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| | 55 BC | Julius Caesar lands in Britain | |
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| | 0 | The birth of Jesus Christ | |
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| | 33 AD | Crucifixion of Jesus in the Roman province of Jerusalem and the origin of Christianity | |
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| | 80 AD | The Roman, Julius Agricola, invades "Albion" or "Caledonia" which are the ancient names for Scotland | |
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| | 84 AD | Celtic tribes of Scottish Caledonia unite under Calgacus but are defeated by the Romans | |
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| | 121 | 121 - 129 Hadrian's Wall is built by the Romans under the instruction of the Emperor Hadrian | |
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| | 397 | St Ninian brings Christianity to Scotland | |
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| | 476 | The Roman Empire collapses and the Romans leave Britain | |
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| | 800 | 800 - 900s The Scandinavian Vikings raid Scotland | |
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| | 1005 | King Malcolm II rules Scotland and defeats the Vikings at the battle of Mortlach | |
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| | 1034 | 1034 - 1040 King Duncan I becomes the Scottish King | |
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| | 1040 | Macbeth kills Duncan to become King of Scotland 1040 - 1057 | |
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| | 1272 | William Wallace born | |
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| | 1274 | Robert the Bruce was born | |
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| | 1292 | An English Baron called John Balliol was crowned King of Scotland at Scone | |
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| | 1297 | Scottish war of Independence led by the rebel William Wallace | |
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| | 1298 | Scots Defeated by Edward I of England ( Longshanks) at the Battle of Falkirk | |
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| | 1305 | William Wallace executed in London | |
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| | 1306 | Robert the Bruce crowned King of Scotland | |
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| | 1314 | Battle of Bannockburn: Robert the Bruce defeats the English and gains Scottish independence | |
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| | 1371 | Robert II the first Stewart King takes the Scottish throne | |
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| | 1513 | Battle of Flodden: James IV killed in battle | |
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| | 1559 | Reformation in Scotland with John Knox's sermon at Perth | |
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| | 1561 | Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland from France | |
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| | 1565 | Mary Queen of Scots marries Henry, Lord Darnley | |
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| | 1567 | Henry Darnley murdered. Mary marries Bothwell | |
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| | 1568 | Mary Queen of Scots flees to England and is imprisoned by Elizabeth I. Her baby son becomes James VI of Scotland | |
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| | 1587 | Mary Queen of Scots executed at Fotheringay Castle | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | 1692 | The Massacre of Glencoe - The Campbells murder the MacDonald clan | |
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| | 1707 | The Act of Union is passed and Scotland is formally united with England to form Great Britain | |
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| | 1745 | Bonnie Prince Charlie - Prince Charles Edward Stuart - returns to Scotland to claim the British throne | |
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| | 1746 | Battle of Culloden where the Jacobite Scots defeated and Bonnie Prince Charlie flees to France. | |
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| | | Scottish History now combines together with British History see England History Timeline | |
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