AD
83 |
Agricola Invasion of Scotland |
85 |
The Battle of Mons Graupius |
115 |
End of the First
Roman Occupation of Scotland |
208 |
Invasion of Septimius Severus |
397 |
First Christian
Church Founded in Scotland by St Ninian |
501 |
Foundation of the
Kingdom of Dalriada (Dalriata) |
430 |
Roman control of Britain ends |
521 |
Birth of St Columba |
563 |
St Columba arrives in Iona |
664 |
The Synod of Whitby |
685 |
Battle of Dunnichen |
794 |
Beginning of the Norse Invasions of Scotland |
802 |
Norse invasion of
Iona |
843 |
Kenneth MacAlpine crowned King of Scots and Picts |
1005 |
Malcolm II 1005 - 1034 |
1014 |
The Battle of Clontarf, Regaining of the Hebrides and Northern Scotland |
1018 |
Battle of Carham. Annexation of Lothian and Cumbria |
1018 |
Duncan MacAlpine
succeeds Strathclyde |
1034 |
Duncan I 1034 - 1040 |
1040 |
Macbeth 1040 - 1057 |
1040 |
Macbeath slays Duncan MacAlpine I |
1057 |
Malcom III (Canmore)1057 – 1093 |
| 1070 |
Malcolm Canmore
marries Margaret |
| 1093 |
Donald Bain 1093 -
1094 |
| 1094 |
Duncan II (son of Canmore) 1094 - 1094 |
1094 |
Duncan II (second reign) 1094 - 1097 |
1097 |
Edgar (son of Canmore) 1097 - 1107 |
1098 |
Western Isles retaken
by Magnus Bareleg the King of Norway |
1107 |
Alexander I 1107 - 1124 |
1124 |
David I 1124 - 1153 |
1138 |
Battle of the Standard |
1153 |
Malcom IV 1153 - 1165 |
1165 |
William the Lion 1165 - 1214 |
1174 |
William the Lion
Defeated in the Battle at Alnwick |
1174 |
Treaty of Falaise
with the subjection of Scotland to England |
1189 |
Scotland's
Independance regained and accepted by Richard I |
1214 |
Alexander II 1214 - 1249 |
1222 |
Conquest of Argyle by
Alexander II |
1230 |
Final Pacification of
Moray |
1235 |
Final Pacification of
Galloway |
1237 |
Alexander II abandons
Claim to Northern Counties of England |
1249 |
Alexander III 1249 -
1286 |
1263 |
Battle of Largs |
1266 |
Western Isles ceded
to Scotland with the Treaty of Perth |
1286 |
Death of Alexander
III |
1286 |
Margaret (The Maid of
Norway) 1286 - 1290 |
1290 |
Maid of Norway dies |
1290 |
First Interregnum
1290 - 1292 (time between two reigns) |
1292 |
John Balliol 1292 -
1296 (awarded the Scottish Crown by Edward I) |
1296 |
Edward I Invaded
Scotland, Abdication of John Balliol |
1296 |
Second Interregnum
1296 - 1306 (time between two reigns) |
1296 |
Revolt by William
Wallace |
1297 |
Battle of Stirling
Bridge |
1298 |
First Battle of
Falkirk |
1305 |
William Wallace
executed |
1306 |
Assassination of
Comyn |
1306 |
Robert I 1306 -1329 |
1314 |
Battle of Bannockburn |
1320 |
The
Declaration of Arbroath |
1326 |
First Burgh
Representatives in Parliament |
1328 |
Treaty of Northampton |
1329 |
Death of Robert Bruce |
1329 |
David II 1329 - 1371 |
1332 |
Invasion of Scotland
by Edward Balliol |
1332 |
The Battle of Dupplin |
1333 |
Battle of Halidon
Hill |
1346 |
Battle of Neville's
Cross |
1371 |
Robert II 1371 - 1390
(the first of the Stewarts crowned) |
1385 |
French Expedition to
Scotland |
1388 |
The Battle of
Otterburn |
1390 |
Robert III 1390 -
1406 |
1402 |
Duke of Rothsey dies |
1406 |
James I 1406 - 1437 |
1406 |
James I captured by
