I've been running a series of "This Day In History" on my Twitter feed and thought that this might be an interesting topic to add here. When I worked at the House of Commons in Ottawa, I spent many lunch hours in the Library of Parliament going through the collection to build up a timeline of Celtic events. Some of the books that I used were:
Canadian Events 1000-1978 By Frank W. Anderson Published by Frontiers Unlimited Copyright 1979
Dateline: Canada By Bob Bowman Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Limited Copyright 1967
Canadian Historical Dates and Events, 1492-1915 By Francis J. Audet Copyright 1917
Chronicle of Canada Jacques Legrand S.A. International Publishing, Copyright 1990 Chronicle Publications, Copyright 1990
Canada: A Chronology and Fact Book Compiled and edited by Brian H.W. Hill Oceanaa Publications, Inc., Copyright 1973
The Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates By Jay Myers Updated and Revised by Larry Hoffman and Fraser Sutherland Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Copyright 1991
The Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates, Ninth Edition Gorton Carruth HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Copyright 1993
British Historical Facts, 1688-1760 Chris Cook and John Stevenson St. Martin’s Press, Copyright 1988
A Dictionary of Irish History since 1800 D.J. Hickey and J.E. Doherty Gill and MacMillan, Copyright 1980
The Oxford Companion to British History Oxford University Press, 1997
I will be adding to this topic frequently and invite everyone else to as well. Lets try to add on the anniversary date of the event!!
September 9, 1543 - Mary Queen of Scots, also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was crowned at Stirling Castle. Mary was born in Linlithgow Palace on 8 December 1542. She spent much of her early life in France and in 1558 married the French dauphin, Francois.
September 11, 1297 - The Battle of Stirling Bridge was a battle of the First War of Scottish Independence. The forces of Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeated the combined English forces of John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey and Hugh de Cressingham near Stirling, on the River Forth.
Sept 13, 1903 - The first edition of the "Gaelic American", a weekly Fenian newspaper from New York, was published. The last date of publication was in 1951.
A day early on this one but I'm doing a live-in experience with my children at Upper Canada Village and they didn't have internet in the 1860's.
September 15, 2012 - 178 Scottish immigrants arrived in Pictou, Nova Scotia after enduring an 11 week North Atlantic crossing aboard the brig “Hector”. Eighteen children didn’t survive the voyage which was the first of the large scale immigrations of Highland Scots.
September 20, 1621 - Sir William Alexander, a Scottish poet, is made Lord Proprietor of a territory to be known as New Scotland or Nova Scotia by King James I. He convinced James that the Scots needed a New Scotland as the French had a New France and the English had a New England. He had limited success in settling colonists for the next 6 years.
September 21, 1745 - King James V was crowned on this day in 1513, despite being only one year-old. James had a largely unsuccessful reign until 1542 when he died from injuries sustained during the Battle of Solway Moss, only six days after the birth of his daughter, Mary Queen of Scots.
September 27, 1895 - The ‘Irish National Convention’ was held in Chicago, where the use of physical force was discussed as a means of achieving freedom for Ireland from Great Britain.
Oct 5, 1871 - Unsuccessful Fenian raid led by William B. O’Donoghue at Pembina in Manitoba. They did manage to capture the Hudson’s Bay outpost but this was somewhat of a hollow victory as it was unoccupied at the time. American troops were soon on the scene to escort the leader and his men back to the United States.
October 21, 1966 - One hundred and forty-four people (mostly children) died when an avalanche of waste and sludge from a coal tip buried the primary school in Aberfan, a South Wales village.
October 23, 2012 - Prince Albert laid the foundation stone of the Industrial Museum in Chambers Street, Edinburgh, later to become the Royal Museum of Scotland.
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