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1401 Annabelle Drummond died
1402 27 March, David, Duke of Rothesay died in captivity at Falkland palace
16 May, Duke of Albany calls council to clear his name in connection with Prince David's death
September, Homildon Hill, Northumberland, England - Scots defeated.
1403 7 February, Henry IV of England married Joan of Navarre
1406 Prince James captured by King Henry IV of England
King Robert III died
1407 James Resby was burned for heresy. Resby was the first of the Scottish heretics to be martyred.
1410 16 March, Earl of Sommerset died
Four Doctors begin teaching canon law at St Andrew's
1411 24 July, Battle of Harlaw
1412 St Andrews University founded
1413 20 March, Henry IV of England died
1416 Murdoch released from the Tower of London
1420 2 June, Henry V married Catherine of Valois
3 September, Duke of Albany, Governor of Scotland died
1421 6 December, Henry VI of England born
1422 31 August, Henry V of England died
1423 Treaty of London
1424 13 February, James I married Joan Beaufort
April, James I freed from English captivity
Act forbidding the playing of football (soccer)
25 December, Margaret Stuart born
1425 25 May, Murdoch and 2 of his sons executed
1426 James I attempted to create a Central Court authority.
1427 26 October, Eleanor Stewart born
1428 The Parliament of Inverness; Lord of the Isles imprisoned
Representative allowed to attend Parliament in lieu of Barons or Burgesses
1430 James II born, Edinburgh, Scotland
1433 Sumptuary Laws introduced into Scotland
1436 24 June, Margaret marries Louis XI of France
1437 20 February, King James I killed by Sir Robert Graham
1439 31 December, Margaret Holland died
1440 November, The Black Dinner
1442 30 October, Isabel Stewart marries Francis I of Brittany
1445 15 July, Joan Beaufort died
16 August, Margaret died
1449 James II began to rule for himself
3 July, James II marries Marie of Gueldres
1451 10 July,James III born, Stirling, Scotland
University of Glasgow was founded
1452 22 February, James II killed William Douglas at Stirling
2 October, Richard III of England born
1455 Battle of Arkinholm, Black Douglases defeated
1456 23 June Margaret of Denmark born
1457 28 January, Henry VII born
1460 3 August, King James II killed during the seige of Roxburgh Castle
10 August, James III crowned at Kelso Abby
1461 13 February, Treaty of Westminster between Lord of the Isles and the King of England
1463 1 December, Mary of Gueldres died
1468 8 September, Orkney Islands acquired by Scotland as dowry
1469 20 May, Shetland Islands added to the dowry
13 July, James III married Margaret of Denmark
1471 21 May, Henry VI of England died
1472 Pope Sixtus IV erected the Archbishop of St Andrews
1473 17 March, James IV born
1479 Earl of Mar executed for employing witches to kill his brother, James III
1480 20 November, Eleanor Stewart died
1483 Sir Andrew Wood receives a grant of lands in Largo
1484 John, Duke of Albany born, son to Alexander (brother of James III)
1485 22 August, Battle of Bosworth Field
1486 18 January, Henry VII married Elizabeth of York
14 July, Margaret of Denmark died
1487 Pope Innocent VIII accepted recommendation for church appointments
1488 Battle of Sauchieburn
11 June, King James III murdered
1489 28 November, Margaret Tudor born, Wesminster Palace, London
1491 28 June, Henry VIII of England born
1494 University of Aberdeen founded
Archbishop of Glasgow charged with heresy
The Royal Sceptre was gifted to James IV by Pope Alexander VI
1496 Scotland passed the first Compulsory Education Law