February 13, 2021 • 10 mins
On this day in 1692, soldiers brutally killed members of the Clan MacDonald of Glencoe after staying in the MacDonalds' homes for nearly two weeks. / On this day in 1879, Indian poet and activist Sarojini Naidu was born.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey y'all, we're rerunning two episodes today. Enjoy the show. Hi,
I'm Eves and welcome to This Day in History Class,
a show that uncovers a little bit more about history
every day. The day was February. It was the dead
(00:23):
of winter in snowy Scotland. But at about five o'clock
in the morning, more than a hundred soldiers who had
been quartered in the homes of members of the McDonald
clan and Glencost Scotland murdered the people who they had
been staying with for more than a week. The soldiers
went from north to south Glencoe, gathering troops, killing McDonald's
(00:48):
and burning down homes as they forged a murderous path
through the blizzard. The soldiers killed around thirty eight people
that day and even or died of exposure after the
attacks ended, as they had no homes. The glen Call
massacre was a terrible outgrowth of the Glorious Revolution in
(01:11):
Jacobite Rising in Scotland in the late seventeenth century. King
James the Second of England and the seventh of Scotland
was Catholic and Protestants weren't so happy when he gave
birth to his son and heir, James Francis Edward Stewart,
who was set to be another Catholic in the line
of succession. Between this and his other perceived wrongs to Protestants,
(01:37):
he wasn't going to be able to keep his seat
on the throne much longer. Civil unrest and anti Catholic
rioting were on the rise, so in sixty eight a
group of higher ups in England invited William of Orange,
a Protestant, to take the English throne. James was deposed
(01:58):
and went into exile, and William and Mary became joint
monarchs in six eighty nine. But not everybody was cool
with William and Mary's rain. Some people were still loyal
to King James the Second and the House of Stuart.
Those people who supported King James the Second and his
(02:18):
descendants and wanted the House of Stewart back on the
throne became known as Jacobites. Obviously, William and Mary weren't
too keen on people who weren't loyal to them. They
figured that the Jacobites were ticking bombs and they needed
to do something about them. Since many Scottish clans were
(02:40):
still loyal to King James, the second. The new government
tried to get the clans loyalty by offering indemnity to
all chiefs who signed an oath of allegiance before January
one six, and if they didn't take the oath well,
that would forced the government to respond with fire. So
(03:03):
the chiefs took the oath, but logistically it was difficult
for them to actually sign the oath because they had
to have a magistrate or sheriff as witness, and winters
in Scotland could be cruel. Some clans were also already
tied up in an oath with James Stewart, so they
had to wait until mid December to be released from
(03:25):
that agreement. Alistair McClane, the chief of the McDonald clan,
was one of many chiefs who didn't make the January
first deadline. He would have made the deadline, but there
was no sheriff available to accept his oath at Fort
William and he had to wait until January six. Either way,
(03:47):
the other chiefs who missed the deadline were given indemnity,
but Alistair McClane wasn't. Instead, Scotland's Secretary of State ordered
the McDonald's to be punished with the utmost extremity of
the law. Soldiers in Archibald Campbell's Argyle Regiment were sent
to slaughter the McDonald's, but they didn't show up with
(04:11):
guns blazing. The soldiers arrived at the McDonald's homes in
Glenco in early February, asking if they could stay there
because Fort William was full. The McDonald's agreed to quarter
them as was customary, and the soldiers stayed in the
McDonald's homes for twelve days. But on February, as the
(04:35):
blizzard raged through Glenco, the soldiers began killing their hosts
and destroying property, committing the massacre they had been ordered
to carry out. The Campbell's, who were rival clan of
the McDonald's, made up a lot of the soldiers, and
the Campbells have said that they were responsible for the
atrocities that day, but it's been said that some of
(04:58):
the Campbell's soldiers may have told their hosts what was
about to happen, and years later the Scottish Parliament declared
the massacre slaughter under trust. I'm Eaves, Jeffcote, and hopefully
you know a little more about history today than you
did yesterday. If you like to know more about the
(05:21):
Glencoe massacre and other tidbits from history. Listen to the
episode of Stuff you Missed in History class called six
Impossible Episodes. By request, We'll see you tomorrow. Hey, y'all,
I'm Eves. Welcome to this Day in History Class, a
(05:43):
show where we one day ship nuggets of history straight
to your brain through your ear hole. The day was
February eighteen seventy nine Indian poet and act of this
Saraginie Naidou was born. Naidoo was also the first Indian
(06:05):
woman to be President of the Indian National Congress. Her
poetry earned her the nickname the Nightingale of India. Naidou
was born in Hyderabad, India. Her mother was a poet
and her father was a scientist and philosopher. She was
the oldest of eight children, and some of her siblings
were activists and poets. Naidoo spoke several languages and she
(06:28):
began writing poetry at an early age. She began attending
Madras University at age twelve. Several years later, she moved
to England to study at King's College and Girton College. There,
she became involved in the campaign for women's suffrage. When
she returned to India in eighteen, she married a non
(06:49):
Brahmin doctor. Though he was from a different cast, the
families approved of the marriage. The couple eventually had several
children together. Her first collection of poems, The Golden Threshold,
was published in nineteen o five. That same year, the
British partitioned Bengal, which separated the majority Muslim eastern areas
(07:11):
from the largely Hindu western areas. Having gained an interest
in politics through her experiences in England, Naidu turned her
attention to the Indian National Congress and Gandhi's Non Cooperation Movement.
