Kilt Wearers Calendar

[Pour1Malt]

OK...

here is the full Calender as a list...

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 16 --Robert W. Service, the "other" Ayershire bard, born. (1874)

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

January 19 --James Watt an inventor whose improvements to the steam engine were largely responsible for the industial revolution, born.

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

February 2 --Celtic Holiday, Imbolc (Candlemas)

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)

February 13 --The massacre at Glencoe. (1692)

February 15 --Robert Angus Smith who discovered and coined the term acid rain, born.

March 1 --Saint David's Day (patron saint of Wales)

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

March 3 --James Doohan, actor, “Scotty” born. (1920)

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 21 –-Celtic Holiday, Ostara (Spring/Vernal Equinox)

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)

April 13 --Robert Watson-Watt considered to be the inventor of RADAR, born

April 16 --Joseph Black the discoverer of Carbon Dioxide, born.

April 16 --The Battle of Culloden. (1746)

April 21 --John Muir, America's most famous and influential naturalist and conservationist, born in Dunbar, Scotland. (1838)

April 30 –-Celtic Holiday, Beltane (May Eve)

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

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

May 15 --"The Unfettering of Hamish Bicknell" Day.

May 22 -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author Sherlock Holmes born in Edinburgh. (1899)

June 3 --The Camerons wore the kilt for the last time, in military action, at Dunkirk. (1940)

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. (1939)

June 21 –-Celtic Holiday, Midsummer (Summer Solstice, Litha)

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

June 26 --William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin born. Inventor of the Kelvin scale.

[Pour1Malt]

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 5 --Dolly the Sheep, cloned at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh. Born.

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 21 --Hamish Bicknell “The Kilted Legend” 59 Kilts and Counting, born (1936)

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 1 --Celtic Holiday, Lughnasadh (Lammas)

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 23 --Wallace Day (William Wallace is executed, 1305)

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

September 9 --The Battle of Flodden. (1513)

September 11 --Battle of Stirling Bridge (1297)

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)

September 21 –-Celtic Holiday, Mabon (Autumn/Fall Equinox)

October 2 --William Ramsay, who discovered the noble gases and received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, born

October 31 –Celtic Holiday, Samhain (All Hallows Eve)

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 21 - Robert Brown discoverer of Brownian Motion, born.

December 21 –-Celtic Holiday, Yule (Winter Solstice)

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

[Robin]

Don't forget "Old" Tom Morris!

Born June 16, 1821, in St. Andrews, Scotland

[Colin]

Great list. Only two questions. Tartan Day (April 6th) was celebrated in Canada starting in 1993(?) can this be reflected? Secondly, who is going to input these all into the Xmarks Calender so we have a record of them?

[Pour1Malt]

Great list. Only two questions. Tartan Day (April 6th) was celebrated in Canada starting in 1993(?) can this be reflected? Secondly, who is going to input these all into the Xmarks Calender so we have a record of them?

Colin- aye , ai saw ya posted thot info (Canada, 1993) earlier...

but in updatin the calendar.... ai (probably daftly) wasnae sure if you were saying April 6, 1933... arr some other date in 1993... sae ai left it oot....

if it is April 6, 1993... than ai'll add it in version 3.... :rolleyes:

[Colin]

yep, it is April 6th.

[Pour1Malt]

nay prailem...

somethin tells me this will bae an oangoin' project... :rolleyes:

[JayFilomena]

Thank you all for the most amazing lessons. It is amazing, that 18 years after leaving High School, I learn more history on x marks then I ever did in NY public schools.

Cheers.

[davedove]

nay prailem...

somethin tells me this will bae an oangoin' project... :rolleyes:

Well, of course. There are still a lot of dates with no event.

[Pour1Malt]

Well, of course. There are still a lot of dates with no event.

aye- get tae work Dave! fin us events!