This Day in Scottish History

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-16/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we’re heading to the rugged and windswept Kintyre Peninsula on May 16th, 1689, where a seemingly minor skirmish would help determine the fate of a region during one of Scotland’s many turbulent uprisings. This was...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-15/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn the clock back to May 15, 1544, and descend into the fiery depths of one of the most brutal episodes in Anglo-Scottish relations—the English army’s devastating departure from Leith, torching Seton Palace a...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-14/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to the 14th of May, 1752—an ominous day that shook the Highlands to their core. It was on this day that Colin Campbell of Glenure, a government agent known as the “Red Fox,” was assassinated in the...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-13/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we travel back to May 13th, 1568, to witness a decisive clash that would change the fate of one of Scotland’s most tragic and romantic figures—Mary, Queen of Scots. It was on this day that the Battle of Langside wa...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-12/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to May 12, 563, when a small boat carrying thirteen men made landfall on a windswept island off Scotland’s western coast. Their leader was Saint Columba, a noble-born Irish monk with a sharp intelle...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-10/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn the pages back to May 10th, 1719, to a dramatic and fiery episode in the rugged northwest Highlands, where one of Scotland’s most iconic castles, Eilean Donan, faced the might of the British Royal Navy—and...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-9/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn our gaze to May 9th, 1645, when a clash near the quiet village of Auldearn in the Scottish Highlands etched itself into the turbulent tapestry of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. On this day, the Marquis of...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-8/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we reflect on a poignant and controversial chapter in the turbulent history of the British Isles—the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, on this day, May 8th, 1587. A queen born to rule, entangled in dynastic rivalr...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-7/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn the clock back to the 7th of May, 1544, to a devastating chapter in Scotland’s turbulent past—the Burning of Edinburgh during the campaign ominously known as the Rough Wooing. It was a time when royal marri...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-6/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we set our sights on the 6th of May, 1560—a day of smoke, steel, and bitter struggle on the cobbled streets of Leith. It was here, in the heart of the Scottish Reformation, that English and Scottish Protestant forc...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-5/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to the spring of 1938, when Glasgow welcomed the world to one of the most ambitious peacetime spectacles ever staged on Scottish soil—the opening of the Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park. And i...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-4/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we step into the politically charged atmosphere of May 4th, 1654—a day that marked a seismic shift in Scottish sovereignty and governance. It was on this day that General George Monck, acting on behalf of Oliver Cr...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-3/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey to the town of Lanark, on May 3rd, 1297—a date that would ignite one of the most potent symbols of Scottish resistance. It was on this day that William Wallace, a man not yet legend, took his first bold...

For More Events on This Day - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-1/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn the clock back to May 1st, 1544, a grim and fiery day in the annals of Edinburgh’s past. On this date, English forces under Edward Seymour, the Earl of Hertford, launched a devastating attack on Scotland’s capital. The city bu...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-30 Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn the clock back to a crisp April morning in 1728, when a quiet but revolutionary event changed the world of finance forever. It was on this day that the Royal Bank of Scotland, a fledgling institution at th...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-29/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to the 29th of April, 1769, when a brilliant mind from Greenock, Scotland, secured a patent that would change the world forever. That man was James Watt, and his innovation—the separate condenser...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-28/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to April 28, 1650, when the brilliant but ill-fated James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, fought his final, tragic battle at Carbisdale. It was a day of betrayal, desperation, and the closing ac...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-27/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn back the clock to a fateful day—April 27th, 1296—when Scottish hopes were dashed at the Battle of Dunbar, a crushing blow that opened the floodgates for English domination during the First War of Scottish...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-26/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to April 26th, 1315, when a pivotal decision was made within the sacred walls of St. John’s Church in Ayr—a decision that would shape the future of the Bruce dynasty and attempt to secure the hard...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-25/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to April 25, 1915, when Scottish regiments landed on the shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula, marking the beginning of one of World War I’s most grueling and ill-fated campaigns. The Gallipoli Campa...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-24/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we set our sights on a monumental event in the history of Scotland’s most iconic export—whisky. It was on April 24, 1877, that six of the country’s major distilleries united to form a powerful new conglomerate:...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-23/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History . I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we dive into the murky waters of mystery and myth, as we recall the strange events of April 23rd, 2001—when a Swedish cryptozoologist named Jan Sundberg arrived at the shores of Loch Ness with an ambitious and h...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-22/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to April 22nd, 1304, when King Edward I of England—known as the "Hammer of the Scots"—began the siege of Stirling Castle, the last major stronghold of Scottish resistance during the First War of S...

For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april21/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn our attention to a somber chapter in Scotland's wartime past—the Aberdeen Blitz of April 21, 1943. This devastating Luftwaffe air raid brought destruction to the Granite City, claiming 125 lives and leavin...

For More Events on this Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-20/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we delve into a pivotal moment in the reign of James VI—a day that marked the end of a significant rebellion and the consolidation of royal authority. On April 20, 1584April 20, 1584, Colonel William Stewart capt...