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565
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8.22.565
St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.
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1054
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7.27.1054
Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland to support Malcolm Canmore against Macbeth of Scotland, who usurped the Scottish throne from Malcolm's father, King Duncan. Macbeth is defeated at Dunsinane. |
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1153
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5.27.1153
Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland.
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1291
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1292
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11.17.1292
( O.S.) John Balliol becomes King of Scotland. |
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1295
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7.5.1295
Scotland and France form an alliance, the so-called "Auld Alliance", against England. |
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1296
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3.30.1296
Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
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1305
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1306
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6.19.1306
The Earl of Pembroke's army defeats Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven. |
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1318
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1320
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4.6.1320
The Scots reaffirm their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. |
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1322
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10.14.1322
Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence. |
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1411
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7.24.1411
Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, takes place.
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1472
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2.20.1472
Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark. |
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1503
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1513
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1543
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1547
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9.10.1547
The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI. |
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1559
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5.2.1559
John Knox returns from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the beginning Scottish Reformation.
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1560
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2.27.1560
The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland. |
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2.27.1560
The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland. |
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7.6.1560
The Treaty of Edinburgh is signed by Scotland and England.
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1561
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8.19.1561
An 18-year-old Mary, Queen of Scots, returns to Scotland after spending 13 years in France. |
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1565
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7.29.1565
The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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1566
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3.9.1566
David Rizzio, private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, is murdered in the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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1567
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2.10.1567
An explosion destroys the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland. The second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, Lord Darnley is found strangled, in what many believe to be an assassination. |
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1568
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5.13.1568
Battle of Langside: the forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother. |
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1570
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1590
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5.17.1590
Anne of Denmark is crowned Queen of Scotland.
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1600
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1.1.1600
Scotland begins its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25.
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1625
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3.27.1625
Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
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1640
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10.26.1640
The Treaty of Ripon is signed, restoring peace between Scotland and Charles I of England. |
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1650
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4.27.1650
The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army invades mainland Scotland from Orkney Island but is defeated by a Covenanter army. |
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1651
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1661
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1692
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2.13.1692
Massacre of Glencoe: About 78 Macdonalds at Glen Coe, Scotland are killed early in the morning for not promptly pledging allegiance to the new king, William of Orange. |
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1701
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9.16.1701
James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland. |
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1786
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6.29.1786
Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario. |
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