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84 AD |
| Celtic tribes of Scottish Caledonia unite under Calgacus but are defeated by the Romans |
121 |
| 121 - 129 Hadrian's Wall is built by the Romans under the instruction of the Emperor Hadrian |
397 |
| St Ninian brings Christianity to Scotland |
476 |
| The Roman Empire collapses and the Romans leave Britain |
800 |
| 800 - 900s The Scandinavian Vikings raid Scotland |
1005 |
| King Malcolm II rules Scotland and defeats the Vikings at the battle of Mortlach |
1034 |
| 1034 - 1040 King Duncan I becomes the Scottish King |
1040 |
| Macbeth kills Duncan to become King of Scotland 1040 - 1057 |
1272 |
| William Wallace born |
1274 |
| Robert the Bruce was born |
1292 |
| An English Baron called John Balliol was crowned King of Scotland at Scone |
1297 |
| Scottish war of Independence led by the rebel William Wallace |
1298 |
| Scots Defeated by Edward I of England ( Longshanks) at the Battle of Falkirk |
1305 |
| William Wallace executed in London |
1306 |
| Robert the Bruce crowned King of Scotland |
1314 |
| Battle of Bannockburn: Robert the Bruce defeats the English and gains Scottish independence |
1371 |
| Robert II the first Stewart King takes the Scottish throne |
1513 |
| Battle of Flodden: James IV killed in battle |
1559 |
| 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. Mary marries Bothwell |
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 |
| The son of Mary Queen of Scots, James VI of Scotland, becomes James I of England when Queen Elizabeth I dies. This brings 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. |
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