Episodes
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May 16th, 1689 - The Battle of Loup Hill
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-16/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we’re heading to the rugged and windswept Kintyre Peninsula on May 16th, 1689, where a seemingly minor skirmish...
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May 15, 1544 - English Army Departs Leith, Burning Seton Palace and Haddington
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-15/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn the clock back to May 15, 1544, and descend into the fiery depths of one of the most brutal episodes in...
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May 14, 1752 - Appin Murder
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-14/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to the 14th of May, 1752—an ominous day that shook the Highlands to their core. It was on this...
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May 13th, 1568 - Battle of Langside
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-13/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we travel back to May 13th, 1568, to witness a decisive clash that would change the fate of one of Scotland’s...
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May 12, 563 - Saint Columba Lands on Iona
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-12/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to May 12, 563, when a small boat carrying thirteen men made landfall on a windswept island off...
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May 10th, 1719 - Royal Navy Destroys Eilean Donan Castle
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-10/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn the pages back to May 10th, 1719, to a dramatic and fiery episode in the rugged northwest Highlands,...
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May 9th, 1645 - Battle of Auldearn
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-9/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn our gaze to May 9th, 1645, when a clash near the quiet village of Auldearn in the Scottish Highlands...
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May 8th, 1587 - The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-8/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we reflect on a poignant and controversial chapter in the turbulent history of the British Isles—the execution…
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May 7, 1544 - The Burning of Edinburgh
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-7/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn the clock back to the 7th of May, 1544, to a devastating chapter in Scotland’s turbulent past—the…
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May 6, 1560 - Assault on Leith
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-6/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we set our sights on the 6th of May, 1560—a day of smoke, steel, and bitter struggle on the cobbled streets of...
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May 5th, 1938 - The Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-5/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to the spring of 1938, when Glasgow welcomed the world to one of the most ambitious peacetime...
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May 4th, 1654 - General George Monck Arrives in Edinburgh
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-4/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we step into the politically charged atmosphere of May 4th, 1654—a day that marked a seismic shift in Scottish...
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May 3rd, 1297 - Action at Lanark
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-3/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey to the town of Lanark, on May 3rd, 1297—a date that would ignite one of the most potent symbols of...
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May 1, 1544 - English Forces Sack Edinburgh
For More Events on This Day - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/may-1/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn the clock back to May 1st, 1544, a grim and fiery day in the annals of Edinburgh’s past. On this date, English forces under...
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April 30, 1729 - World’s First Overdraft
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-30 Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn the clock back to a crisp April morning in 1728, when a quiet but revolutionary event changed the…
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April 29 - James Watt Patents Steam Engine Innovation
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-29/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to the 29th of April, 1769, when a brilliant mind from Greenock, Scotland, secured a patent...
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April 28, 1650 - Battle of Carbisdale
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-28/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to April 28, 1650, when the brilliant but ill-fated James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose,...
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April 27th, 1296 - Battle of Dunbar
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-27/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn back the clock to a fateful day—April 27th, 1296—when Scottish hopes were dashed at the Battle of...
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April 26th, 1315 - Parliament at Ayr Declares Edward Bruce Heir to the Throne
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-26/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to April 26th, 1315, when a pivotal decision was made within the sacred walls of St. John’s...
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April 25, 1915 - Scottish Regiments land on the Shores of Gallipoli
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-25/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to April 25, 1915, when Scottish regiments landed on the shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula,...
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April 24, 1877 - Formation of the Distillers Company
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-24/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we set our sights on a monumental event in the history of Scotland’s most iconic export—whisky. It was on…
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April 23rd, 2001 - Monster‑hunter Jan Sundberg arrives at Loch Ness with a giant trap
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-23/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we dive into the murky waters of mystery and myth, as we recall the strange events of April 23rd, 2001—when a...
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April 22nd, 1304 - April 22nd, 1304 - The Siege of Stirling Castle
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-22/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to April 22nd, 1304, when King Edward I of England—known as the "Hammer of the Scots"—began…
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April 21, 1943 - Luftwaffe raid on the Granite City
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april21/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn our attention to a somber chapter in Scotland's wartime past—the Aberdeen Blitz of April 21, 1943.…
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April 20, 1584 - The Capture of William Ruthven
For More Events on this Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-20/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we delve into a pivotal moment in the reign of James VI—a day that marked the end of a significant rebellion...
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April 19th, 1934 - The “Surgeon’s Photograph” of Nessie
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-19/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we're diving deep into the cold, murky waters of Loch Ness—not to swim, but to resurface one of the most...
