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1701 |
James VII dies in exile from a stroke |
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Act of 1701 & Act for the prevention of Popery |
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Act of Settlement declaring Princess Anne next successor |
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5 December, Alexander Stewart sentenced to death for theft |
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1702 |
19 March, William of Orange died; thrown from a horse |
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1703 |
1 June, Act for toleration to all Protestants in the exercise of religious worship |
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Act for Security of the Kingdom |
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1704 |
Queensbury Plot |
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1705 |
11 April, Captain Green was hanged for Piracy against Scotland |
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31 December, Catherine (wife of Charles II) dies |
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1706 |
November, First Articles of Union are accepted in Edinburgh |
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1707 |
May, Union of Parliament |
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1708 |
First Jacobite Rebellion |
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1713 |
31 March, Treaty of Utrecht |
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1714 |
1 August, Queen Anne died, Kensington Palace |
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1715 |
Second Jacobite rebellion |
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Battle of Sherrifmuir |
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1719 |
The Battle of Glenshiel or the 'little rising' |
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3 September, James VIII married Maria Casimire Clementina Sobieska |
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1720 |
31 December, Bonny Prince Charlie is born, Rome |
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1724 |
General Wade began improving roads and bridges in Scotland |
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1725 |
6 March, Henry Benedict Thomas Stuart born, Rome |
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1727 |
Udal land rights were renewed |
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1729 |
Black Watch, 43rd Royal Highland Regiment was raised |
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1735 |
30 December, Maria Casimire Clementina Sobieska died |
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1740 |
November, hail storm damaged the Tolbooth in Edinburgh |
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1745 |
19 September Preston Pans - Prince Charlie defeated Cope |
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1746 |
17 January, Falkirk, Jacobites defeat the English governments troops |
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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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1748 |
18 October, Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle; France & Spain support Hanover |
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1766 |
1 January, James VIII died in exile |
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1772 |
17 April, Charles Stewart marries Louise Maximilienne Caroline |
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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 |