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The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as the Antonine Wall. North of this was Caledonia, inhabited by the Picti, whose uprisings forced Rome's legions back to Hadrian's Wall. As Rome finally withdrew from Britain, a Gaelic tribe from ...
Events. 1 January – Robert Owen becomes manager of the New Lanark spinning mills. [2] 15 February – "Meal mob" riot over bread prices in Glasgow. [3] 30 June – Glasgow Police Act authorises creation of the City of Glasgow Police, which first musters on 15 November.
Battle of Cnoc Coirpi between Fortriu and Dál Riata. Battle of Druimm Cathmail between Fortriu and Dál Riata; the "smiting of Dál Riata", in which Dál Riata is subdued by Óengus mac Fergusa. St Andrews founded by this time, death of Abbot Túathalán. Picts defeated by Britons at the Battle of Catohic.
In Scotland, the Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes and economic expansion between the mid-eighteenth century and the late nineteenth century. By the start of the eighteenth century, a political union between Scotland and England became politically and economically attractive, promising to open up the much ...
son of Alpin, king of Dál Riata. Donald I [ 5 ](Dòmhnall mac Solein) (Domnall mac Ailpín) 858 – 13 April 862. son of Alpin, king of Dál Riata, and brother of Kenneth I. Constantine I [ 6 ](Còiseam mac Choinnich) (Causantín mac Cináeda) 862–877. An Finn-Shoichleach, "The Wine-Bountiful"[ 7 ] Son of Kenneth I.
Battle of Sark Ends in decisive Scottish victory in the north, coinciding with victory on the continent in France. English victory in the Edwardian War. French victory in the Caroline War and the Lancastrian War. Anglo-Scottish Wars. (1377–1575) Location: Scottish Borders and Northern England.
1573: The Marian civil war is concluded when "the Queen's Men" are ousted from the castle by the Regent Morton. 1574: The castle's Half-Moon Battery is built; there are seven mills in Edinburgh. 1579: James VI makes his State Entry to Edinburgh. 1580s: There are some 400 merchants in Edinburgh.
Kingdom of Scotland. The Kingdom of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Rìoghachd na h-Alba; Scots: Kinrick o Scotland, Norn: Kongungdum Skotland) was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain ...