Scottish History

1371 - 1625

Robert II (1371 - 1390)

1374 - North and South Inches granted to the royal burgh of Perth by Robert II.

1388 - Battle of Otterburn.

1390 - Sacking of Elgin.

Robert III (1390 - 1406)

1396 - Battle of the Clans.

1402 - Death of Duke of Rothesay.

1402 - Battle of Homildon Hill.

James I (1406 - 1437)

1411 - St. Andrews University founded.

1411 - Battle of Harlaw.

c.1424 - James

1425 - Act of Parliament passed commanding all citizens to present themselves for weaponschawings - showing of weapons.

1431 - Battle of Inverlochy.

1437 - Murder of James I, Perth.

James II (1437 - 1460)

1440 - Black Dinner.

1448 - Battle of River Sark

1451 - Glasgow University founded

1452 - Murder of Earl of Douglas, Stirling Castle

1455 - Battle of Arkinholm

1460 - Siege of Roxburgh - James II killed

James III (1460 - 1488)

1472 - Orkney and Shetland annexed to Scottish crown

1480 - Battle of Bloody Bay

1484 - Battle of Lochmaben

1488 - Battle of Sauchieburn - James III killed

James IV (1488 - 1513)

1503 - Marriage of The Thistle and The Rose, Holyrood

1513 - Battle of Flodden - James IV killed

James V (1513 - 1542)

1514 - Battle of Hornshole

1528 - Protestant Martyr

1537 - Witch Burning

1540 - the first performance of Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis, by Sir David Lindsay of the Mount (c.1490-c.1555), at Linlithgow Palace in front of James V.

1542 - Battle of Haddon Rigg, near Kelso

1542 - Battle of Solway Moss

1542 - Death of James V, Falkland, Fife

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 1567)

1543 Mary I (Queen of Scots)

Treaty of Haddington - agreement between Scots and French to send Mary to France for safety.

1543-50 Rough Wooing - the Anglo-Scottish wars in response to the Treaty of Greenwich which stipulated the marriage of Mary to Prince Edward, later Edward VI, with a view to a union between England & Scotland

1543 - Treaty of Greenwich

1544 - Blar-na-Leine, the Battle of the Shirts, near Laggan (Loch Lochy)

1545 - Battle of Ancrum Moor

1545 - The Lordship of the Isles finally merged with the Scottish Crown. The title is currently held by the heir to the British throne.

1547 - Battle of Pinkie, near Musselburgh

1557 - Supplicants opposed to the anglicisation of Scottish Presbyterianism sign a covenant to this effect. A further covenant was signed in 1581 and reinforced in 1590 and 1596.

1560 - Treaty of Edinburgh - also known as Treaty of Leith

1561 - Mary, Queen of Scots returns to Scotland - arrives in Leith

1562 - Battle of Corrichie

1563 - Scottish Parliament passed the first statute against witchcraft.

1565 - Campaign, now known as the Chaseabout Raid, by Mary, Queen of Scots, against a rebellion led by the Earl of Moray, who opposed her marriage to Darnley.

1566 - Murder of Rizzio

1567 - Death of Darnley

James VI (1567 - 1625)

1567 - James VI - crowned at the Church of the Holy Rude, Stirling

1568 - Battle of Langside

1570 - Murder of Moray

1575 - Redeswire Fray

1577 - Eigg Massacre

1578 - Blar nan Leine

1578 - Blar Milleadh Garaidh

1582 - Ruthven Raid

1587 - Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

1594 - Battle of Glenlivet

1603 - Union of the Crowns - following the death of Elizabeth I of England James V of Scotland also becomes James I of England

1603 - Battle of Glenfruin

1609 - Statutes of Iona

1620 - Loch Earn Raid

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