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April 18th, 1586 - The Murder of Hugh Montgomerie
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-18/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn the clock back to April 18th, 1586, when the quiet roads of Ayrshire bore witness to a brutal...
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April 17th, 1882 - Battle of the Braes
For More Events on this Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-17/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey to the rugged slopes of the Isle of Skye, to a windswept corner called the Braes, where on or…
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April 16, 1746 - Battle of Culloden
For More Events on this Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-16/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn our attention to a misty moor outside Inverness, to the blood-soaked fields of April 16, 1746. On…
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April 15, 1746 - Battle of Littleferry
For More Events on this Date in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-15/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to April 15, 1746, to a windswept field near Dunrobin Castle in the county of Sutherland,...
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April 14th, 1286 - Tragic Death of King Alexander III
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-14/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to the windswept night of April 14th, 1286—a night that would shatter Scotland’s stability…
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April 12th, 1567 - Trial of the Earl of Bothwell
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-12/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we’re heading back to April 12th, 1567—when one of the most controversial trials in Scotland’s turbulent past...
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April 11th, 1700 - Abandonment of the Darien Scheme in Panama
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-11/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey to the sweltering jungles of Central America, where, on April 11th, 1700, the last desperate...
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April 10 - Sandy Lyle wins The Masters
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-10/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we delve into a moment that forever changed the landscape of Scottish sports: April 10, 1988, when Alexander...
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April 9th - National Unicorn Day
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-9/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we step away from the smoke of the battlefield and the clang of swords to embrace something a bit more magical…
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April 8th, 1820 - The Greenock Massacre
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-8/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we remember a dark and defining moment in the long struggle for political reform in Scotland—the Greenock...
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April 7th, 1522 - English Naval Attack on Scottish Shipping
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-7/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I’m your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we set sail back to the stormy waters of April 7th, 1522, when the Firth of Forth—usually a bustling artery of...
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April 4th, 1384 - John of Gaunt Attacks Scotland
For More Events on This Day - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-4/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn our gaze to a turbulent chapter in the late 14th century—April 4th, 1384—when John of Gaunt, the powerful Duke of…
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April 3, 1746 - End of the Siege of Fort William
For More Events on this Day in This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-3/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn our attention to April 3, 1746, marking the conclusion of the Siege of Fort William—a...
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April 2, 1916 - Zeppelin Raid on Edinburgh and Leith
For More Events on this Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-2/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we delve into the harrowing events of April 2, 1916, when the skies over Edinburgh and Leith were darkened by...
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April 1, 1645 - The Burning of Kelso
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/april-1/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we delve into a harrowing chapter from the 17th century—a time when Scotland grappled with the relentless...
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March 31, 1652 - Scottish Regalia Hidden from Cromwell’s Forces
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/march-31/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we delve into a tale of intrigue and bravery from March 31, 1652, when the Honours of Scotland—the nation's...
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March 30th, 1406 - Capture of James I of Scotland
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/march-30/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we turn back the pages to March 30th, 1406—a fateful day when the future of the Scottish crown was quite...
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March 29, 1298 - William Wallace Appointed Guardian of Scotland
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/march-29/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to March 29, 1298, when William Wallace, the renowned Scottish knight and leader, was…
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March 28, 1318 - Robert the Bruce Captures Berwick-upon-Tweed
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/march-28/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to March 28, 1318, when the forces of Robert the Bruce achieved a significant victory by...
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March 27, 1871 - The Worlds First International Rugby Match
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/march-27/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we set our sights on March 27th, 1871—a date that echoes with cheers, mud, and national pride. On this day…
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March 26, 1296 - Scottish Attack on Carlisle
For More Events on This Day in Irish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/2025/03/25/march-26/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we journey back to March 26, 1296, when John “The Red” Comyn crossed the border with a Scottish host, aiming…
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March 25th, 1333 - The Battle of Dornock
For More Events on This Day - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/march-25/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we’re traveling back to March 25th, 1333—a day marked by bloodshed and betrayal on the volatile Anglo-Scottish border. It’s the...
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March 24, 1921 - Launch of the København
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/march-24/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we set sail back to March 24, 1921, when the largest civilian sailing ship ever built in the British…
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March 23rd, 1848 - Arrival of the First Scottish Settlers in Dunedin, New Zealand
For More Events on This Day in Scottish History - https://bagtownclans.com/index.php/thisday/march-23/ Welcome back to This Day in Scottish History. I'm your host, Colin MacDonald. Today, we set our compass for the far side of the world—March 23rd, 1848—when the ship John Wickliffe dropped anchor...