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| Web Resources | ||||
| Links to useful Scottish websites | ||||
| Edinburgh Archaeological Field Society | ||||
| Cramond Heritage Trust | ||||
| Miscellaneous Articles | ||||
| A history of Scottish religion | ||||
| Scottish History Timeline | ||||
| 8,000 b.c. | The Mesolithic | |||
| 4,000 b.c. | The Neolithic | |||
| 2,500 b.c. | The Bronze Age | |||
| 700 b.c. | The Iron Age | |||
| 80 a.d | Romans enter Scotland | |||
| c.84 | Battle of Mons Graupius | |||
| c.410 | Romans leave British Isles | |||
| c.563 | Columba arrives on Iona | |||
| 794 | Viking raids on Scotland begin | |||
| c.843 | Kenneth mac Alpin becomes the king of the Picts and Scots | |||
| c.971 | Edgar gives Lothian to Kenneth II | |||
| 1005-34 | Malcolm II | |||
| 1034-40 | Duncan I | |||
| 1040-57 | Macbeth | |||
| 1057-58 | Lulach | |||
| 1058-93 | Malcolm III 'Canmore' |
| c.1069 | Marriage of Malcolm III to Margaret |
| 1073 | Malcolm III becomes William I's 'man' |
| 1093-94 | Donald Ban |
| 1094 | Duncan II |
| 1094-97 | Donald Ban |
| 1097-1107 | Edgar |
| 1107-24 | Alexander I |
| 1124-53 | David I |
| 1134 | Annexation of Moray by the Crown |
| 1138 | The Battle of the Standard |
| 1153-65 | Malcolm IV |
| 1165-1214 | William I 'The Lion' |
| 1174 | Wiiliam the Lion defeated at Alnwick |
| 1189 | The Quitclaim of Canterbury |
| 1192 | Scottish church becomes a special daughter of the Roman see |
| 1214-49 | Alexander II |
| 1237 | Treaty of York |
| 1249-86 | Alexander III |
| 1263 | Battle of Largs |
| 1266 | Treaty of Perth |
| 1290-92 | Treaty of Birgham
Death of the Maid of Norway Interregnum |
| 1292-96 | John Balliol |
| 1295 | First Franco-Scottish alliance against England |
| 1297 | The rising of William Wallace |
| 1305 | Edward I's ordinance for the government of Scotland |
| 1274 - 1329 | Robert the Bruce |
| 1329-71 | David II |
| 1332 | War of Independence restarts |
| 1346 | Battle of Neville's Cross |
| 1349-50 | The Black Death |
| 1371-90 | Robert II (the Stewart) |
| 1390-1406 | Robert III |
| 1406-37 | James I |
| 1424 | James I returns from captivity |
| 1437-60 | James II |
| 1455 | The fall of the Black Douglases |
| 1460-88 | James III |
| 1468 | James III marries Margaret of Denmark |
| 1468-69 | Pledging of the Northern Isles |
| 1472 | St Andrews See is raised to Archiepiscopal status |
| 1488 | Battle of Sauchieburn |
| 1488-1513 | James IV |
| 1493 | Forfeiture of the Lordship of the Isles |
| 1503 | James IV marries Margaret Tudor |
| 1513 | Battle of Flodden |
| 1513-42 | James V |
| 1517 | Treaty of Rouen |
| 1528 | James V's personal reign begins |
| 1542 | Battle of Solway Moss |
|
1542-67 |
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| 1546 | Murder of Cardinal Beaton |
| 1547 | Battle of Pinkie |
| 1558 | Mary marries Francis II of France |
| 1560 | Treaty of Edinburgh |
| 1561 | The return of Mary |
| 1565 | Mary marries Henry Darnley |
| 1567 |
Darnley
murdered Abdication of Mary |
| 1567-1625 | James VI |
| 1568 | Mary flees to England |
| 1570 | Murder of regent Moray |
| 1582 | Ruthven Raid |
| 1603 | Union of the Crowns of Scotland and England |
| 1618 | Five Articles of Perth |
| 1625-49 | Charles I |
|
1625 |
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| 1637 | The Scottish Prayer Book |
| 1638 | The Covenant |
| 1639 | First Bishops' War |
| 1640 | Second Bishops' War |
| 1643 | The Solemn League and Covenant |
| 1644 | Scottish invasion of England |
| 1645 | Battle of Philiphaugh |
| 1646 | Charles I surrenders |
| 1648 | The Whiggamore raid |
| 1649 | Execution of Charles I |
|
1649-85 |
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| 1650 | Battle of Dunbar |
| 1651 | Battle of Worcester |
|
1651-58 |
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| 1660 | Restoration of the Monarchy |
| 1679 | Battle of Bothwell Brig |
| 1685-88 | James VII |
| 1689-94 | William II and Mary II |
|
1689 |
the revolution |
| 1689 | Battle of Killiecrankie |
| 1690 | Establishment of Presbyterianism |
| 1692 | The Glencoe Massacre |
| 1694-1702 | William III |
| 1698 | The Darien expedition |
| 1702-14 | Anne |
| 1707 | Act of Union |
| 1708 | Abolition of the Scottish Privy Council |
| 1712 | Restoration of patronage |
| 1714-27 | George I |
| 1715-16 | Jacobite rebellion |
| 1719 | Jacobite rebellion in Glenshiel |
| 1725 | Shawfield riots |
| 1727 | Founding of the Board of Trustees |
| 1727-60 |
George II |
| 1745-46 | Jacobite rebellion |
| 1746 | Battle of Culloden |
| 1759 | Robert Burns born |
| 1760-1820 | George III |
| 1800-1850 | Highland Clearances |
| 1820-29 | George IV |
| 1820 | 'Radical War' |
| 1829-37 | William III |
| 1832 | First Reform Act |
| 1837-1901 | Victoria |
| 1843 | The Disruption |
| 1885 | Scottish Secretary created |
| 1886 | Crofters' Holdings Act |
| 1901-10 | Edward |
| 1910-36 | George V |
| 1934 | Scottish National Party founded |
| 1936 | Edward II |
|
1936-52 |
George VI |
| 1952 | Elizabeth |
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