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Events this week  in Scottish History

 

	28		August		1296		Edward I of England held a "parliament" at Berwick and required all prominent  Scots to swear allegiance to him. Their names were recorded in the "Ragman Roll",  so called, it is believed, from the tangle of seals attached thereto. (There was an earlier "Ragman Roll" in 1291.)
	28		August		1455		The title Earl of Caithness was conferred upon Sir William Sinclair (St Clair), Lord Sinclair, 3rd Earl of Orkney by  James II. He was also the builder of Rosslyn Chapel.
	28		August		1640		The Battle of Newburn on Tyne. An experienced Scots Army under Alexander Leslie, the Earl of Leven defeated a smaller and less experienced English force, during the Second Bishops' War, as a result of Charles I's attempt to impose the Anglican  Prayer Book in Scotland.
	29		August		1797		12 demonstrators against Militia recruitment are killed by the Cinque Ports Dragoons at Tranent.
	29		August		1930		The last 36 inhabitants leave St Kilda.
	30		August		1856		Sir John Ross, Scots Arctic Explorer died.
	31		August		1805		Dr James Currie, biographer of Robert Burns, died.

	1		September				St Giles Feast Day. Edinburgh's Cathedral is St Giles.
	1		September		1644		The Battle of Tippermuir.  Montrose victory over the Covenanters.
	1		September		1880		The relief of Kandahar after a march of over 300 miles from Kabul, at the end of the 2nd Afghan War, by General Roberts included the 72nd Highlanders and 92nd Highlanders.
	2		September		1978		Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) died.
	3		September		1650		The Battle of Dunbar.  Cromwell defeated the Scots Army under General David Leslie. Sir William Sinclair of Roslin was killed at the battle and was the last  to be buried in his  armour in the vault of Rosslyn Chapel. General Monk then sacked Roslin Castle but the Chapel was spared although used for stabling horses. Sir John Sinclair of Roslin was sent to Tynemouth Castle.
	3		September		1719		Solemnization of the Marriage of  James Francis Edward Stuart (The Old Pretender) and Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska.
	3		September		1752		The Gregorian Calendar replaced the Julian Calendar, and 3 September  became 14 September.
	4		September		1241		Alexander III  born at Roxburgh.
	4		September		1571		Matthew Stuart 13th Earl of Lennox, Regent of Scotland murdered at Stirling.

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