The Gaelic Period. |
A.D. |
Agricola's Invasion | 80 |
Severus' Invasion | 208 |
Founding of Dalriada by the Scots | about 503 |
Founding of Northumberland by Ida | 547 |
Union of Picts and Scots | 843 |
Commendation to Eadward | 924 |
Battle of Brunanburh | 937 |
Battle of Carham | 1018 |
Cnut's Invasion | 1031 |
Malcolm Canmore King | 1057 |
William's Invasion | 1073 |
Malcolm slain | 1093 |
The English Period, 1097-1286. |
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Eadgar | 1097 |
Alexander I. | 1107 |
David | 1124 |
Battle of the Standard | 1138 |
Malcolm IV. | 1153 |
William the Lion | 1165 |
Capture at Alnwick | 1174 |
Treaty of Falaise | 1174 |
Council of Northampton | 1176 |
Treaty with Richard I. | 1189 |
Alexander II. | 1214 |
Border-line fixed | 1222 |
Council at York | 1237 |
Alexander III. | 1249 |
Battle of Largs | 1263 |
Man and the Sudereys annexed | 1266 |
Death of Alexander III. | 1286 |
The Struggle for Independence , to 1314. |
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Queen Margaret | 1286 |
Treaty of Brigham | 1290 |
Margaret dies | 1290 |
Council meets at Norham, 3rd June | 1291 |
Judgment given at Berwick, 11th November | 1292 |
John crowned King | 1292 |
Edward's first Conquest | 1296 |
Rising of Wallace | 1297 |
Surrender at Irvine | 1297 |
Battle of Stirling, 11th September | 1297 |
Battle of Falkirk | 1298 |
Edward's second Conquest | 1303 |
Capture of Wallace | 1305 |
Robert Bruce crowned King, 27th March | 1306 |
Death of Edward | 1307 |
Battle of Bannockburn, 24th June | 1314 |
The Independent Kingdom, 1314-1424. |
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Parliament at Cambuskenneth | 1326 |
Peace of Northampton | 1328 |
David II. | 1329 |
Edward Balliol's Invasion | 1332 |
Battle of Halidon Hill | 1333 |
Capture of David | 1346 |
His release | 1347 |
Invasion of Edward III. | 1356 |
Robert II. | 1370 |
Raid of Otterburn | 1388 |
Robert III. | 1390 |
Fight on North Inch | 1396 |
Invasion of Henry IV. | 1400 |
Battle of Homildon Hill | 1402 |
Capture of the Earl of Carrick | 1405 |
Robert III. dies | 1406 |
Burning of Reseby | 1408 |
St. Andrews University founded | 1408 |
Battle of Harlaw, 24th July | 1411 |
Albany the Regent dies | 1419 |
The Jameses, 1424-1557. |
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James I. crowned King | 1424 |
Parliament at Inverness | 1427 |
Murder of the King | 1436 |
James II. | 1436 |
Murder of the Douglases | 1439 |
Murder of William, Earl of Douglas | 1452 |
Battle of Arkinholm | 1454 |
The King slain at Roxburgh | 1460 |
James III. | 1460 |
Orkney and Shetland annexed | 1469 |
St. Andrews raised to an Archbishopric | 1471 |
Revolt of Lauder Bridge | 1482 |
Battle of Sauchieburn | 1488 |
James IV. | 1488 |
Marriage of James to Margaret Tudor | 1502 |
Lordship of the Isles broken up | 1504 |
Battle of Flodden, 9th September | 1513 |
James V. | 1513 |
"Erection" of the King | 1524 |
Fall of Angus | 1528 |
Rout at Solway Moss | 1542 |
Mary | 1542 |
Hertford's first Invasion | 1544 |
Hertford's second Invasion | 1545 |
Burning of George Wishart | 1545 |
Murder of Beaton | 1545 |
Battle of Pinkie | 1547 |
Mary sails for France | 1548 |
First marriage of Mary, 24th April | 1558 |
The Reformation Period, 1557-1603. |
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The "First Covenant" signed | 1557 |
Burning of Walter Mill | 1558 |
Religious riots | 1559 |
Treaty of Berwick | 1560 |
Reformation Statutes passed | 1560 |
Return of the Queen | 1561 |
Battle of Corrichie | 1562 |
Second marriage of Mary, 29th July | 1565 |
Murder of Rizzio | 1566 |
Murder of Darnley, 9th February | 1567 |
Third Marriage of Mary, 15th May | 1567 |
Surrender at Carberry, 15th June | 1567 |
Abdication of Mary | 1567 |
James VI. crowned | 1567 |
Battle of Langside, 13th May | 1568 |
Conference at York begins, October | 1568 |
Murder of Murray the Regent | 1570 |
Taking of Dunbarton, 2nd April | 1571 |
Parliament at Stirling, 4th September | 1571 |
Lennox the Regent slain | 1571 |
Episcopacy revived | 1572 |
Death of John Knox, 24th November | 1572 |
Death of Mar the Regent, 24th November | 1572 |
Surrender of Edinburgh Castle | 1573 |
The King rules alone, 4th March | 1578 |
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