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The Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland unite. 1934: Scottish National Party founded. 1938: The Empire Exhibition, Scotland is held at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. 1941: The Clydebank Blitz (13–15 March). 1943: Creation of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board to bring electricity to all parts of the Highlands and ...
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.
John Campbell of the Bank, cashier of the Royal Bank of Scotland, c. 1749.A banknote can be seen on the table. Scottish trade in the early modern era includes all forms of economic exchange within Scotland and between the country and locations outwith its boundaries, between the early sixteenth century and the mid-eighteenth.
18 December – the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is formed. [2] Dalmally Bridge built. [3] Böd of Gremista built in Lerwick. Approximate date James Small produces a two-horse swing plough using Carron Company iron. [4] Kilcalmonell Parish Church at Clachan, Kintyre, is rebuilt.
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Sums paid to Scottish commissioners and leading political figure have been described as bribes, but the existence of direct bribes is disputed. [68] The Scottish parliament voted on 6 January 1707, by 110 to 69, to adopt the Treaty of Union. The treaty confirmed the Hanoverian succession. The Church of Scotland and Scottish law and courts ...
Sir William Innes, current-day mascot of the RBC Heritage, was the subject of the first published golf print in 1790. The image was adapted from an earlier painting by English portrait artist ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1700 in: ...