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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.
The Battle of Culloden and the consequent imprisonment and execution of the Jacobite prisoners of war is depicted in the song "Tam kde teče řeka Fleet" ("Where the Fleet river flows") by the Czech Celtic Rock band Hakka Muggies. [78] The Argentine band Sumo made a song, "Crua Chan ", chronicling the
The Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484) is a Scottish folk song in which a young woman sings about her husband, who was conscripted or "pressed" by the English [citation needed] into an Anglo-Dutch conflict in Europe or the West Indies. In 1741 James Oswald published "Collection of Curious Scots Tunes", containing "Low Lands of Holland". [1]
Scottish–Norwegian War (1262–1266) Location: Hebrides and the Scottish West Coast Coronation of Alexander III, who revived his father (Alexander II)'s ambitions to conquer the Western Isles - beginning the Scottish-Norwegian War: Kingdom of Scotland: Kingdom of Norway. Kingdom of the Isles. Earldom of Orkney. Treaty of Perth. Favourable ...
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. General George Wade is succeeded as Commander-in-chief in Scotland by Sir John Cope.
The tune and lyrics are featured in the 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. The tune is used in the soundtrack for the 1973 folk horror film The Wicker Man . In McAuslan in the Rough , George MacDonald Fraser writes whimsically of being woken by the song while serving as a young subaltern in the Gordon Highlanders.
1 August – "Rule, Britannia!" is first performed in an open-air performance at Cliveden, the country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales [4] as part of the masque Alfred with music by Thomas Arne to a lyric by Scottish-born poet James Thomson; the original tenor soloist is probably Thomas Salway.