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The hanging of martyr Hugh Mackail
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22nd December
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Royal Yacht Britannia is retired to Edinburgh
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11th December
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Queen Victoria’s companion John Brown is born
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8th December
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John Balliol is crowned King of the Scots
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30th November
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Mary of Guise, regent Queen of Scotland, is born
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22nd November
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Scotland Act gains royal assent
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19th November
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King Duncan II dies in battle
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12th November
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Birth of David Stewart, heir to the Scottish throne
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24th October
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Scottish queen Margaret Tudor dies
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18th October
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Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone of the new Balmoral Castle
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28th September
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The Queen Mother unveils the Commando Monument
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27th September
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Death of the man who delivered the Queen
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13th September
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The Battle of Stirling Bridge
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11th September
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The Battle of Flodden Field
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9th September
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Queen Elizabeth II opens the Forth Road Bridge
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4th September
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Macbeth kills King Duncan
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14th August
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Edward I takes the Stone of Scone
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8th August
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The Marriage of the Thistle and the Rose
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King James II is killed by an exploding cannon
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3rd August
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The Scotland Act 1978 gains Royal Assent
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31st July
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Mary, Queen of Scots, marries her cousin
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29th July
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Queen Elizabeth II opens Waverley Mall
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25th July
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Queen Mary is forced to abdicate
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24th July
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The Battle of Falkirk
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22nd July
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Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis, is burned at the stake
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17th July
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Robert the Bruce is born
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11th July
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Glasgow Science Centre opens
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5th July
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The Queen officially opens Glasgow Airport
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27th June
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Queen Mary’s husband escapes capture
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15th June
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Diplomat Sir William Maitland dies in jail
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9th June
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James Douglas is beheaded by his own invention
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2nd June
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Cardinal David Beaton is assassinated at St Andrews
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29th May
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Count Roehenstart is baptised
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13th May
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The Acts of Union come into force
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1st May
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Queen Victoria’s would-be assassin stands trial
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20th April
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Jacobites fight in the Battle of Culloden
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16th April
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Founder and first governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland dies
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15th April
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The Stone of Destiny is recovered
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11th April
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Prince Charles opens Berneray causeway
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8th April
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Start of the First War of Scottish Independence
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26th March
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Robert the Bruce is crowned King of the Scots
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25th March
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King James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England and Ireland
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24th March
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Stirling is granted city status
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14th March
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Adoption of the National Covenant leads to war
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28th February
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King James I of Scotland is assassinated
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21st February
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Covenanter James Renwick is executed
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17th February
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The first king of Scotland dies at Cinnbelachoir
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13th February
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The Massacre of Glencoe
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Conspirators assemble to murder Lord Darnley
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9th February
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Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed
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8th February
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Scotland’s lost crown jewels are found
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4th February
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