[1]Tomorrow:
July 27
1054: Battle of Dunsinane, Macbeth defeated near Crieff. The Sword
Dance, or Ghillie Chalium has war as its starting point. The dance
popular at Highland Games; legend has it that it was danced on the eve
of battle, and that for the soldier to touch or displace the sword
portended a curse in the approaching fight. There are many other
theories regarding the origin of the Sword Dance, and one of is that
Malcolm III Canmore, after having defeated one of Macbeth's chiefs at
the Battle of Dunsinane in 1054, appropriated his defeated adversaries
sword, placed over his own to formed a cross with his own and danced
wildly to the pipes.
1769: Napoleon b., Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). A theory, only a
theory, controversial at that. Napoleon's grandfather may have come
from Balloch, near Crieff! William Bayne was driven out of Scotland
after the collapse of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. Bayne and his
relatives were shipwrecked in Corsica and established there. Bayne and
his party became known as Boun-de-parte (corruption of good of leaves,
Bayne comes from Gaelic leaves) and after two generations the surname
Bonaparte was used. --[2]<Privateers@Privateers.org>
1953: Korean War ends,
2000: Sinclairs at Rosslyn, [3]Rosslyn Chapel, Edinburgh Castle
References
1. http://sinclair.quarterman.org/timeline.html
2. mailto:Privateers@Privateers.org
3. http://sinclair.quarterman.org/sinclair/s2000.html
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