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Royal Scots with captured Japanese flag, Burma, January 1945.
Though he captured the castles of Bothwell and Turnberry, he did little to damage the Scots ' fighting ability and, in January 1302, agreed to a nine-month truce.
Nevertheless, the Scots remained Charles's best hope of restoration, and he was crowned King of Scotland at Scone on 1 January 1651.
* James Hamilton, Earl of Arran ( c. 1517 – 1575 ) ( from 8 February 1548, Duke of Châtelherault ) was Governor and Protector of the Kingdom ( 3 January 1543 – 12 April 1554 ) for Mary, Queen of Scots.
The capture of Berwick together with the presence of the French on English soil jolted Edward III into moving against the Scotsin January 1356 Edward led his forces into the south-east of Scotland and burned Edinburgh and Haddington and much of the Lothians in a campaign that became known as the ' Burnt Candlemas '.
In early February the Scots — apparently unaware of the conclusion of an Anglo-French truce on 26 January 1384 that included the Scots in the cease-fire — conducted an all-out attack on the English zones winning back Lochmaben Castle and Teviotdale.
This became critical when the Isle of Man was recaptured by English-backed Scots from King Robert's control in January 1315, thereby threatening the south and south-west of Scotland and also reopening up a potential source of aid to the English from the Anglo-Irish and native Irish.
On 1 January 1585, the enemy took him completely by surprise in camp beside the abbey, when half a dozen horsemen at the head of the Scots foot set the thatched roof of the church on fire.
His first Scots poem to be published ( The Daft Days ) appeared on 2 January 1772, and from that date on he submitted works in both languages.
Norfolk was appointed Lieutenant-General north of Trent on 29 January 1541, and Captain-General in a campaign against the Scots in August 1542.
Harclay initiated negotiations with the Scots on his own accord, and on 3 January 1323, he signed a peace treaty with Robert the Bruce.
The last train was an enthusiast special, the " Deltic Scotsman Farewell " on 2 January 1982, from King's Cross to Edinburgh and back, hauled by 55015 Tulyar northbound and 55022 Royal Scots Grey on the return.
By January 2007, the faulty power unit was removed from 55 022, put into storage and replaced by an ex-marine Napier Deltic engine modified for rail use ; work was complete by Royal Scots Greys dedicated team in August 2007.
The Royal Scots Grey team late 2010 focused work on D9016 and in January 2011 the locomotive returned to service and is planned to continue work on the ELR.
Robert Bruce Stuart, Duke of Kintyre and Lorne ( 18 January 1602 – 27 May 1602 ) was the fifth child of James VI of Scots and Anne of Denmark.
On the 3 January, after some fighting, the street was cordoned off to prevent the gang them from escaping and, as the police were inadequately armed to fight the gang who had superior weapons, small detachments of the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards were called to the scene.
In January 1944, the Scots Guards took part in the landings at Anzio and saw heavy fighting there, including at Campoleone and Carroceto, with the Allies not breaking out of the Anzio beachhead for a number of months.
* 1 January, Charles II crowned King of Scots at Scone
The regiment was formed on 20 January 1959 by the then amalgamation of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, with the Highland Light Infantry ( City of Glasgow Regiment ).
Andrew Harclay, who had defeated Lancaster at Boroughbridge, and for this had been created Earl of Carlisle and appointed Warden of the Marches to Scotland, signed a peace treaty with the Scots without royal sanction in January 1323.
Disappointed, he considered leaving the Army, but was pleasantly surprised, having transferred to the Royal Scots Greys on 1 January 1966, to be promoted to lieutenant colonel on 2 May 1966 and made Commanding Officer of the Royal Scots Greys.
He was also Colonel of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards from 18 January 1979 to 6 May 1984, and Colonel Commandant of the Royal Armoured Corps from 1 April 1982 to 1 August 1985.