The Indian National Congress is a political party that formed
in eighteen eighty five and was at the forefront of
(07:31):
the Indian independence movement. The Non Cooperation movement was a
non violent effort to get the British government to grant
self governance to India. Naido joined the Indian National Congress
in nineteen o five. She traveled around India speaking about
women's education, helping impoverished people in nationalism. She met with
(07:53):
social and political leaders and artists like Gopol, Christiana Gokleikur
and Sarah Devitdrani. In nineteen seventeen, Naidoo helped found the
Women's Indian Association along with Annie Bessent, Margaret Cousins, and others.
In the following years, she continued to argue for women's
(08:14):
suffrage and speak out against issues like child marriage and
sati when Hindu widows would earn themselves to death on
their deceased husband's funeral pires Naido also joined Gandhi's Satya
Graha movement, one of non violent resistance. In nineteen she
became the first Indian woman to lead the Indian National Congress.
(08:37):
Naidoo was jailed a few times for her anti British activities,
including for manufacturing salt and for her involvement in the
Quit India movement, which advocated for an end to British
rule in India. India gained independence from Britain in nineteen
forty seven. That year, she became the first governor of
Uttar Pradesh, then called the United Provinces. Throughout her life,
(09:01):
nad continued to write poetry and incorporated it into her speeches.
Some of her other published poetry collections include The Bird
of Time and The Broken Wing. Some of her poems
were published posthumously. Her poetry is known for being lyrical,
with rich imagery, conveying messages of love, belonging, and separation.
(09:24):
She died in nineteen forty nine in Utar, Pradesh. I'm
Eve Jeff Cote and hopefully you know a little more
about history today than you did yesterday. If you have
any insight on an accent or pronunciation spoken in the
show today, you can feel free to send us a
kind note on social media at t d I h
(09:45):
C podcast, or if you are so inclined, you can
send us a message at this day at I heart
media dot com. Thanks again for listening. We'll see the
same place tomorrow. M M. For more podcasts from My
(10:06):
Heart Radio, visit the I heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,
or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
Hey y'all, we're rerunning two episodes today. Enjoy the show. Hi,
I'm Eves and welcome to This Day in History Class,
a show that uncovers a little bit more about history
every day. The day was February. It was the dead
(00:23):
of winter in snowy Scotland. But at about five o'clock
in the morning, more than a hundred soldiers who had
been quartered in the homes of members of the McDonald
clan and Glencost Scotland murdered the people who they had
been staying with for more than a week. The soldiers
went from north to south Glencoe, gathering troops, killing McDonald's
(00:48):
and burning down homes as they forged a murderous path
through the blizzard. The soldiers killed around thirty eight people
that day and even or died of exposure after the
attacks ended, as they had no homes. The glen Call
massacre was a terrible outgrowth of the Glorious Revolution in
(01:11):
Jacobite Rising in Scotland in the late seventeenth century. King
James the Second of England and the seventh of Scotland
was Catholic and Protestants weren't so happy when he gave
birth to his son and heir, James Francis Edward Stewart,
who was set to be another Catholic in the line
of succession. Between this and his other perceived wrongs to Protestants,
(01:37):
he wasn't going to be able to keep his seat
on the throne much longer. Civil unrest and anti Catholic
rioting were on the rise, so in sixty eight a
group of higher ups in England invited William of Orange,
a Protestant, to take the English throne. James was deposed
(01:58):
and went into exile, and William and Mary became joint
monarchs in six eighty nine. But not everybody was cool
with William and Mary's rain. Some people were still loyal
to King James the Second and the House of Stuart.
