Celtic history archive
1716
Scotland
Prince James Francis Edward Stuart or Stewart (June 10, 1688 - January 01, 1766) was a claimant of the thrones of Scotland and England (September 16, 1701 - January 01, 1766) who …
1716
Scotland
On January 29, 1716, the Scottish Jacobite army began its retreat, marking a turning point in the Jacobite Rising of 1715. This event was part of a series of attempts by the …
1718
Scotland
Gore, John (1718–84), Baron Annaly of Tenelick , politician and judge, was born 2 March 1718, the second of three sons of George Gore (1675–1753) and his wife, Bridget, daughter …
1719
Scotland
The marriage of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart—known as The Old Pretender, the son of the deposed King James II of England and Ireland—to Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska was …
1720
Scotland
James Cotter is executed for high treason in supporting the Jacobite cause. This May 7, 1720 entry records a moment in Celtic history connected with Scotland.
1725
Scotland
Due to the gross dislike of the Malt Tax there were wide spread riots across the country. Scotland was up in arms to resist the attempt to rob a poor man of his beer. The most …
1725
Scotland
Henry Benedict Maria Clement Thomas Francis Xavier Stuart (March 11, 1725 – July 13, 1807), born in Rome, Italy, was the second son of James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old …
1727
Scotland
Niel Gow (22 March 1727 — 1 March 1807) was a Scottish fiddler in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Gow was born in Strathbraan, Perthshire, in 1727, as the son of John Gow …
1729
Scotland
Death of dramatist, essayist and publisher Sir Richard Steele, the Dubliner who founded The Tatler and The Spectator. This September 1, 1729 entry records a moment in Celtic …
1729
Scotland
John Law (21 April 1671 – 21 March 1729) was a Scottish-French economist who distinguished money, a means of exchange, from national wealth dependent on trade. He served as …
1736
Scotland
The opening of the first regular public theater in Scotland in Carrubbers Close, Edinburgh’s Old Town, in 1736 was a significant development in Scottish cultural history. It …
1736
Scotland
The Porteous Riots surrounded the activities of Captain John Porteous, Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh (ca. 1695 – 1736). Porteous seems to have been an overbearing …