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1	September	714	St Giles, patron saint of Edinburgh and Elgin, died. Source: The Scottish Invention of America, Democracy and Human Rights, Klieforth and Munro, 2004, ISBN 0-7618-2791
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.
1	September	1863	Violet Augusta Mary Frederica Kennedy-Erskine later the Angus poet Violet Jacob, author of "The Wild Geese", born.
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 4th Earl of Lennox, Regent of Scotland shot dead in a raid at Stirling Castle.
5	September	1750	Robert Ferguson, Scots writer born in Edinburgh.
5	September	1808	John Home, Scots writer, minister and historian, died at Merchiston Bank, near Edinburgh.
6	September	1715	John Erskine, the 6th Earl of Mar,"Bobbing John", raised the Standard for James Francis Edward Stuart, the "Old Pretender" at the Braes o' Mar, at the start of the 1715 Rising. Braemar, Scotland : History & Folklore
6	September	1876	John James Richard Macleod, discoverer of insulin, born near Dunkeld.
7	September	1306	Sir Simon Fraser (The Patriot), captured at St John's Town was hanged, drawn and quartered in London and his head was displayed on London Bridge alongside William Wallace's. Sir Herbert Morham and Thomas Le Boys were beheaded at the Tower for supporting the Scots' Cause. Sir Christopher Seton, a Yorkshire knight married to Bruce's sister Christian, also captured at St John's Town was hanged, cut down and beheaded.
7	September	1736	Captain John Porteous was seized by a mob from the Edinburgh Tolbooth and hanged from a dyer's pole in the Grassmarket for his alleged role in firing on a crowd earlier that year.
7	September	1775	John Leyden, poet and orientalist, was born at Denholm.
8	September	1468	Christian I of Denmark, Sweden and Norway contracted the marriage of his only daughter Margaret Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark to James III (after discharging the Annual of Norway for Man and the Hebrides) with a dowry of 60,000 florins, 10,000 florins to be paid before her departure, and Orkney being pledged for 50,000 florins. References: International Law in Historical Perspective, J. H. W. Verzijl p 391 Publication of the Stair Society p. 448 SCAN Catalogue - person record The Annexation of the earldom of Orkney and lordship of Shetland to the Crown, 20th February 1472
8	September	1650	Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Charles I, died of neglect at Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight and was buried at Newport Parish Church, Sts Thomas.
9	September	1513	James IV and the Flower of Scotland fell in battle at Flodden Field, near Branxton, Northumberland, to the billhooks of the Earl of Surrey's English Army. James IV had invaded England as a consequence of the "Auld Alliance" in response to Henry VIII's invasion of France.
9	September	1543	Mary Queen of Scots crowned at Stirling Castle.
9	September	1758	Alexander Nasmyth, Scots painter, born in Edinburgh.
10	September	1547	The Battle of Pinkie, between Musselburgh and Wallyford on the Esk, part of an English attempt to force a union of the kingdoms by attempting to marry Mary Queen of Scots to Prince Edward (later Edward VI) saw the Scots lead by the Earl of Arran defeated by an English Army led by the Duke of Somerset. Over half the Scots Army was killed or wounded, but the English plan failed as they were prevented from reaching Edinburgh, and their attack precipitated Mary's marriage to the Dauphin of France.
10	September	1621	Sir William Alexander, later 1st Earl of Stirling and later 1st Viscount of Canada, was granted Nova Scotia by a Royal Charter from James VI. The charter came with a title of Baronet of Nova Scotia. He later created the Knights Baronets of Nova Scotia.
10	September	1763	James Thomson born. He wrote chiefly in the local vernacular describing Currie. He died in 1832.
10	September	1847	The Caledonian Railway opened its line from Carlisle to Beattock.
11	September	1297	The Battle of Stirling Bridge. The Scots Army led Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated and destroy half the English Army, led by Hugh de Cressingham, drawing them onto boggy ground, across the bridge, and cutting them off from the rest of the English Army, led by John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey.
12	September	1848	William McNab, the curator of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, who moved the garden to its current location at Inverleith Row, died. The Scottish Invention of America, Democracy and Human Rights By Alexander Leslie Klieforth, Robert John Munro ISBN-10: 0761827919
13	September	1644	The Battle of Aberdeen. The Marquis of Montrose captures the city from the Covenanters led by Lord Burleigh.
13	September	1645	The Battle of Philiphaugh. The Marquis of Montrose was defeated by General David Leslie. The Battle of Philiphaugh Memorial, Philiphaugh Estates
14	September	1402	The Battle of Humbleton or Homildon Hill. The Earl of Douglas is defeated by Henry Percy (Hotspur) in Northumberland.
14	September	1580	Robert Gordon of Straloch, eminent geographer and antiquary, born at Kinnundy, Aberdeenshire. He was the first graduate of Marischal University, which had been founded recently by George, the Earl Marischal. Marischal Virtual Museum - The University of Aberdeen
15	September	1595	The Edinburgh Royal High School riot. Bailie John MacMorran, the wealthy magistrate, was shot and killed by one of the pupils, William Sinclair.
