On 28 July 1683, Queen Anne Stuart married Prince George of Denmark.

Anne was the second daughter of the catholic King James II, Duke of York (1685-88), but was raised a protestant under the guidance of her uncle, King Charles II. Her marriage to George was devoted but politically unremarkable. Of her 18 pregnancies between 1683 and 1700, five children were born alive and only one, a son, outlived infancy, but he did not survive to take the throne, and she remained heirless.

On 28th July 1645 at Dunkeld, Perthshire, the Royalist Marquess of Montrose beat General Baillie in a skirmish which was part of the English Civil War.

For a war of positions the Highlanders had neither aptitude nor inclination, and at Dunkeld the greater part of them went home.

Today's recipe: even the littlest chefs will enjoy making these simple fairy cakes.