On 7 February 1716, the Old Pretender's Jacobite army disbanded at Aberdeen, ending the 1715 uprising.

James, the Old Pretender, had set sail for France three days earlier. The revolt had been badly led by the Earl of Mar and was doomed to failure after the inconclusive result of the Battle of Sherriffmuir. Thirty years later his son, Charles, would try again to recapture the throne for the Stuarts.

This day in 1603 saw the Battle of Glenfruin when the MacGregors slaughtered a number of Colquhouns. The victors did not enjoy their triumph for long however, as government reprisals saw the origins of the banning of the MacGregor name. On the 3rd of April 1603, only two days before James VI left Scotland for England to take possession of the English throne, an Act of Privy Council was passed, by which the name of Gregor or MacGregor was forever abolished.

Today's recipe: make the most of in season mussels with this simple, flavoursome dish. Mussels with wine and parsley.