The Beauty Of Scotland
O Caledonia! stern and, wild,
Meet nurse for a poetic child!
Land of brown heath and shaggy wood
Land of the mountain and the flood,
Land of my sires!
- Sir Walter Scott -
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1900 years ago - 122 AD - building of Hadrian's Wall
1880 years ago - 142 AD - building of the Antonine Wal
1625 years ago - 397 AD - Saint Ninian establishes the first Christian mission among the southern Picts
1475 years ago - 547 AD - Angles capture the Northumbrian fortress at Bamburgh and found the kingdom of Bernicia
1305 years ago - 717 AD - Ionan clergy expelled from Pictland
1085 years ago - 937 AD - Scots and Vikings defeated at Battle of Brunanburh by English
965 years ago - 1057 AD - Canmore defeated MacBeth at Battle of Lumphanan
950 years ago - 1072 AD - Scotland invaded by Normans; Treaty of Abernethy completed
865 years ago - 1157 AD - Henry II of England persuaded Malcolm II of Scotland to give Cumbria and Northumbia to English
785 years ago - 1237 AD - Treaty of York established southern border of Scotland
730 years ago - 1292 AD - Edward I of England named John Balliol to Scottish throne
725 years ago - 1297 AD - William Wallace and Andrew Moray led the Scots at Battle of Stirling Bridge, defeated the English
690 years ago - 1332 AD - Scots defeated by English at Battle of Duppin Moor;
Edward Balliol crowned King of Scots;
Balliol fled the country after attack at Annan
620 years ago - 1402 AD - Scots defeated by English at Battle of Homildon Hill
585 years ago - 1437 AD - King James I assassinated in Perth;
James II (aged 6) crowned King
565 years ago - 1457 AD - King James II banned "futeball"
550 years ago - 1472 AD - Shetland and Okney became part of Scotland
540 years ago - 1482 AD - English invaded southern Scotland; took Berwick-upon-Tweed and Berwick Castle
510 years ago - 1512 AD - Scottish became French citizens, French became Scottish citizens in treaty with France
500 years ago - 1522 AD - England declared war on Scotland and France
480 years agp - 1542 AD - Mary Queen of Scots was born;
King James V died
475 years ago - 1547 AD - English defeated Scots at Battle of Pinkie; destroyed much of Dundee
455 years ago - 1567 AD - Lord Darnley assassinated,
Mary Queen of Scots abdicated from the throne;
James VI crowned (1 year old)
440 years ago - 1582 AD - King James VI taken prisoner at Ruthven Castle
435 years ago - 1587 AD - Mary Queen of Scots beheaded
385 years ago - 1637 AD - Charles I imposed use of new prayer book; rioting took place
370 years ago - 1652 AD - Great Fire of Glasgow destroyed third of city
330 years ago - 1692 AD - Glencoe Massacre - 38 members of Macdonald clan killed
315 years ago - 1707 AD - Act of Union passed; England, Wales and Scotland united to form Great Britain;
last meeting held of Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh;
first meeting of Parliament in Great Britain
235 years ago - 1787 AD - Glasgow weavers rioted after wages cut, six killed;
first lighthouse in Scotland opened
200 years ago - 1822 AD - Caledonian Canal between Inverness and Fort William opened
180 years ago - 1842 AD - Railway between Glasgow and Edinburgh opened
150 years ago - 1872 AD - First Scotland v. England football match held
145 years ago - 1877 AD - Explosion at Blantyre Colliery Mine killed 207
140 years ago - 1882 AD - Battle of the Braes fought over land rights disputes
105 years ago - 1917 AD - Women over 30 received right to vote
50 years ago - 1972 AD - United Kingdom joined European Union
25 years ago - 1997 AD - Voters approved referendum for separate Scottish Parliament after 290 years of union with England
15 years ago - 2007 AD - Railway signalworkers struck, caused severe curtailment of services;
attempted terrorist attack on Glasgow Airport, two arrested;
Lockerbie bomber allowed appeal
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“We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.” -
Voltaire
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