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The plan included crashing a plane into the CIA headquarters, leading credence that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed evolved this plot into the September 11 attacks The plot was disrupted in January 1995 after a chemical fire drew the Filipino police and investigation authorities ' attention, resulting in the arrest of one terrorist and seizure of a laptop containing the plans.
On 5 January 1985, she had part of her left lung removed ; the operation drew parallels with that of her father over 30 years earlier.
For the present, the first war plan that Raeder drew up in January 1929 stated that there was nothing that the Reichsmarine could do to stop a French fleet from entering the Baltic.
On her festival day, the Carmentalia, which fell on January the 11 and 15, Vestal Virgins drew water from that spring for the rites.
Rivera's show drew about the same ratings as A Current Affair in January 2007.
He then founded the WEF as a non-profit organization based in Geneva and drew European business leaders to Davos for the annual meetings each January.
In January 1790 he returned to Montpellier, was elected a member of the municipality, co-founded the Jacobin Club in that city, and on the flight to Varennes of King Louis XVI in 1791, he drew up a petition to invite the National Constituent Assembly to proclaim a Republic — the first in date of such petitions.
On January 29, Martí drew up the order of the uprising, signing it with general Jose Maria Rodriguez and Enrique Collazo.
In Issue 3617, dated 10th January 2012, Jimmy Hansen drew it again.
Sessions of Parliament drew many of the wealthiest of Ireland's Anglo-Irish Ascendancy to Dublin, particularly as sessions often coincided with the Irish Social Season, running from January to 17 March ( St. Patrick's Day ), when the Lord Lieutenant presided in state over state balls and drawing rooms in the Viceregal Apartments in Dublin Castle.
On January 11, 1934, following specifications laid down by Heinz Guderian, the Army Weapons Department drew up plans for a medium tank with a maximum weight of and a top speed of.
After five consecutive wins, he drew with journeyman Louis Monaco in January 1996.
In January 2012, Martha held court at London's Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with a sold out six-show stand that drew celebrity friends like Phil Collins and Boy George.
He drew up a will on 17 January 1683.
The Texans home finale of the 2009 season against the New England Patriots on January 3, 2010 drew 71, 029.
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation, which launched a rebellion against the Mexican state in Chiapas in January 1994, declared itself to be an indigenous movement and drew its strongest and earliest support from Chiapan Maya, a number of whom still support it today.
Frightened by gunshots as he drew water from his well, Harmon hid in a nearby cave, supplied with food and necessities each day by his slave, Pete, but the Wildcats followed Pete's tracks in the snow, discovered Harmon, and fatally shot him on January 7, 1865.
Despite careful planning and the skill of Ramzi Yousef, the Bojinka plot was disrupted after a chemical fire drew the Philippine National Police's ( PNP ) attention on January 6 and January 7, 1995.
In January 2008, Berkeley drew national attention when the Berkeley city council passed a motion to send a letter to the US Marines to tell them they were " unwelcome intruders.
A colonel in 1809, he soon drew upon himself, by his energy, the suspicion of the dominant French, and Stein's fall ( January 1809 ) was soon followed by Gneisenau's retirement.
Among the many disclosures in the book, which drew from numerous sources and more than 19, 000 internal government documents, perhaps the most significant was that the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the U. S. occupation of Iraq was planned from Bush's first U. S. National Security Council meeting in January 2001, soon after Bush took office.
" However Vincent Canby in The New York Times was more favourable and drew comparisons to " an upscale John Waters satire " and " Jean-Luc Godard's pre-Maoist period " In January 1988 the film was one of several attacked in the Sunday Times by Oxford University historian Norman Stone for their critique of Thatcherite society and values, Stone describing them as " worthless and insulting " and " riddled with left wing bias ".
In December 2011 Barnet beat Brentford on 5 – 3 on penalties to reach the regional Final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy where they played Swindon Town and drew the first leg 1 – 1 on 8 January 2012 at Underhill.

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