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(1561) Mary Queen of Scots left France, returned to Scotland
(1565) Mary Queen of Scots married Lord Darnley
(1566) King James VI born
(1567) Lord Darnley assassinated, Mary Queen of Scots abdicated throne; James VI crowned (one year old)
(1568) Mary fled to England
(1582) King James VI taken prisoner at Ruthven Castle
(1583) King James VI escaped
(1584) Parliament declared James VI head of church and state
(1586) Mary Queen of Scots, arrested, tried for treason in plot to kill Queen Elizabeth of England
(1587) Mary Queen of Scots beheaded
(1603) Queen Elizabeth I of England died; James VI of Scotland now also King James I of England
(1606) England, Wales, Scotland adopted Union flag
(1625) James VII died; son Charles I became king
(1637) Charles I imposed use of new prayer book; rioting took place
(1638) Covenanters rebelled against Charles I
(1639) Wars of Covenant began; English agreed to truce - "Pacification of Berwick"
(1640) Scots marched on Newcastle; truce signed at Ripon; English Parliament sat to raise funds to settle with Scots ("Long Parliament")
(1643) Covenanters agreed to aid English parliamentarians against King
(1644) Covenanters defeated at Battles of Tippermuir, Fyvie and Inverlochy; city of Aberdeen captured, sacked
(1645) Covenanters defeated at Battles of Auldearn, Alford and Kilsyth won battle at Philiphaugh; Oliver Cromwell led New Model Army to victory at Naseby; English captured Glasgow, Edinburgh
(1646) Charles I surrendered to Covenanters; imprisoned
(1647) Charles I released
(1648) Second Civil War began; Oliver Cromwell defeated Scots at Preston
(1649) King Charles I executed; Charles II named King in Scotland
(1650) Scots defeated by Cromwell at Dunbar; Edinburgh castle surrendered to Cromwell
(1652) Great Fire of Glasgow destroyed third of city
(1660) Charles II proclaimed King of England, Scotland and Ireland; monarchy restored; Scotland later declared separate kingdom
(1666) King's army defeated Covenanters at Battle of Rullion Green
(1685) King Charles II died; James VII crowned king
(1688) Rioting in Edinburgh spread across Scotland; King James VI deposed, fled
(1689) William III and Mary II crowned joint king and queen of England, Scotland and Ireland
(1692) Glencoe Massacre - 38 members of Macdonald clan killed
(1695) Bank of Scotland founded
(1707) Act of Union passed; England, Wales and Scotland united to form Great Britain; last meeting held of Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh; first meeting of Parliament in Great Britain
(1715) First Jacobite rebellion
(1725) Bloody riots in Glasgow protested new taxes on Scottish malt
(1726) First railway opened between Edinburgh and Dalkeith
(1730) Emigration to American colonies began
(1745) Second Jacobite rebellion
(1746) Second Jacobite rebellion ended at Battle of Culloden
(1787) Glasgow weavers rioted after wages cut, six killed; first lighthouse in Scotland opened
(1790) Forth and Clyde Canal opened
(1799) Income tax introduced
(1812) First commercial steamboat service from Glasgow to Greenock
(1814 - 1820) Sutherland Clearances occurred (tenant evictions)
(1820) Radical Rising occurred, ringleaders executed
(1822) Caledonian Canal between Inverness and Fort William opened
(1824) Edinburgh's Great Fire lasted three days, destroyed $400,000 in property, 10 killed, hundreds left homeless
(1831) Passenger railway service began between Glasgow and Garnkirk; major outbreak of cholera in Scotland
(1832) "The Bad Day", 31 boats sank, 105 died
(1837) King William IV died; Queen Victoria crowned
(1842) Railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh opened
(1843) Free Church of Scotland established
(1846) Caledonian Canal between Inverness and Fort William opened; 10-year Highland potato famine began; Corn Law repealed
(1860) First open golf championship held at Prestwick
(1867) First football club formed
(1868) Reform Act passed, all male householders eligible to vote
(1872) First Scotland v. England football match held
(1877) Explosion at Blantyre Colliery Mine killed 207
(1879) Tay Bridge collapsed while train was crossing
(1881) Eyemouth Fishing Disaster, 189 fishermen in 20 boats killed in storm
(1882) Battle of the Braes fought over land rights disputes
(1883) Steamer "Daphne" sunk on river Clyde, 124 drowned
(1888) Scottish Labour Party formed
(1901) Queen Victoria died
(1904 - 1913) Over 600,000 Scots emigrate
(1908) First Scout troop formed
(1909) Fans rioted at Scottish Cup Final
(1915) Naval bases established in Orkney and Invergordon; rail crash killed 227, injured 246; Navy ship HMS Natal exploded in Cromarty Firth, 405 died
(1917) Women over 30 received right to vote
(1919) Troop ship Iolaire sunk in Stornoway, killed 200 returning from WWI; riots occurred in Glasgow against rent levels; German fleet captured in Orkney; Bloody Friday riot in Glasgow, 20,000 strikers gathered
(1921 - 1931) More than 400,000 Scots emigrated
(1923) 40 miners drowned in pit disaster at Redding
(1926) First demonstration of television transmission by John Logie Baird
(1928) National Party for Scotland formed; women over 21 received right to vote; discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming announced
(1930) Unemployment reached 25%
(1931) 12,000 Navy sailors struck over cuts in pay
(1934) Scottish National Party founded; Queen Mary launched for maiden voyage
(1936) King Edward VIII abdicated; George VI is King
(1941) Shipyards at Clydeside bombed by Luftwaffe, 1,000 killed
(1942) 10,000 U S troops arrived
(1945) World War II ended
(1950) Scottish Nationalists stole "Stone of Destiny" from Westminster Abbey
(1952) Elizabeth II became queen; first television programs aired
(1959) First nuclear power station opened; Iceland fired live rounds at fishing trawlers during "Cod War"
(1963) Last hanging in Scotland took place
(1968) Winds of over 100 mph struck Glasgow, 250,000 homes damaged, 1,700 homeless, 20 killed
(1971) Stadium collapse in Glasgow killed 66 football fans; decimal currency introduced
(1972) United Kingdom joined European Union
(1988) Bomb on Pan Am flight 757 exploded, crashed at Lockerbie, killed 243 passenger, 16 crew, 11 residents
(1993) Tanker ran aground in Shetland Islands, spilled 26 million gallons light crude oil
(1995) Bridge to Isle of Skye opened; movie "Braveheart" released
(1996) Gunman murdered 16 school children and teacher in Dunblane; Stone of Destiny returned, installed in Edinburgh Castle; cloned lamb, named Dolly, born in Edinburgh
(1997) Voters approved referendum for separate Scottish Parliament after 290 years of union with England
(1999) Election for new Scottish Parliament occurred; officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II
(2003) Dolly, the cloned sheep, died
(2004) Queen Elizabeth II opened new Scottish Parliament Building; explosion in plastics factory in Glasgow killed 7, injured 44
(2005) Police scuffled with protestors in Edinburgh during G8 summit
(2006) Smoking ban in all public places
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