Kilt Wearers Calendar

**Pour1Malt** · 27th April 06, 04:12 AM

Kilt Wearers Calendar

(If ya need anither reason tae wear yur kilt!)

January 1- New Years Day. (You should be singing “Auld Lang Syne” by Robert Burns as the New Year begins.)

January 11 -- Sir John A. Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada born in Glasgow (1815)

January 17 --Author Compton Mackenzie (Whisky Galore etc) born. (1883)

January 25 --Robert Burns, Scotland’s National Bard, born Alloway. (1759) Traditional night of Burns Supper.

February 5 --John Boyd Dunlop, who patented the first practical pneumatic tyre, born Ayrshire. (1846)

February 7 --Robert the Bruce captured Dumfries. (1313)

February 10 --Robert the Bruce murdered John ‘The Red’ Comyn. (1306)

**Pour1Malt** · 27th April 06, 04:13 AM

March 3 -- Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh. (1847)

March 4 -- Jim (or Jimmy) Clark OBE, Formula One (F1) racing driver born in Kilmany. (1936)

March 17 -- Treaty of Edinburgh between King Robert I and Edward III which recognised Scotland's independence, ending the 30 years of Wars of Independence. (1328)

March 17 -- St Patrick’s Day

March 27 -- King Robert I ("The Bruce") crowned at Scone. (1306)

March 27 -- David Coulthard, Grand Prix racing driver born in Twynholm. (1971)

April 6 -- Anniversary of the Writing of the Declaration of Arbroath - "For we fight not for glory nor for riches nor for honour, but only and alone for freedom, which no good man surrenders but with his life". (1320)

April 6 -- Celebration of Tartan Day approved by the US Senate, in recognition of the monumental achievements and invaluable contributions made by Scottish Americans. (1998)

May 5 -- No Pants Day (Get Yer Kilt Oot!)

May 9 -- Sir J M Barrie, author of "Peter Pan" born (1860)

May 22 -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author Sherlock Holmes born in Edinburgh. (1859)

June 7 -- Robert the Bruce died, Cardross Castle.( 1329)

June 7 -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Designer, Architect, born in Glasgow (1868)

June 7 -- James Young Simpson, Pioneer in use of anaesthetics, in surgery and midwifery, born in Bathgate (1811)

June 11 -- Jackie Stewart, OBE, Formula One Racer, Born in Dumbartonshire on 11 June 1939

June 24 -- Robert the Bruce defeated Edward II at Battle of Bannockburn. (1314)

**Pour1Malt** · 27th April 06, 04:14 AM

July 1 -- Proscription Act Repealed, thus allowing again the wearing of kilts & tartan, the teaching of Gaelic, and the carrying of weapons; including bagpipes. (1782)

July 6 -- John Paul Jones, hero of the US Navy, born Kirkbean, Dumfries. (1747)

July 11-- Robert the Bruce born. (1274)

July 21 -- Robert Burns dies in Dumfries. (1796)

July 21 -- Allan Pinkerton, creator of US Secret Service, born in Glasgow (1819)

July 31 -- "Kilmarnock Edition" of the poems of Robert Burns "Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" first published. (1786)

August 1 -- Proscription Act introduced, banning kilts, tartan, bagpipes (banned as a weapon of war), the teaching of Gaelic, and the carrying of weapons. (1747)

August 4 -- Birth of the entertainer Sir Harry Lauder. (1870)

August 6 -- Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, born at Lochfield (1881)

August 11 -- Author and poet C M Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) born at Langholm, Dumfriesshire. (1892)

August 13 -- John Logie Baird, inventor of the first television, born in Helensburgh (1888)

August 15 -- Macbeth killed in battle by Malcolm at Lumphanan, near Aberdeen. (1057)

August 15 -- Sir Walter Scott, Writer and poet, born Edinburgh. (1771)

August 25 --Actor Sir Sean Connery born. (1930)

**Pour1Malt** · 27th April 06, 04:16 AM

September 11 --Referendum on Devolution, which approved the creation of a new Scottish Parliament by a substantial majority. (1997)

September 21 --John McAdam, inventor of "tar macadam" road surface, born, (1756)

November 5 --Guy Fawkes Day

November 13 --Robert Louis Stevenson, author “Kidnapped" and "Treasure Island" born in Edinburgh (1850)

November 24 --Comedian and actor Billy Connolly born. (1942)

November 25 -- Andrew Carnegie, Industrialist born in Dunfermline. (1835)

November 30 --Stone of Destiny, stolen from Scone by King Edward I of England in 1296, returned to Scotland and installed in Edinburgh Castle. (1996)

November 30 --St Andrew's Day

December 4 --Essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle, best known for his "French Revolution" born in Ecclefechan. (1795)

December 26 --Boxing Day, Traditional Day in Scotland when the Landlords gave the leftovers from their Christmas Supper in a box, to the Scots peasants.

December 31 --Hogmanay

alricht! noo it's your turn...

whit days did ai miss?

**Caradoc** · 27th April 06, 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by Pour1Malt

March 3 -- Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh. (1847)

Also born on March 3rd: James Doohan. (1920)

Oh... and so was I. But not in Edinburgh.

**Pour1Malt** · 27th April 06, 05:30 AM

Originally Posted by Caradoc

Also born on March 3rd: James Doohan. (1920)

Oh... and so was I. But not in Edinburgh.

aye- but Doohan (Scotty fraim Star Trek) was born in Vancouver....

Scotty was nay a Scot...

still a guid reason tae wear yur kilt though.... :rolleyes:

**davedove** · 27th April 06, 05:32 AM

Wow!! That's quite a list, but there are still lots of dates to fill in.

**Caradoc** · 27th April 06, 05:32 AM

Originally Posted by Pour1Malt

aye- but Doohan (Scotty fraim Star Trek) was born in Vancouver....

Scotty was nay a Scot...

still a guid reason tae wear yur kilt though.... :rolleyes:

Oh, I know he wasn't a Scot. But he does look good in a kilt, and is probably more recognizably "Scotty" than the average person would consider, say, Alexander Graham Bell.

**macwilkin** · 27th April 06, 05:38 AM

February 10 --Robert the Bruce murdered John ‘The Red’ Comyn. (1306)

...and be sure to read Alan Young's "Robert the Bruce's Rivals: The Comyns 1212-1314" for the truth behind the Bruce/Comyn feud! The Red Comyn was framed! :mrgreen:

Courage!

Todd

(a Comyn/Cumming descendent)