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Jan 1, 1707 |
Union with Scotland: Scots agreed to send 16 peers and 45 MPs to English Parliament in return for full trading privileges; Scottish Parliament met for the last time in March. |
*Scotland |
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1715 |
Jacobite rebellion: Earl of Mar leads the Scottish Rebellion on behalf of the Pretender; The Riot Act passed. |
*Jacobites
*Scotland |
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Oct 22, 1740 |
James Boswell born, Edinburgh, Scotland. |
*Scotland |
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Aug 1745 |
Jacobite rebellion in Scotland: Bonnie Prince Charlie landed in the western Highlands in August and raised support among Episcopalian and Catholic clans. The Pretender's army invaded Perth,
Edinburgh, and England as far as Derby. |
*Jacobites
*Scotland |
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Apr 1746 |
5000 Highlanders faced the Duke of Cumberland leading 9000 loyalist Scots and are routed at the battle of Culloden. Charles fled back to France, ending Jacobite hopes forever.
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*Scotland
*Jacobites
*France |
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Jan 25, 1759 |
Robert Burns born, Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland. |
*Scotland |
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1786 |
Robert Burns, Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. |
*Scotland |
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Dec 1792 |
First General Convention of Scottish Reformers in Edinburgh (Muir & Palmer). |
*Scotland |
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Apr 30, 1793 |
The second general convention of Scottish reformers in Edinburgh. |
*Scotland |
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Aug 1793 - Sept 1793 |
Scottish radicals Muir and Palmer are sentenced to 7-14 years transportation to Botany Bay by Chief Justice in Edinburgh, Lord Braxfield. |
*Scotland |
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Nov 19, 1793 |
A convention of Scottish and British reformers meet in Edinburgh: one of the five delegates from England, Charles Sinclair, later moved that the meeting be called "The British Convention of the Delegates of the People, associated to obtain Universal Suffrage and Annual Parliaments." Among the English reformers were Maurice Margarot and Joseph Gerrald of the London Corresponding Society; William Skirving headed up delegates from the Scottish societies. |
*Scotland |
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Jan 1, 1801 |
Union with Ireland takes effect by proclamation. George III is now called king of Great Britain (England and Scotland) and Ireland. |
*Ireland
*Scotland |
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1802 |
Sir Walter Scott, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. |
*Scotland |
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Aug 18, 1803 |
James Beattie dies, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
*Scotland |
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1814 |
Sir Walter Scott, Waverley. |
*Scotland |
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1847 |
Institution of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland. |
*Scotland |