5 Feb 1588: James Gordon #Jesuit is invited to the court of James VI of #Scots - they debate topics of religious controversy for 5 hours while courtiers & #Protestant ministers look on (NPG)
If you are into history and Scotland's languages, I heartily recommend you follow @dgplacenames
Just arrived here from 'other places', and extremely interesting and knowledgeable about the meaning and history of place names!
26 Jan 1316: Edward Bruce 'King of #Ireland''s forces intercepted near #Skerries Co. #Dublin#otd - the #Scots & their #Irish allies then made a strategic retreat northwards (OMcKeown)
This photo captured my attention this morning. Think it spoke to my roots, “Piping at a wedding in Iona, Cape Breton” by Iain MacHarg was awarded as the consolation winning image in Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 - the Wikimedia Foundation. #photography#CapeBreton#Canada#scots#wikimedia
20 Jan 1611: d. George Home, Earl of Dunbar, suddenly at #Whitehall#otd One of the most influential #Scots to come south with James VI & I, contemporary anecdotes suggest he made anything from £60-100,000 selling off Elizabeth I's wardrobe ( The Paxton Trust )
20 Jan 1571: Truce agreed between Henry Sidney Lord Deputy of #Ireland#otd & Turlough Luineach Ó Néill in which the latter would dismiss his #Scots mercenaries for an opportunity to present proposals to Elizabeth I (NPG)
20 Jan 1567: Mary Queen of #Scots goes to visit the ill (syphilis?) Darnley in #Glasgow#otd - brings him back to the house in Kirk o' Field which will be blown up on 10 Feb. His body will be found nearby. (V&A)
16 Jan 1581: William Pelham, George Talbot Earl of #Shrewsbury & Sir Henry Neville commissioned to escort Mary Queen of #Scots from Sheffield to Ashby #Leicestershire#otd (NPG)
#Scottish word #illustration a week:
Ah’ve jist telt ye that it’s jist mha neb herrs I’m wantin dealt wi here.
I ken yiv jist n artificial intelligence inside that hairless blue plastic napper o yours. But thers gibbles particular tae sneckin neb hair taits ye ken.
Did naebuddy program ye tae use other gibbles aside frae yir comb scissors and razor?
14 Jan 1567: Mary Queen of #Scots moves herself & baby James (VI) from Stirling to Holyrood #Edinburgh to put distance between themselves & Matthew Stewart Earl of Lennox (BM)
13 Jan 1615: Patrick Anderson #Jesuit#otd becomes first rector of the #Scots College, #Rome
He was a friend of St John Ogilvie, who having been subject to interrogation by sleep deprivation, was executed in #Glasgow on 10 Mar 1615.