Kilt Wearers Calendar

[McFarkus]

Someone has already created a calendar - Rampant Scotland's newsletter has a weekly feature "Next week in history" with a list of events and people in Scottish history. This weeks calendar:

Next Week in Scottish History

October 7 1782 - Birth of Charles McLaren, one of the founders of the "Scotsman" newspaper.
October 8 1774 - Rev Henry Duncan, founder of the first savings bank, born in the Manse at Lochrutton.
October 9 1506 - King James IV ratified the Charter incorporating the Surgeons and Barbers.
October 9 1995 - Death of Lord Home of the Hirsel, also known as Sir Alec Douglas-Home, formerly Foreign Secretary and UK Prime Minister.
October 10 1802 - Writer and geologist Hugh Miller born on the Black Isle, Cromarty.
October 11 1297 - Letter from Wallace and Moray to the mayors of Lubeck and Hamburg saying that "The Kingdom of Scotland has, by God's Grace, recovered by battle from the power of the English".
October 11 1511 - Ship "Great Michael" launched for King James IV.
October 11 1797 - The British fleet, under the command of Admiral Adam Duncan (born in Forfar in 1731), defeated the Dutch off the village of Camperdown, Holland
October 11 2000 - Scotland's first First Minister Donald Dewar died suddenly after a fall on the steps of his official residence in Edinburgh.
October 12 1866 - Ramsay MacDonald, first Labour Prime Minister of UK, born in Lossiemouth.
October 13 1644 - Battle of Aberdeen, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, sacked the city.
October 13 1713 - Birth of Allan Ramsay, painter and son of Allan Ramsay the poet.

Link: http://www.rampantscotland.com/newsarchive.htm

[Chase]

October 2nd 1959 - Alan Chiasson "Chase" was born in Weston Ontario Canada...Of course, I am of no significance history wise, but hey! What the hell! I'm gonna wear a kilt on my birthday!

[Aggie]

Your talking about next year's birthday right?

[Pour1Malt]

Whisky Live Glasgow 2007

Scotland’s greatest whisky celebration

Where:
SECC, Glasgow, Scotland.

When:
Friday 2nd November 2007
Saturday 3rd November 2007

Emma an ai'll be there!!!

He ai am wi' Dave Broom (Whisky Hero) last year...

[Galician]

Since this thread has popped up again, I'll just point out the the feast of St. Margaret, Queen and Patron Saint of Scotland, will be celebrated in two weeks, on Nov. 16th. I wonder what tartan would be appropriate for her.

[McClef]

Since this thread has popped up again, I'll just point out the the feast of St. Margaret, Queen and Patron Saint of Scotland, will be celebrated in two weeks, on Nov. 16th. I wonder what tartan would be appropriate for her.

I don't know but I have one or two pictures to do with her coming up on my Edinburgh picture thread.

[CameronTaylor]

A bit thin in September says ye?
September 19th International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

CT - allanpaulfrederickgilbert, descendantofthetaylorseptofclancameron born Santaana,ca.

[SergeantFirstClass]

I must mention Piper Bill Millen under Lord Lovat and his Lovat Scouts landing on Normandy with Piper Millen playing his pipes to motivate the troops. According to an interview, he was the first man to disembark the landing craft and strike in his pipes and he did wear a kilt, although, in the movie, "The Longest Day", he did not. He played as himself in the movie. That would be D-Day, June 6th, 1944.

[gu3]

:bump:

Because I went searching for it, and I thought someone else might like to see the list, too. (See page 5)

[Morris at Heathfield]

Here are all 8 celtic holidays:

February 2 Imbolc (Candlemas)
March 21 Ostara (Spring/Vernal Equinox)
April 30 Beltane (May Eve)
June 21 Midsummer (Summer Solstice, Litha)
August 1 Lughnasadh (Lammas)
Sept 21 Mabon (Autumn/Fall Equinox)
October 31 Samhain (All Hallows Eve)
Dec 21 Yule (Winter Solstice)

While the ancient Celts may have celebrated the solstices and equinoxes (I'm not certain they did), the names "Ostara", "Yule", and "Litha" are all decidedly Germanic (as are most of the more recognizable names, of course).

And I'm shocked the science teacher who posted earlier in this thread neglected to mention James Clerk Maxwell, born on June 13, 1831 in Edinburgh. I know science is a group effort, but I think you could make the case that Maxwell practically invented the 20th century as we knew it with his theory of electromagnetism. Less notable, but still of interest, Maxwell produced the first color photograph in 1861...of a tartan ribbon.