15	September	1940	Battle of Britain Day marking the day when the most decisive air battles were fought. 2010 is the 70th Anniversary. "Never, in the field of conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." Winston Churchill, 1940. Scots Historian, Les Taylor, has claimed that the Battle of Britain began in the skies over Orkney, rather then over the White Cliffs of Dover.
16	September	1701	James VII and II died in exile at St Germain-en-Laye, outside Paris. Map of St Germain-en-Laye
16	September	1745	Jacobite forces rout Colonel Gardiner's 13th Dragoons at "The Canter of Coltbrig" outside Edinburgh.
17	September	1420	The town of Melun in France surrenders to the siege of England's Henry V and his Burgundian allies. Twenty Scots among the defenders were hanged as they had defied captive James I's orders to surrender.
17	September	1470	The first transaction in a series up to 16th May 1471 by which the Crown in exchange of certain lands in Fife and a pension of 40 merks acquired from Earl William Sinclair an irredeemable title to the earldom of Orkney. The earldom of Orkney was then annexed by the Crown on 20th February 1472. References: Oppressions of the sixteenth century in the islands of Orkney and Zetland, edited by David Balfour. p. xxxv and xxxvi William Elphinstone and the kingdom of Scotland, 1431-1514: the struggle for order, Leslie John Macfarlane p. 156 The Case for Udal Law. William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness 3rd Earl of Orkney (1410 - 1482) - Genealogy The Annexation of the earldom of Orkney and lordship of Shetland to the Crown, 20th February 1472
17	September	1771	Tobias Smollett, Scots author of picaresque novels, amongst them The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1750), The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom (1753), died.
17	September	1869	John Elder, engineer and shipbuilder, died.
18	September	1643	Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury and Historian, born in Edinburgh.
18	September	1959	Auchengeich Colliery disaster. 47 men lost their lives in a fire.
19	September	1778	Henry, Lord Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux born in Edinburgh.
19	September	1806	William Dyce, artist, born in Aberdeen. Aberdeen's Dyce Airport is named after him.
19	September	1859	Professor John Pringle Nichol, author of "The Architecture of the Heavens" died.
20	September	1842	Sir James Dewar, inventor of the process of liquifaction of gases, born.
20	September	1967	The "RMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 2", "QE2" was launched by HM The Queen at John Brown and Co's yard, Clydebank.
21	September	1722	John Home, Scots writer, minister and historian, born at Leith.
21	September	1745	The Battle of Prestonpans. The Jacobite Army defeats General Sir John Cope's Government Army at Prestonpans near Edinburgh.
21	September	1756	John Loudon MacAdam who introduced the "macadam" or "tarmac" system of road surfacing, was born in Ayr.
21	September	1832	Sir Walter Scott died.
22	September	1834	Thomas Telford, the civil engineer died.
23	September	1678	The Royal Scots Fusiliers raised by the Earl of Mar as "The Earl of Mar's Regiment". In 1959 they were merged with the The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) to form The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment). In 2006 all the old Scottish Regiments were merged into a new Regiment, the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
23	September	1803	Prints are obtainable from the artist, David Rowlands www.davidrowlands.co.uk The Battle of Assaye. All but one of the officers of the 74th Regiment of Foot, The Highland Light Infantry, were killed or wounded in General Arthur Wellesley's (later the Duke of Wellington) greatest victory in India.
24	September	1332	Edward Balliol, son of John Balliol, crowned at Scone. He was regarded by many as the legitimate successor, but was chased out of Scotland and sought refuge in England.
25	September	1703	Archibald Campbell, 10th Earl and 1st Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of Campbell And Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla, Lord of Inverary, Mull, Morvern, and Tirie and one of the commissioners who invited William of Orange to Britain and responsible for the massacre of Glencoe, died.
25	September	1915	The first day of the Battle of Loos. All ten Scottish Regiments were involved in this battle as part of the 9th and 15th Divisions. The battle lasted until 18th October. 36 Battalions took part and sustained over 12,000 casualties, one fifth of the total.
26	September	1290	Margaret "Maid of Norway", Eiriksdottir, died in Orkney. When her grandfather had died Princess Margaret was three years old. The Scottish Parliament appointed six Guardians to rule on her behalf, and on 18th July 1290 the Scots agreed in the Treaty of Birgham (Berwickshire) that she should marry Edward I of England's eldest son, Prince Edward. At the end of September, the eight-year-old Queen set sail for Scotland, escorted by Bishop Narve of Bergen. She was taken ill on the voyage and her ship put in at Orkney, but she died there, in the arms of the Bishop. She was buried at the Kristkirken, Bergen. Her death left the Scottish succession open, and gave Edward I the opportunity to start his attacks on Scotland.
27	September	1938	RMS Queen Elizabeth was built by John Brown & Company shipyard at Clydebank, Scotland, was launched.
28	September	1582	George Buchanan, poet humanist and tutor to James VI, died.
28	September	1864	Charles Murray, North East poet, born in Alford, Aberdeenshire. Poets' Corner - Charles Murray - Selected Works
29	September	1902	William McGonagall, born in 1825, died in Edinburgh.
30	September	1813	John Rae, surgeon, trader and Canadian explorer, was born at Clestrain, Orphir, Orkney. He died in London, in 1893 and is buried in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney.

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