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On 13 May 1568, Mary, Queen of Scots was defeated at Langside

Mary, Queen of Scots was defeated in her attempt to regain the throne from her son James VI and his supporters at the Battle of Langside, outside Glasgow. Mary's army, led by Archibald Campbell, Earl of Argyll, was defeated by a much smaller force led by her half-brother James Stewart, Earl of Moray and regent for James VI. Following the battle Mary went into exile and captivity in England. (Image: Battle of Langside, by Giovanni Fattori. The fallen knight is said to be George Douglas).

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First Fleet set sail for Botany Bay

In 1787, the 'First Fleet' headed by Arthur Phillip sets sails with 11 ships of convicts for Botany Bay, Australia. Australia's "First Fleet" was a group of 11 ships and about 1,400 people who established the first European settlements in Botany Bay and Sydney.

Birth of Charles Joseph de Douglas

In 1653, Charles Joseph de Douglas, K.S.L. was born. A Captain in the Ecossais Regiment, he was an adventurer who was involved in French colonization scheme in Canada and was taken prisoner after the battle of Culloden. He was appointed Governor of Saint-Claude in 1751.

Eilean Donan Castle captured

In 1719, under cover of a naval bombardment a landing party from Royal Navy warships Worcester and Enterprise attacked and captured Eilean Donan Castle and took the Spanish garrison prisoner during the Jacobite Rising of 1719.

Births

1653 - Douglas, Charles Joseph
1975 - Douglas, Gwendolyn (Wendy)
1971 - Douglas, Kevin Boyce
1897 - Douglas, Donald
1781 - Douglas, James
1872 - Douglas, Sarah Kirtland
1887 - Douglas, Florence May
1876 - Douglas, May
1723 - Douglas, John

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Deaths

1983 - Douglas, Marshal
1912 - Douglas, James MacKay
1741 - Douglas, George (4th Lord Mordington)

Deaths on this day

Events

1568 – Mary Queen of Scots is defeated at the Battle of Langside, part of the civil war between Queen Mary and the supporters of her son, James VI.
1654 – A Venetian fleet under Admiral Cort Adeler breaks through a line of galleys and defeats the Turkish navy.
1779 – War of the Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiate an end to the war. In the agreement Austria receives the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel).
1780 – The Cumberland Compact is signed by leaders of the settlers in the Cumberland River area of what would become the U.S. state of Tennessee, providing for democratic government and a formal system of justice.
1846 – Mexican–American War: The United States declares war on the Federal Republic of Mexico following a dispute over the American annexation of the Republic of Texas and a Mexican military incursion.
1861 – American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.

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