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28 March

28 March 1560: Under the terms of the Treaty of Berwick (27 February 1560), an English army under Lord Grey crossed the border into Scotland to support the Scottish Lords of the Congregation and...

27 March

27 March 1746: A detachment of 500 Hessian troops commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel de la Primaudaye arrived at Wade's Taybridge, Aberfeldy where they established a defensible bridgehead on the far side to guard against any...

26 March

26 March 1296: The First War of Scottish Independence began with a Scottish attack on Carlisle. John 'The Red' Comyn, Lord of Badenoch led the Scottish army and attempted to seize Carlisle Castle which...

25 March

25 March 1306: Six weeks after the murder of his main rival, John Comyn Lord of Badenoch, Robert the Bruce seized the vacant Scottish throne and was crowned king of Scots at Scone by...

23 March

23 March 1708: A French fleet carrying James Francis Edward Stuart arrived in the Firth of Forth intending to land an invasion force of French troops in Fife and begin a Jacobite rising against...

18 March

18 March 1689: The Earl of Leven's Regiment of Foot (later the King's Own Scottish Borderers) was raised by Act of the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Within 4 hours around 780 men were enlisted...

17 March

17 March 1746: A Jacobite force under the command of Lord George Murray began the siege of Blair Castle in Perthshire. Blair Castle was the seat of Lord George’s pro-Hanoverian brother, James Murray, 2nd...