CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
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The Gaelic Period.
A.D.
Agricola's Invasion80
Severus' Invasion208
Founding of Dalriada by the Scots about 503
Founding of Northumberland by Ida547
Union of Picts and Scots843
Commendation to Eadward924
Battle of Brunanburh937
Battle of Carham1018
Cnut's Invasion1031
Malcolm Canmore King1057
William's Invasion1073
Malcolm slain1093
The English Period, 1097-1286.
Eadgar1097
Alexander I.1107
David1124
Battle of the Standard1138
Malcolm IV. 1153
William the Lion1165
Capture at Alnwick1174
Treaty of Falaise1174
Council of Northampton1176
Treaty with Richard I.1189
Alexander II.1214
Border-line fixed1222
Council at York1237
Alexander III.1249
Battle of Largs1263
Man and the Sudereys annexed1266
Death of Alexander III.1286
The Struggle for Independence, to 1314.
Queen Margaret1286
Treaty of Brigham1290
Margaret dies1290
Council meets at Norham, 3rd June1291
Judgment given at Berwick, 11th November1292
John crowned King1292
Edward's first Conquest1296
Rising of Wallace1297
Surrender at Irvine1297
Battle of Stirling, 11th September1297
Battle of Falkirk1298
Edward's second Conquest1303
Capture of Wallace1305
Robert Bruce crowned King, 27th March1306
Death of Edward1307
Battle of Bannockburn, 24th June1314
The Independent Kingdom, 1314-1424.
Parliament at Cambuskenneth1326
Peace of Northampton1328
David II.1329
Edward Balliol's Invasion1332
Battle of Halidon Hill1333
Capture of David1346
His release1347
Invasion of Edward III.1356
Robert II.1370
Raid of Otterburn1388
Robert III.1390
Fight on North Inch1396
Invasion of Henry IV.1400
Battle of Homildon Hill1402
Capture of the Earl of Carrick1405
Robert III. dies1406
Burning of Reseby1408
St. Andrews University founded1408
Battle of Harlaw, 24th July1411
Albany the Regent dies1419
The Jameses, 1424-1557.
James I. crowned King1424
Parliament at Inverness1427
Murder of the King1436
James II.1436
Murder of the Douglases 1439
Murder of William, Earl of Douglas1452
Battle of Arkinholm1454
The King slain at Roxburgh1460
James III.1460
Orkney and Shetland annexed1469
St. Andrews raised to an Archbishopric1471
Revolt of Lauder Bridge1482
Battle of Sauchieburn1488
James IV.1488
Marriage of James to Margaret Tudor1502
Lordship of the Isles broken up1504
Battle of Flodden, 9th September1513
James V.1513
"Erection" of the King1524
Fall of Angus1528
Rout at Solway Moss1542
Mary1542
Hertford's first Invasion1544
Hertford's second Invasion1545
Burning of George Wishart1545
Murder of Beaton1545
Battle of Pinkie1547
Mary sails for France1548
First marriage of Mary, 24th April1558
The Reformation Period, 1557-1603.
The "First Covenant" signed1557
Burning of Walter Mill1558
Religious riots1559
Treaty of Berwick1560
Reformation Statutes passed1560
Return of the Queen1561
Battle of Corrichie1562
Second marriage of Mary, 29th July1565
Murder of Rizzio1566
Murder of Darnley, 9th February1567
Third Marriage of Mary, 15th May1567
Surrender at Carberry, 15th June1567
Abdication of Mary1567
James VI. crowned1567
Battle of Langside, 13th May1568
Conference at York begins, October1568
Murder of Murray the Regent1570
Taking of Dunbarton, 2nd April1571
Parliament at Stirling, 4th September1571
Lennox the Regent slain1571
Episcopacy revived1572
Death of John Knox, 24th November1572
Death of Mar the Regent, 24th November1572
Surrender of Edinburgh Castle1573
The King rules alone, 4th March1578
Raid of Ruthven1581
Death of Mary Stuart, 8th February1587
Marriage of the King1590
Abolition of Episcopacy1592
The Gowrie Plot, 5th August1600
James becomes King of England1603
The Union of the Crowns, 1603-1707.
Fight in Glen Fruin1604
Restoration of Episcopacy1606
Visit of the King1616
Articles of Perth passed1618
Nova Scotia founded1621
King James dies1625
Charles I.1625
Charles crowned in Scotland1633
Liturgy Riots1637
The Covenant renewed1638
Assembly at Glasgow1638
Episcopacy abolished1638
"Trot of Turriff," May1639
Pacification of Berwick, June1639
Invasion of England by the Scots1640
Treaty of Ripon, begun 1st October1640
" " " ended 7th August 1641
Battle of Tippermuir, September1644
Charles comes to the Scots Camp, 5th May1645
Battle of Philiphaugh, September1645
The Scots give up Charles, 8th January1647
The Surrender at Uttoxeter, 25th August1648
"Whiggamore's Raid"1648
Charles I. beheaded, 30th January1649
Charles II. proclaimed1649
Rising and beheading of Montrose1650
Charles II. arrives in Scotland 1650
Battle of Dunbar, 3rd September1650
Battle of Worcester, 3rd September1651
Legislative Union with England1654
Restoration of Charles II.1660
Act "Rescissory" passed1661
Episcopacy re-established1661
The "Ejection"1662
The Westland Rising1666
The Indulgence, June1669
Murder of Sharp, May1679
Fight at Drumclog, May1679
Fight at Bothwell Bridge, June1679
Sanquhar Declaration, June1680
Test Act passed1681
James VII.1685
Argyle's Rising1685
Full Indulgence1688
James VII. deposed1688
William and Mary proclaimed1689
Battle of Killiecrankie, 27th July1689
Episcopacy abolished1690
Massacre of Glencoe, 13th February1691
Charter granted to the Darien Company1695
Education Act passed1696
Anne1701
The Union of the Parliaments1707
After the Union.
George I.1714
Jacobite Rising1715
Malt-tax Riots1724
Porteous Riot1736
Jacobite Rising1745
Battle of Preston-pans, 20th September1745
Battle of Culloden, 16th April1746
Highland Society founded1784
First Steamboat tried1788
Penal laws against Romanists repealed1793
Colliers and Salters freed1799
Reform Bill passed1832
The Disruption1843