Scottish history

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(idea) by Berek (26.2 min) (print) ? (I like it!) Tue May 07 2002 at 16:46:55

This node is intended to be a brief guide to the main events in Scottish history over the centuries. While it is impossible to include every event here, please /msg me with significant omissions.

4th century BC: The Celts reached the British Isles.
1st century AD: The Picts prevented the Romans from penetrating far into Scotland.
5th - 6th centuries: Christianity is introduced to Scotland from Ireland. Scotland is divided into four kingdoms: Dalriada, Strathclyde, Pictavia, and Gododdin.
9th century: Kenneth mac Alpin formed the first united kingdom of Scotland, becoming king of the Picts and Scots.
946: Malcolm I conquered Strathclyde.
1015: Malcolm II conquered Lothian.
1263: Scots defeated Norwegians at Largs.
1266: Norway ceded the Western Isles to Scotland.
1292: Edward I intervened in Scottish affairs and granted the Scottish throne to John Balliol.
1297: William Wallace led the Scots to victory over England at Stirling Bridge.
1314: Robert the Bruce defeated the English at Bannockburn.
1328: Treaty of Edinburgh. England recognised Scottish independence.
1371: Robert II became first Stewart king.
1513: James IV and thousands of Scots were killed at Flodden.
1540s - 1550s: Calvinism introduced to Scotland by John Knox.
1565: Mary, Queen of Scots married Lord Darnley, her cousin.
1566: Mary's private secretary Riccio murdered by rebel lords.
1567: Lord Darnley murdered in Edinburgh.
1568: Mary fled to safety in England.
1578: James VI took over government from his regent, James Douglas.
1587: Mary was beheaded by the English.
1592: Presbyterianism became the established religion in Scotland.
1603: The Union of the Crowns: James VI of Scotland became James I of England.
1638: Scottish `Covenanters' rebel against King Charles.
1643: The `Solemn League and Covenant' promised Scots army to aid English parliamentarians against the king.
1651 - 1660: Cromwell conquered Scotland.
1679: Duke of Monmouth defeated covenanters at Bothwell Brig.
1689: Jacobite highlanders defeated army of William III at Killiecrankie, but were halted at Dunkeld.
1692: Glencoe massacre.
1707: The Union of the Parliaments: the Act of Union between England and Scotland was passed.
1715: First Jacobite rebellion.
1745: Second Jacobite rebellion.
18th and 19th centuries: Highland clearances: tenants evicted to make way for sheep.
1914 - 1918: World War I.
1939 - 1945: World War II.
1945: First Scottish Nationalist MP elected.
1979: Referendum on Scottish assembly failed to meet the required majority.
1997: A referendum on an independent Scottish parliament was passed by a massive majority.
1999: The Scottish parliament sat for the first time under the new constitutional arrangements.

Nodes about Scottish history on E2:
* Antonine Wall
* bagpipe
* Black Watch
* Bonnie Prince Charlie
* Burke and Hare
* Caledonia
* Calton Weavers Massacre
* Cameronian
* The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba
* Dalriada
* Declaration of Arbroath
* The Doune Pistol
* Elsie Ingles
* Forth submarine disaster
* Hadrian's Wall
* Highland clearances
* Jacobite
* Kings of Pictavia
* Maiden of the Corn
* Mary, Queen of Scots
* Pictish Chronicle
* Pict
* Picts
* Porteous Riot
* Queen Mary
* Ring of Brodgar
* Robert Owen
* Robert the Bruce
* Romans in northern Britain
* Rulers of Scotland
* Runic Inscriptions in Scotland: Cille Bharra (Kilbar, Barra) (SC 8)
* St. Andrews Cross
* St. Tredwell
* Sawney Bean
* Scotland in early times
* Scotland in the 19th century
* Scotland in the 20th century
* Scottish castles
* Scottish Flag
* Scottish slave trade
* Scottish smuggling
* The Snowball Riot
* Stone of Destiny
* Strathclyde
* Timeline of Glasgow history
* Timeline of Edinburgh history
* Union Flag
* Viking
* William Wallace

Sources:
Chronicle of Britain (Chronicle Communications Ltd, 1992)
The Hutchinson Encyclopedia (Helicon Publishing, 1997 ed.)

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Jacobite	Scotland in early times	North Britain	William Wallace
Glencoe	British History	Kenneth mac Alpin	Ring of Brodgar
Lochgilphead	Great Glen	Scottish Reformation	Prestonpans
Flying Scotsman	Scottish Flag	Cnut	Rulers of Scotland
Robert the Bruce	Scotland	Scottish smuggling	Culloden
The Chronicle of the Kings of Alba	World History	Rusty Wallace	The Flying Scotsman

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