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SCOTLAND
HISTORY
HISTORIC TIMELINE
6000 BC
First sign of human settlement on the West coast and islands
1000 BC
First invasion of Celtic tribes
82 AD
Agricola's forces enter Scotland and reach Aberdeenshire
142 AD
The second ROman invasion reaches Firth of Forth
185
Withdrawl of Roman forces behind Hadrian's Wall
397
Fist Christian Church founded at Whithorn by St Ninian
563
St Columba lands on Iona and founds a monastery
843
Kenneth MacAlpin becomes the first king of Scots
973
Kenneth II defeats the Danish Luncarty near Perth
1018
Malcolm II defeats the North-umbrians at the Battle of Carham
1040
MacBeth becomes king by murdering Duncan I
1124 - 53
Reign of David I. Royal burghs are founded and Border abbeys are established
1249
Alexander III becomes king. Start of the Golden Age
1286
Death of Alexander III, who is suceeded by his infant grand-daughter Margaret. Rival claimants to the throne include John Balliol and Robert Bruce
1290
Magaret dies en route to Scotland. Edward I of England declares himself feudal overlord of Scotland
1291 - 96
Edward I invades Scotland and wins the battle of Dunbar
1297
Rebellion led by William Wallace defeats the English forces at Stirling Bridge. Wallace is executed as a traitor by the English in 1305
1306
Robert the Bruce becomes King Robert I and is crowned at Scone. After a defeat he spends a year in excile.
1314
Scots forces under Robert the Bruce defeat the English at the Battle of Bannockburn
1333
The English defeat the Scots at Halidon Hill
1371
Robert II, first of the Stuarts, becomes king
1406 - 1542
Reign of James I - V
1542
James V dies after the Battle of Solway Moss. His baby daughter, Mary Queen of Scots, succeeds
1547
Hertford wins the Battle of Pinkie. Mary is taken to France
1561
Mary returns to Scotland to reclaim the throne
1566
Birth of James VI
1587
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots
1603
Death fo Elizabeth I. James VI becomes James I of England
1650
Cromwell seizes power in England. The Scots proclaim Charles II as king in defiance, but lose to Cromwell at Dunbar
1660
Charles II restored as king
1689
James VII deposed by William and MAry, The Scots supporters of James and the Jacobites win the Battle of Killiecrankie
1692
By the order of William, members of the Campbell Clan massacre members of the MacDonald clan at Glencoe
1707
Treaty of Union and abolition of the seperate Scottish parliament
1715
A rebellion led by the Earl of Mar fails after the Battle at Sheriffmuir
1745
Bonnie Prince Charlie's success at Prestonpans puts much of Scotland in Jacobite hands
1746
Jacobite army defeated by the Duke of Cumberland at Culloden, the last battle fought on mainland Britain's soil
1780
Eviction of people during the HIghland clearance to make room for sheep. The beginning of the "Age of Enlightment" in literature and arts
1823
Opening of the Caledonian Canal
1836
Highland potato crop fails
1852
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert buy Balmoral. Fast industrial expansion from the 1850s onwards
1882
The "Crofters War" andsubsequent passing of the the Crofters Holdings Act in 1884, securing crofters fair rents, security of tenure and thr right to pass crofts on to their families
1924
Ramsay MacDonald becomes Scotland's first labour prime minister
1934
Formation of the Scottish National Party (SNP)
1975
Beginning of the North Sea gas and oil exploitation
1997
Referendum votes in favour of a 129 member Scottish parliament
1999
Election of a Scottish parliament
2004
Opening of the new Scottish Parliament building. Edinburgh is named as the world's first City of Literature
2014
A referendum rejects Scottish independence from the United Kingdom
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