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In 1603, England and Scotland were joined in a "personal union" when King James VI of Scotland succeeded to the throne of England as King James I. War between the two states largely ceased, although the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the 17th century, and the Jacobite risings of the 18th century, are sometimes characterised as Anglo-Scottish ...
A 15th-century illustration showing an English herald approaching a troop of Scottish soldiers. The Anglo-Scottish Wars comprise the various battles which continued to be fought between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland from the time of the Wars of Independence in the early 14th century through to the latter years of the 16th century.
7 July – Adam Smith sets out from Scotland to take up a scholarship at Balliol College, Oxford. [1]Hugh and Robert Tennent take over the Wellpark Brewery, originally known as the Drygate Brewery, in Glasgow.
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of England before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union 1707. For dates after 1708, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom .
The Jacobite rising of 1745 [a] was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father, James Francis Edward Stuart.It took place during the War of the Austrian Succession, when the bulk of the British Army was fighting in mainland Europe, and proved to be the last in a series of revolts that began in March 1689, with major outbreaks in 1715 and 1719.
May 6 – William Tennent, Scottish-American theologian (b. 1673) May 13 – James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth, British noble (b. 1713) May 22 – Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (b. 1660) June 14 – Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (b. 1698) July 2 – Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656) Philip V of Spain. July 9 – King ...
Scottish invasion of England, undertaken by King James IV of Scotland who is defeated at the Battle of Flodden near Branxton, Northumberland. James IV dies on the battlefield. 1640: Scottish Covenanter forces invade England as part of the Second Bishops' War and are victorious at the Battle of Newburn, leading to a truce and the 1641 Treaty of ...
The 42nd (Royal Highland) Regiment of Foot was a Scottish infantry regiment in the British Army also known as the Black Watch.Originally titled Crawford's Highlanders or the Highland Regiment (mustered 1739) and numbered 43rd in the line, in 1748, on the disbanding of Oglethorpe's Regiment of Foot, they were renumbered 42nd, and in 1751 formally titled the 42nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot.