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A look at some of the major events in Scottish History
during the Stuart Dynasty.
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1306 | Robert I crowned at Scone |
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1307 | Edward II succeeded to the English Throne |
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1314 | June 24, Robert I defeated the English at Bannockburn |
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1320 | Declaration of Arbroath |
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1324 | David II born |
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1328 | Treaty of Northampton recognizing Scotland's sovereignty |
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1329 | Robert I died |
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1335 | Edward Balliol claimed the Scottish crown with English support |
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1346 | Battle of Neville's Cross |
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1347 | John of Carrick legitimized by papal dispensation |
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1354 | ransom of 90,000 merks to be paid in 9 annual installments |
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1364 | Parliament rejected Edward III of England as heir presumptive to the crown |
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1371 | 22 February, David II died in Edinburgh |
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John Stewart, Earl of Carrick crowned King Robert II | |
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1388 | 5 August, Battle of Otterburn |
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1390 | Robert II died |
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John Stewart crowned as Robert III |
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1402 | David, Duke of Rothesay died in captivity |
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Battle of Homildon Hill | |
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1406 | Prince James captured by King Henry IV of England |
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King Robert III died | |
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1411 | Battle of Harlaw |
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1412 | St Andrews University founded |
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1424 | April, James I freed from English captivity |
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1437 | 21 February, King James I killed by Sir Robert Graham |
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1460 | King James II killed during the seige of Roxburgh Castle |
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1468 | Orkney and Shetland islands acquired by Scotland as dowrey |
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1469 | James III married Margaret of Denmark |
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1488 | Battle of Sauchieburn |
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1494 | University of Aberdeen founded |
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1503 | King James IV and Margaret Tudor married |
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1513 | Battle of Flodden; James IV died |
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1538 | James V married Marie d'Guise |
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1542 | Battle of Solway Moss |
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1546 | 1 March, George Wishart burned for heracy |
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1547 | 10 September, Battle of Pinkie Cleuch |
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1548 | 7 August, Mary sails for France |
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1557 | Signing of the First Covenant creating the Lords of the Congregation |
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1560 | 27 February, Treaty of Berwick between England and Scotland |
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1561 | 19 August, Mary returned to Scotland, landing at Leith |
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1565 | 29 July, Mary weds Darnley, Duke of Albany, King of Scots |
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1567 | 10 February, Darnley is murdered at Kirk of the Field |
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13 May, Battle of Langside | |
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1570 | 23 January, Regent Moray assassinated |
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1571 | Scotland's Civil War |
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1582 | The Ruthven Raid |
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1587 | 8 February, Mary Stewart beheaded by Queen Elizabeth of England |
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1589 | 23 November, James VI married Anne of Denmark, Oslo, Norway |
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1603 | King James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England | ||||||
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1611 | King James VI commissions an authorized version of the Bible | ||||||
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1625 | 27 March, King James VI dies | ||||||
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1628 | August, Duke of Buckingham murdered | ||||||
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1637 | Charles I Introduced the Book of Common Prayer | ||||||
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1638 | The Second Covenant | ||||||
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1642 | King Charles raises his standard against Parliamentary forces | ||||||
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1646 | King Charles I surrenders to the Scots | ||||||
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1649 | 30 January, King Charles I is beheaded by English Parliament | ||||||
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1651 | 1 January, Charles II crowned, Scone, Scotland | ||||||
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1660 | 29 May, Charles II returned to England - Royal Oak Day | ||||||
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1666 | 2 September, Great Fire of London | ||||||
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1685 | King Charles II died, 6 Feb, Whitehall Palace | ||||||
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1688 | Declaration of Indulgence refused by Archbishop Sancroft | ||||||
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1689 | 13 February, William and Mary are proclaimed joint sovereigns of England
| 1690 |
1 July, Battle of Boyne | 1692 |
Massacre of Glencoe
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1701 | James VII dies in exile from a stroke |
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1707 | May, Union of Parliament |
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1715 | 2nd Jacobite rebellion |
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1745 | 19 September, Preston Pans - Prince Charles defeated Cope |
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1746 | 16 April, Culloden, Jacobites were massacred by Cumberland |
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Highland Dress Proscription Act outlawing the wearing of tartan | |
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1782 | Proscription Act of 1746 repealed |
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1785 | Highland clearances begin |
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1788 | 31 January, Charles Stewart died |
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1807 | 13 July, Henry Stuart died |