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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 .
3.1 Full date unknown. 4 Deaths. 5 The arts. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1700 in: ...
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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history ... This page was last edited on 30 January 2025, ...
For a full timeline overview, see timeline of British history. See also: Timeline of British history (1800–1899) and Timeline of British history (1900–1929) This article presents a timeline of events in the history of the United Kingdom from 1700 AD until 1799 AD. For a narrative explaining the overall developments, see the related history of the British Isles. United Kingdom 1700s 1700 ...
The two were accepted as monarchs of Scotland after a period of deliberation by the Scottish Parliament and ruled together as William II and Mary II. An attempt to establish a Scottish colonial empire through the Darien Scheme , in rivalry to that of England, failed, leaving the Scottish nobles who financed the venture for their profit bankrupt.
Stone houses at Knap of Howar, evidence of the beginnings of demographic growth, c. 3500 BCE. At times during the last interglacial period (130,000– 70,000 BC) Europe had a climate warmer than today's, and early humans may have made their way to what is now Scotland, though archaeologists have found no traces of this.
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 ...