Scotland Timeline

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LIST OF MAIN EVENTS IN SCOTTISH HISTORY

c80-85 Campaign Of Agricol
c140        Antonine Wall
207-11 Campaign Of Severus
c 400 Ninian
c500        Irish "Scots" arrived
c550        Anglian settlement in south-east
597    Death Of Columba
685        Battle Of nechtansmere
794        Scandinavian Raids First Mentiones
c843        Unuon Of Picts and scots in kingdom of Alba
c960        Edinburgh held by king of Alba
1018 Battle Of Carham
1034 Strathclyde part of Scottish Kingdom
1072 Malcolm III submitted to William the Conqueror
1098 Expedition Of Magnus Barelegs
1120s First refrences to burghs and Sherrifs
1138 Battle Of The Standard
1175 Treaty of Falaise
1189 Quitclaim Of Canterbury
1237 Treaty Of York
1263 Battle Of Largs
1266 Treaty Of Perth
1295 Alliance with France
1296 Battle Of Dunbar
1297-8 Rising of Moray & wallace
1314 Battle of Bannackburn
1320 Declaration Of Arbroath
1328 Treaty of Edinburgh-Northhapton
1346 Battle of Neville's Cross
1357 Treaty Of Berwick
1396 Clan Fight at perth
1411 Battle of Harlaw
1412 University of St. Andrews
1451 University of Glasgow
1468-9 Acquisition of Orkney and Shetland
1488 Battle of Sauchieburn
1493 Forfeiture of Lordship of the Isles
1495 Kings College, Aberdeen
1496 education Act
1505-6 Royal College of Surgeons founded
1507 Printing introduced
1513 Battle of Flodden
1532 Endowment of College of Justice
1542 Battle of Solway Moss
1544-5 Mary of Guise Regent
1560 Reformation Parliament
                First Book of Discipline
1578 Second Book of Discipline
1583 University Of edinburgh
1587 County Franchise Act
1592 Presbyterian government first authorised
1603 James VI Scotland = James I England
1609 Statutes Of Iona
1610 Episcopal government restored
1616 Education Act
1617 register of sasines
1618 Five Articles of Perth
1637 Scottish Prayer Book
1638 National Covenant
1643 Solemn League and Covenant
1651 Cromwelian Occupation
1672 High Court of Justiciary established
1682 Advocates' Library founded
1689 Revolution against James VII
1690 Presbyterian Government restored
1692 Massacre at Glencoe
1695 Bank of Scotland
                Company of Scotland
1692 Education Act
1707 Union with England
1712 Toleration Act
                Patronage restored
1715 Jacobite rebellion
1727 Board of Manufacturers established
1735 First Secession
1736 Porteous Riot
1745 Jacobite rebellion
1747 Abolition of Heritable Jurisdictions
1760 Carron Iron Works in operation
1761 Second Secession; Relief Church
1779 First Spinning Mills
1790 Forth and Clyde Canal opened
1803 Commisioners for Highland Roads and Bridges
1812 Comet steamship
1822 Caledonian canal opened
1828 Hot Blast invented
1831 Glasgow-Garnkirk railway
1832 First Reform Act
1843 Disruption
1853 National Assoc. for Vindication of Scottish Rights
1872 Education Act
1885 Secretary for Scotland appointed
1886 Crifters Act
1889 County Councils established
1900 United Free Church formed
1906 First Labour M.P.s
1928 National Party of Scotland formed
1929 Union of Church of Scotland and United Free Church
                Local Government Act
1939 St Andrew's House opened
1947 Coal Mines nationalised
1948 Railways nationalised
1974 Eleven S.N.P. members of parliament
1974-5 Reorganisation of local government
1996 Another reorganisation of local government

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