the English |
1407 |
Burning of the
Lollard, James Resby |
1411 |
The Battle of Harlaw |
1412 |
University of St
Andrews Founded |
1424 |
James I returns to
Scotland |
1433 |
James Craw Burned |
1437 |
James I assassinated
at Perth |
1437 |
James II 1437 - 1460 |
1451 |
University of Glasgow
founded |
1452 |
James II kills
William, 8th Earl of Douglas |
1455 |
The Battle of
Arkinholm and the Fall of the Douglases |
1460 |
Death of James II |
1460 |
James III 1460 - 1488 |
1472 |
Annexation of Orkney
and Shetland Islands to Scotland |
1472 |
St Andrews appointed
an Archbishopric |
1482 |
First Rebellion
against James III Lauder Bridge |
1488 |
Battle of Sauchieburn
and Assassination of James III |
1488 |
James IV 1488 - 1513 |
1493 |
End of the Lordship
of the Isles |
1495 |
King's College
Aberdeen founded |
1496 |
First Education Act
Passed |
1503 |
Marriage of James IV
and Margaret Tudor |
1513 |
Battle of Flodden and
Death of James IV |
1513 |
James V 1513 - 1542 |
1528 |
Patrick Hamilton
burned |
1532 |
College of Justice
Founded (Court of Session) |
1542 |
The Battle of Solway
Moss and Death of James V |
1542 |
Mary 1542 - 1567 |
1544 |
Hertford's Invasion
of Scotland and the Burning of Edinburgh, including Holyrood Palace. Fires lasted for 3
Days |
1545 |
Hertford's again
invades of Scotland but was defeated at Ancrum |
1545 |
Hertford returns and
destroys 5 towns, 240 villages, also the Abbeys of Kelso, Melrose, Dryburgh and Eccles |
1546 |
George Wishart burned |
1546 |
Cardinal Beaton
murdered |
1547 |
Battle of Pinkie |
1557 |
The First Covenant
Drawn Up Pledging Scotland to be Portestant |
1567 |
James VI 1567 - 1625
( James I of England) |
1558 |
Walter Mill (a Very
Old Man), Probably the Last Heretic to be Put to Death, was Burned at St Andrews |
1559 |
John Knox returns
from the continent |
1560 |
End of
Franco-Scottish Alliance and Protestantism established |
1560 |
The Treaty of
Edinburgh |
1561 |
Mary returns from
France |
1561 |
First Book of
Discipline |
1565 |
Marriage of Mary to
Darnley |
1566 |
Riccio murdered |
1567 |
Darnley murdered |
1567 |
Marriage of Mary to
Bothwell |
1568 |
Abdication of Queen
Mary |
1568 |
Battle of Langside |
1568 |
Mary flees to England |
1570 |
Regent Moray Murdered |
1571 |
Regent Lennox slain |
1572 |
John Knox dies |
1572 |
Regent Mar dies |
1573 |
Edinburgh Castle
Captured and End of Religious Wars in Scotland |
1578 |
Second Book of
Discipline |
1582 |
Raid of Ruthven |
1582 |
Edinburgh University
founded |
1587 |
Mary executed |
1603 |
Union of the Crowns
of England and Scotland |
1603 |
James I of England
1603 - 1625 ( VI of Scotland) |
1610 |
Episcopacy
established |
1618 |
The Five Articles of
Perth |
1625 |
James VI dies |
1625 |
Charles I 1625 - 1649 |
1625 |
Act of Revocation
Passed |
1633 |
Visit of Charles I to
Scotland |
1637 |
The Scottish Prayer
Book |
1637 |
Riot within the
Church of St Giles |
1638 |
The National Covenant |
1638 |
Abolishment of
Episcopacy |
1639 |
First Bishop's War |
1640 |
Second Bishop's War |
1643 |
Solemn League and
Covenant |
1644 |
The Battle of Marston
Moor |
1645 |
