October 8 –1200 – Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.

1480 – On the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the eventual disintegration of the Horde. Along with Scotland and the auld alliance, Russia became traditional eastern ally of France.

1516 Lord Home who commanded the Scottish left wing at the battle of Flodden, and was victorious [TG25-380, TG, chap. 25, p. 380] on that day, but exposed himself to suspicion by not giving assistance to the other divisions of the Scottish army. He and his brethren were enticed to Edinburgh, and seized upon, tried, and beheaded, upon accusations which are not known (as of 1825). Map showing relative locations of Flodden Field (on right side of the red border) just east of the Border between Scotland and England, and the clan and family of Home in the East March, and Edinburgh to the North and West.

1566 – Bothwell, Lord Warden of the Marches, resided at Hermitage, attempted to seize John Elliot of the Park. Bothwell wounded in the hand. (TG31-114) Mary Queen of Scots makes day trip to visit him.

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Map showing Bothwell located up the River Clyde from Glasgow in west Scotland.

1568 Accusation of the Earl of Murray by the Queen of Scots’ Commissioners at York. 1568 – October 8 to 16 Queen Elizabeth’s commission met at York, The proceedings commenced with a singular attempt to establish the obsolete question of the alleged supremacy of England over Scotland. “You come hither,” said the English commissioners to the Regent and his assistants, “to submit the differences which divide the kingdom of Scotland to the Queen of England, and therefore I first require of you to pay her grace the homage [TG32-136] due to her.” The Earl of Murray blushed and was silent. But Maitland of Lethington answered with spirit — “When Elizabeth restores to Scotland the earldom of Huntingdon, with Cumberland, Northumberland, and such other lands as Scotland did of old possess in England, we will do such homage for these territories as was done by the ancient sovereigns of Scotland who enjoyed them. As to the crown and kingdom Scotland, they are more free than those of England, which lately paid Peter-pence to Rome.”

James Maitland “Jimmy” Stewart 1908-1997. Major General United States Air Force, American actor, Scottish descent.

1573 – End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years War.

1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. Dating its years from the birth of Jesus Christ, so that ‘’ every nation, kindred, every ear shall hear, every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess, Jesus Christ is Lord,’’ thru computer software applications and aviation, the Christian calendar has been adopted world wide for the Musselmen of Islam, the Buddhist, Confucian, Hindu, nativist, Jew, agnostic, or atheist (Isaiah 45:23, 1 Kings 19:18, Philippians 2:11, Romans 14:11, confirmed in modern times Mosiah 16:1 Mosiah 27:31 Doctrine and Covenants 76:110, Doctrine and Covenants 88:104

An 1883 map of the world divided into colors representing “Christians, Buddhists, Hindoos, Mohammedans, Fetichists”.

1685 Dominion of New England, North America. The Dominion initially comprised the territories of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Plymouth Colony, the Province of New Hampshire, the Province of Maine, and the Narraganset Country or King’s Province.

1715 – Mr Hepburn of Humbie and Dr Sinclair of Hermandston resolved to lay the Laird of Keith under arrest, and proceeded towards his (TG68-286) house with a party of the horse-militia.

Keith was a station on the railway line in Banff on the North Sea.

1754 Henry Fielding died; (born Sharpham, 22 April 1707 – died near Lisbon, 8 October 1754 – age 47) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satire, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. His London Publisher was Andrew Millar VI of the Strand (of the Ayrshire Myllar family, clans Stewart, Hunter, and Lockhart)

Henry Fielding, age 47 – October 1754 (aged 47) died near Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal.

