Post by ~Crystal~ on Mar 8, 2010 20:39:24 GMT -5
55BC Julius Caesar lands in Britain
80AD The Roman, Julius Agricola invades "Albion" or "Caledonia" the ancient names for Scotland
84AD Celtic tribes of Caledonia unite under Calgacus but are defeated by the Romans
121 - 129 Hadrian's Wall is built by the Romans
397 - St Ninian brings Christianity to Scotland
476 The Roman Empire collapses
800 - 900s Vikings raid Scotland
1005 King Malcolm II rules Scotland and defeats the Vikings at the battle of Mortlach
1034 - 1040 King Duncan I
1040 - 1057 Macbeth kills Duncan to become King of Scotland
1272 William Wallace born
1274 Robert the Bruce born
1297 Scottish war of Independence led by William Wallace
1298 Scots Defeated by Edward I of England
1305 William Wallace executed
1306 Robert the Bruce crowned King
1314 Battle of Bannockburn when Robert the Bruce defeats the English and gains Scottish independence
1371 Robert II the first Stewart King takes the throne
1513 Battle of Flodden and James IV killed in battle
1559 Start of the Reformation in Scotland with John Knox's sermon at Perth
1561 Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland from France
1565 Mary Queen of Scots marries Henry, Lord Darnley
1567 Henry Darnley murdered
1568 Mary Queen of Scots flees to England and is imprisoned by Elizabeth I. Her baby son becomes James VI of Scotland
1587 Mary Queen of Scots executed at Fotheringay Castle
1603 James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England bringing about the Union of the Crowns
1692 The Massacre of Glencoe - The Campbells murder the MacDonald clan
1707 The Act of Union is passed and Scotland is formally united with England to form Great Britain
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie - Prince Charles Edward Stuart - returns to Scotland to claim the British throne
1746 Battle of Culloden where the Jacobite Scots defeated and Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France.
Scottish History now combines together with British History