Battle of Philiphaugh |
1648 |
The Battle of Preston |
1649 |
Charles I Executed |
1549 |
Charles II 1649 -
1651 |
1650 |
Montrose Executed |
1650 |
Battle of Dunbar |
1650 |
The Battle of
Worcester |
1651 |
1651 - 1660
Commonwealth and Protectorate |
1660 |
Charles II 1660 -
1685 |
1661 |
Restoration of
Episcopacy |
1666 |
The Pentland Rising |
1669 |
The First Letter of
Indulgence |
1679 |
Archbishop Sharp
Murdered |
1679 |
The Battle of
Drumclog |
1679 |
The Battle of
Bothwell Bridge |
1680 |
The Sanquhar
Declaration |
1685 |
Charles II dies |
1685 |
James II 1685 - 1689
(James VII of Scotland) |
1685 |
Invasion by Earl of
Argyle |
1687 |
Three Letters of
Indulgence |
1688 |
James Renwick
Executed |
1689 |
James VII Deposed |
1689 |
William III ( II of
Scotland) and Mary II 1689 - 1694 |
1689 |
The Battle of
Killiecrankie |
1689 |
The Battle at Dunkeld |
1690 |
Re-establishment of
Presbyterianism |
1692 |
The Massacre of Glencoe |
1694 |
William III 1694 -
1702 ( without Mary II) |
1696 |
The Passing of the
Education Act |
1702 |
William III dies |
1702 |
Anne ( Daughter of
James II) 1702 - 1714 |
1704 |
Act of Security
Passed |
1707 |
Union of the English
and Scottish Parliaments |
1708 |
Abolition of the
Scottish Privy Council |
1708 |
French attempt
Invasion of Scotland |
1714 |
Death of Anne |
1714 |
George I 1714 - 1727 |
1715 |
The Fifteen
Rebellion, Jacobite Rising |
1715 |
The Battle of
Sheriffmuir |
1725 |
The Malt Tax and the
Shawfield Riots |
1727 |
George I dies |
1727 |
George II 1727 - 1760 |
1736 |
The Porteous Riots |
1745 |
The Forty-Five Rebellion, Jacobite Rising |
1746 |
The Battle of Culloden |
1747 |
The Abolition of
Secretary Of State Office |
1748 |
Heritable
Jurisdictions Abolished |
1750 |
The First Turnpike
Act Passed |
1760 |
George II dies |
1760 |
George III 1760 -
1820 |
1760 |
Founding of Carron
Iron Works at Falkirk |
1763 |
Swing Plough invented
by James Small |
1769 |
Steam Engine Patented by James Watt |
1782 |
Rotary Steam Engine
Built By James Watt |
1784 |
Threshing Machine
Invented by Andrew Meikle |
1790 |
Forth and Clyde Canal
Opened |
1793 |
Thomas Muir Sentenced
to Deportation for Sedition |
1799 |
Serf Labour in
Scottish Mines Abolished |
1801 |
Blackband Ironstone
Discovered by David Mushet |
1801 |
Symington's
Steamboat, The Charlotte Dundas Sails |
1812 |
The Steamdriven Boat
The Comet first sailed |
1812 |
Bell's Comet |
1820 |
George IV 1820 - 1830 |
1820 |
The Radical War |
1822 |
The Caledonian Canal
Completed |
1828 |
Hot Blast Furnace
patented by James Neilson |
1830 |
William IV 1830 -
1837 |
1832 |
The First Reform Act
Passed |
1833 |
The Burgh Reform Act
Passed |
1837 |
Victoria 1837 - 1901 |
1843 |
The Disruption |
1845 |
The Scottish Poor Law
Passed |
1846 |
The Potato Famine |
1846 |
Abolition of Trade
and Merchant Privileges |
1867 |
The First Public
Health Act Passed |
1868 |
The Second Reform Act
Passed |
1872 |
The Education Act
Passed with Compulsory Education |
1885 |
The Third Reform Act
Passed, Secretary of State for Scotland Restored |
1886 |
The Crofters Holding
Act Passed |
1889 |
County Councils
Established |
