| ID |
Name |
| Record Type |
Description |
| 42047 |
Railway Clearing Act, 1850 Date / From: 1850 |
| Historical Event |
The Railway Clearing Act, 1850 gave status to the Railway Clearing House which acted as a transfer point for revenue… |
| 41604 |
Ministers in Uig |
| Historical Event |
The first post-Reformation minister in Uig was Rev Ronald Angusson, admitted 1572. The parish of Uig was joined with that… |
| 41075 |
Battle of Bannockburn Date / From: 24 Jun 1314 |
| Historical Event |
The Battle of Bannockburn June 23-24, 1314 was fought between Robert the Bruce for Scotland and Edward II for England.… |
| 40522 |
The Orinsay Drownings Date / From: 1945 |
| Historical Event |
On the fateful morning of 13 February 1945, the four Orinsay men left home early and joined a number of… |
| 40511 |
The Clearance of Orinsay Date / From: 1843 |
| Historical Event |
Extract from the Inverness Courier, 15 June 1842: Deforcement of the Law Another of those painful scenes which lately have… |
| 40479 |
Battle of Arras |
| Historical Event |
The Battle of Arras took place from 9 April to 16 May 1917. it was fought by the British Army… |
| 40466 |
Mesopotamia Campaign |
| Historical Event |
Mesopotamia was the first foreign affray for the (British) Indian Military. By 1918 there were 304,000 Indian troops and 107,000… |
| 40360 |
Antwerp Expedition Date / From: 3 Oct 1914 |
| Historical Event |
An ill-fated five-day battle in Antwerp during October 1914 in which heavy casualties were incurred. It also let to the… |
| 40290 |
Gallipoli Campaign Date / From: 17 Feb 1915 To: 9 Jan 1916 |
| Historical Event |
The Gallipoli Campaign was conceived by members of the War Council of the British Cabinet as a strategy for breaking… |
| 40151 |
Battle of La Bassee Date / From: 1914 |
| Historical Event |
One of the conflicts duing which the British, French and American Armies faced that of Germay on the Western front,… |
| 39580 |
Second Boer War |
| Historical Event |
The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902, between the British Empire and the… |
| 39530 |
Siege of Ladysmith Date / From: 1899 |
| Historical Event |
The Siege of Ladysmith was a protracted engagement in the Boer War, taking place between 30 October 1899 and 28… |
| 39529 |
Siege of Mafeking Date / From: 1899 |
| Historical Event |
The Siege of Mafeking was the most famous British action in the Boer War. It took place in the town… |
| 38340 |
Lewismen interned in the Netherlands, First World War Date / From: 11 Oct 1914 |
| Historical Event |
In October 1914, the First Royal Naval Brigade (mostly naval reservists scarcely retrained as infantrymen) had been fighting in defence… |
| 38337 |
History of the Mackenzies of Lewis |
| Historical Event |
Mackenzie of Kintail bought the Isle of Lewis from Sir George Hay and Sir James Spence, the last of the… |
| 38317 |
Battle of Glenshiel Date / From: 10 Jun 1719 |
| Historical Event |
The Battle of Glenshiel was fought in 1719 between government forces and Jacobite rebels allied with the Spanish. In April… |
| 38315 |
Battle of Killiecrankie Date / From: 17 Jul 1689 |
| Historical Event |
On 17 July 1689, Viscount Dundee and two thousand Highlanders in support of the Jacobite cause met Hanoverian forcers of… |
| 38313 |
Battle of Culloden Date / From: 16 Apr 1746 |
| Historical Event |
The Battle of Culloden was the last stand of the Clans in support of the Jacobite cause and marked the… |
| 38311 |
Jacobite Rebellion |
| Historical Event |
The Jacobite cause was devoted to the restoration of the Stuart kings in Scotland and (after 1707) England, in response… |
| 38308 |
Battle of Sheriffmuir Date / From: 13 Nov 1715 |
| Historical Event |
The Battle of Sheriffmuir took place in the Ochil Hills, Perthshire on 13 November 1715, between the Jacobite forces under… |
| 37743 |
Battle of Amiens, France Date / From: 8 Aug 1918 |
| Historical Event |
The Battle of Amiens, which began on 8 August 1918, marked the beginning of the Hundred Days Offensive which led… |
| 36223 |
The Epic Battle of Wick Date / From: 27 Aug 1859 |
| Historical Event |
The Epic Battle of Wick or “Sabaid Mhor Wick” as it is still referred to in Lewis started on 27… |
| 36141 |
Coronation of King George V Date / From: 22 Jun 1911 |
| Historical Event |
Extracts from The Highland News, 1911 On Thursday, 22 June 1911, King George V was crowned at Westminster Abbey. This… |
| 35987 |
Battle of Maida Date / From: 1806 |
| Historical Event |
The Battle of Maida, fought on the 4th July 1806 in Calabria, Italy, was one of the battles in the… |
| 35986 |
Napoleonic Wars |
| Historical Event |
A series of wars begun in 1803 by Napoleon 1 in his bid to conquer Europe. They ended in 1815… |