Those people who supported King James the Second and his
(02:18):
descendants and wanted the House of Stewart back on the
throne became known as Jacobites. Obviously, William and Mary weren't
too keen on people who weren't loyal to them. They
figured that the Jacobites were ticking bombs and they needed
to do something about them. Since many Scottish clans were
(02:40):
still loyal to King James, the second. The new government
tried to get the clans loyalty by offering indemnity to
all chiefs who signed an oath of allegiance before January
one six, and if they didn't take the oath well,
that would forced the government to respond with fire. So
(03:03):
the chiefs took the oath, but logistically it was difficult
for them to actually sign the oath because they had
to have a magistrate or sheriff as witness, and winters
in Scotland could be cruel. Some clans were also already
tied up in an oath with James Stewart, so they
had to wait until mid December to be released from
(03:25):
that agreement. Alistair McClane, the chief of the McDonald clan,
was one of many chiefs who didn't make the January
first deadline. He would have made the deadline, but there
was no sheriff available to accept his oath at Fort
William and he had to wait until January six. Either way,
(03:47):
the other chiefs who missed the deadline were given indemnity,
but Alistair McClane wasn't. Instead, Scotland's Secretary of State ordered
the McDonald's to be punished with the utmost extremity of
the law. Soldiers in Archibald Campbell's Argyle Regiment were sent
to slaughter the McDonald's, but they didn't show up with
(04:11):
guns blazing. The soldiers arrived at the McDonald's homes in
Glenco in early February, asking if they could stay there
because Fort William was full. The McDonald's agreed to quarter
them as was customary, and the soldiers stayed in the
McDonald's homes for twelve days. But on February, as the
(04:35):
blizzard raged through Glenco, the soldiers began killing their hosts
and destroying property, committing the massacre they had been ordered
to carry out. The Campbell's, who were rival clan of
the McDonald's, made up a lot of the soldiers, and
the Campbells have said that they were responsible for the
atrocities that day, but it's been said that some of
(04:58):
the Campbell's soldiers may have told their hosts what was
about to happen, and years later the Scottish Parliament declared
the massacre slaughter under trust. I'm Eaves, Jeffcote, and hopefully
you know a little more about history today than you
did yesterday. If you like to know more about the
(05:21):
Glencoe massacre and other tidbits from history. Listen to the
episode of Stuff you Missed in History class called six
Impossible Episodes. By request, We'll see you tomorrow. Hey, y'all,
I'm Eves. Welcome to this Day in History Class, a
(05:43):
show where we one day ship nuggets of history straight
to your brain through your ear hole. The day was
February eighteen seventy nine Indian poet and act of this
Saraginie Naidou was born. Naidoo was also the first Indian
(06:05):
woman to be President of the Indian National Congress. Her
poetry earned her the nickname the Nightingale of India. Naidou
was born in Hyderabad, India. Her mother was a poet
and her father was a scientist and philosopher. She was
the oldest of eight children, and some of her siblings
were activists and poets. Naidoo spoke several languages and she
(06:28):
began writing poetry at an early age. She began attending
Madras University at age twelve. Several years later, she moved
to England to study at King's College and Girton College. There,
she became involved in the campaign for women's suffrage. When
she returned to India in eighteen, she married a non
(06:49):
Brahmin doctor. Though he was from a different cast, the
families approved of the marriage. The couple eventually had several
children together. Her first collection of poems, The Golden Threshold,
was published in nineteen o five. That same year, the
British partitioned Bengal, which separated the majority Muslim eastern areas
(07:11):
from the largely Hindu western areas. Having gained an interest
in politics through her experiences in England, Naidu turned her
attention to the Indian National Congress and Gandhi's Non Cooperation Movement.
The Indian National Congress is a political party that formed
in eighteen eighty five and was at the forefront of
(07:31):
the Indian independence movement. The Non Cooperation movement was a
non violent effort to get the British government to grant
self governance to India. Naido joined the Indian National Congress
in nineteen o five. She traveled around India speaking about
women's education, helping impoverished people in nationalism. She met with
(07:53):
social and political leaders and artists like Gopol, Christiana Gokleikur
and Sarah Devitdrani. In nineteen seventeen, Naidoo helped found the
Women's Indian Association along with Annie Bessent, Margaret Cousins, and others.
In the following years, she continued to argue for women's
(08:14):
suffrage and speak out against issues like child marriage and
sati when Hindu widows would earn themselves to death on
their deceased husband's funeral pires Naido also joined Gandhi's Satya
Graha movement, one of non violent resistance. In nineteen she
became the first Indian woman to lead the Indian National Congress.
(08:37):
Naidoo was jailed a few times for her anti British activities,
including for manufacturing salt and for her involvement in the
Quit India movement, which advocated for an end to British
rule in India. India gained independence from Britain in nineteen
forty seven. That year, she became the first governor of
Uttar Pradesh, then called the United Provinces. Throughout her life,
(09:01):
nad continued to write poetry and incorporated it into her speeches.
Some of her other published poetry collections include The Bird
of Time and The Broken Wing. Some of her poems
were published posthumously. Her poetry is known for being lyrical,
with rich imagery, conveying messages of love, belonging, and separation.
(09:24):
She died in nineteen forty nine in Utar, Pradesh. I'm
Eve Jeff Cote and hopefully you know a little more
about history today than you did yesterday. If you have
any insight on an accent or pronunciation spoken in the
show today, you can feel free to send us a
kind note on social media at t d I h
(09:45):
C podcast, or if you are so inclined, you can
send us a message at this day at I heart
media dot com. Thanks again for listening. We'll see the
same place tomorrow. M M. For more podcasts from My
(10:06):
Heart Radio, visit the I heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,
or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.
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