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This is a timeline of Scottish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Scotland and its predecessor states. See also Timeline of prehistoric Scotland . To read about the background to many of these events, see History of Scotland .
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1700 in: England • Wales • Elsewhere:
This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland for the years 1700 to 1707. It lists acts of Parliament of the old Parliament of Scotland, that was merged with the old Parliament of England to form the Parliament of Great Britain, by the Union with England Act 1707 (c. 7). For other years, see list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland.
This only began to change in the 1970s, partly due to the discovery and development of North Sea oil and gas and partly as Scotland moved towards a more service-based economy, with the services sector contributing 75% to the overall Scottish economy in 2020. [300] This period saw the emergence of the Scottish National Party and movements for ...
This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland for the year 1705. It lists acts of Parliament of the old Parliament of Scotland, that was merged with the old Parliament of England to form the Parliament of Great Britain, by the Union with England Act 1707 (c. 7). For other years, see list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland.
18 December – the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is formed. [2] Dalmally Bridge built. [3] Böd of Gremista built in Lerwick. Approximate date James Small produces a two-horse swing plough using Carron Company iron. [4] Kilcalmonell Parish Church at Clachan, Kintyre, is rebuilt.
Thousands of cottars and tenant farmers from the southern counties (Lowlands) of Scotland migrated from farms and small holdings they had occupied to the new industrial centres of Glasgow, Edinburgh and northern England [a] or abroad, or remaining upon land though adapting to the Scottish Agricultural Revolution.
The economic history of Scotland charts economic development in the history of Scotland from earliest times, through seven centuries as an independent state and following Union with England, three centuries as a country of the United Kingdom. Before 1700 Scotland was a poor rural area, with few natural resources or advantages, remotely located ...