized Alexander and Jessie Hay of Bishopton in the River Clyde. It is believed that those were the first baptisms of the church in Scotland. Mulliner also conducted the first LDS sacrament service in Scotland, also in Bishopton.

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2013 Ellis James Nielsen. (clans Abernethy, Blair, Halyburton, Gordon, Lockhart, Meldrum, Hunter, Cochrane and Stewart). Her Majesty the Queen Royal Portraits issue of May 30, 2013.

2016 ‘Trump Turnberry sets a new standard for luxury and service. During the refurbishment, every detail has been scrutinised to ensure  highest calibre, which will attract guests from every corner of the globe. ‘One of the most distinctive and impressive assets that Turnberry has to offer is our staff. The team to welcome our guests are highly trained to deliver the very best in terms of quality of service and cuisine across the resort. ‘We are bringing back experienced staff who have worked within the property for decades as well as hiring new talent to bring new ideas and fresh life to everything we do.  Trump Turnberry [is] to be best placed to offer our guests a truly memorable experience.’ Ralph Porciani, general manager * including exhilarating outdoor pursuits within the onsite Turnberry Adventures facility and The Spa at Turnberry. The resort is a convenient 25 miles (20 minutes) from Glasgow Prestwick Airport, 55 miles (one hour) from Glasgow Airport and 100 miles (90 minutes).

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2017 Utah is ranked 2^nd highest (4.6% of the state population) among the 50 United States with the top percentages of Scottish residents (Wikipedia 26 March 2017 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Americans.   How are the Scots in Utah doing? Pack Your Bags – This Is the Happiest State in America  BY MARIA YAGODA People.com Excuse us as we pack up all of our things and purchase a one-way ticket to Utah. A new study from the personal finance website WalletHub set out to find the happiest states in the country across 28 metrics, from emotional health and income level to sports participation rate. And the happiest state in America was … Utah. Utah excelled in three categories in particular – the state has the lowest rate of heart attacks, at just 2.7 percent, as well as the highest volunteerism rate, at 45.2 percent. Utah also has the lowest divorce rate in the country, at 15.97 percent.

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