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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 .
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 ...
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.
Between 1639 and 1652, Scotland was involved in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, a series of conflicts which included the Bishops' Wars, the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the English Civil War, the Irish Confederate Wars and finally the conquest of Ireland and the subjugation of Scotland by the English New Model Army.
View of Arthur's Seat from Edinburgh Castle. This article is a timeline of the history of Edinburgh, Scotland, up to the present day.It traces its rise from an early hill fort and later royal residence to the bustling city and capital of Scotland that it is today.
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 ...
t. e. Scotland was divided into a series of kingdoms in the Early Middle Ages, i.e. between the end of Roman authority in southern and central Britain from around 400 AD and the rise of the kingdom of Alba in 900 AD. Of these, the four most important to emerge were the Picts, the Gaels of Dál Riata, the Britons of Alt Clut, and the Anglian ...
1610: The General Assembly approves the restoration of diocesan episcopacy in Scotland. 1611: Glasgow becomes a royal burgh, with a population of about 7600. 1615: The Jesuit John Ogilvy is hanged for saying Mass [22] 1621: Glasgow pays 3%-10% of Scottish customs duties. 1625: The first quay is built at Broomielaw.