1821 – The government of general José de San Martín established the Peruvian Navy. In 1819 Lord Thomas Cochrane (clan Cochrane, future 10^th Earl of Dundonald) took command in the frigate O’Higgins and blockaded and raided the coasts of Peru as he had those coasts of France and Spain. On Cochrane’s own initiative, he organized and led the capture of Valdivia, despite only having 300 men and two ships to deploy against seven large forts. In 1820, Chilean leader Bernardo O’Higgins, ordered Vice Admiral Thomas Cochrane to convoy the Liberation Army of General Jose de San Martin to Peru, blockade the coast and support the campaign for independence. Later, forces under Cochrane’s personal command cut out and captured the frigate Esmeralda, the most powerful Spanish ship in South America. All this led to Peruvian independence, which O’Higgins considered indispensable to Chile’s independence and security.

A painting of the Capture of Valdivia in the Chilean naval and maritime museum, showing the sailors landing and climbing the bluff.

1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Perryville – Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky.

1890 Edward Vernon Rickenbacker born. He scripted a popular comic strip called Ace Drummond from 1935-1940. (clan Drummond) He worked with aviation artist and author Clayton Knight, who illustrated the series. The strip followed the adventures of aviator Drummond. It was later adapted into a film serial and radio program.

Eddie Rickenbacker in his SPAD S.XIII.

1918 – World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York leads an attack that kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132. The York family is of Ulster Scots ancestry.

American military cemetery Meuse-Argonne France. 14,246 souls (perhaps with 40% of Scots descent). http://blackquillandink.com/?p=15894

1934 The Return of Bulldog Drummond. Fictional Scots Hero. Drummond leads a black-shirted platoon of men from his former unit against foreign interlopers.

1939 – World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland.

1941 – World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.

1943 Cornelius Crane “Chevy” Chase born October 8, 1943) is an American actor. As a child, Chase vacationed at Castle Hill, the Cranes’ summer estate in Ipswich, Massachusetts. The nickname Chevy was bestowed by his grandmother, derived from the medieval English The Ballad of Chevy Chase. As a descendant of the Scottish Clan Douglas, the name “Chevy” seemed appropriate to her. The Chevy was from the Cheviot Hills near the border between Scotland and England.

Chevy Chase at the private party after the premiere of the movie A Star is Born, December 1976, Wikipedia.

FLODDEN FIELD AND
THE CHEVIOT HILLS, JAMES ORROCK, R.I. 1906. The Border country. www.gutenberg.org/files The Cheviot hills are called the Chevy chase.

1956 Wee Geordie Tale of the Highlands at Little Carnegie. A Scotsman who becomes an athlete at the Olympic Games.

1973 – Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir’s armored brigade attacks Egyptian occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away. The attack fails, and over 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.

2007 Newsweek Magazine Cover featuring President candidate Willard Mitt Romney (clans Cameron, Currie, Ferguson, McKinlay, Muir, Wilson,)

2010 The Scottish Parliament’s Andrew Welsh recently received the 2010 Scottish Family Values Award at a ceremony inside the Scottish Parliament. Welsh was recognized for his support of family values and extensive public service. “The old taboos and disciplines have been challenged; even the word ‘family’ now has multiple meanings,” Welsh said. “We now live in a very different society from the mid-20th century environment into which I was born with, as my immediate family, my mother, father, brothers and sister and with grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles as the wider family — all of whom had a role to play in the upbringing and well-being of children, and that is what families are all about.”

2012 To the Yank, it is said, money is round that it may roll. To a Scot, it is flat, that it may lie still. Humor

http://www.fife.50megs.com/scottish-humor2.htm

2012 Time Magazine Cover featuring President nominee Willard Mitt Romney (clans Cameron, Currie, Ferguson, McKinlay, Muir Wilson,)

The Mormon Identity.

2016 flashback to 1505, when the first printing press was brought to Scotland by A. Mylar, who began printing Bibles, later translated from Latin to English causing the 1560 Protestant Reformation, leading to 1829 Glasgow lead fonts used to set type for the printing of the Book of Mormon, to 1830 Scots’ Joseph Smith the Prophet and the organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; leading to 2010 and Scots’ Thomas Monson and these New Testament videos. https://www.lds.org/media-library/video/2010-11-08-chapter-7-the-wise-men?category=new-testament/new-testament-stories&lang=eng

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