| The Gaelic Period. | |
| | A.D. |
| Agricola's Invasion | 80 |
| Severus' Invasion | 208 |
| Founding of Dalriada by the Scots | about 503 |
| Founding of Northumberland by Ida | 547 |
| Union of Picts and Scots | 843 |
| Commendation to Eadward | 924 |
| Battle of Brunanburh | 937 |
| Battle of Carham | 1018 |
| Cnut's Invasion | 1031 |
| Malcolm Canmore King | 1057 |
| William's Invasion | 1073 |
| Malcolm slain | 1093 |
The English Period, 1097-1286. |
|
| Eadgar | 1097 |
| Alexander I. | 1107 |
| David | 1124 |
| Battle of the Standard | 1138 |
| Malcolm IV. | 1153 |
| William the Lion | 1165 |
| Capture at Alnwick | 1174 |
| Treaty of Falaise | 1174 |
| Council of Northampton | 1176 |
| Treaty with Richard I. | 1189 |
| Alexander II. | 1214 |
| Border-line fixed | 1222 |
| Council at York | 1237 |
| Alexander III. | 1249 |
| Battle of Largs | 1263 |
| Man and the Sudereys annexed | 1266 |
| Death of Alexander III. | 1286 |
The Struggle for Independence, to 1314. |
|
| Queen Margaret | 1286 |
| Treaty of Brigham | 1290 |
| Margaret dies | 1290 |
| Council meets at Norham, 3rd June | 1291 |
| Judgment given at Berwick, 11th November | 1292 |
| John crowned King | 1292 |
| Edward's first Conquest | 1296 |
| Rising of Wallace | 1297 |
| Surrender at Irvine | 1297 |
| Battle of Stirling, 11th September | 1297 |
| Battle of Falkirk | 1298 |
| Edward's second Conquest | 1303 |
| Capture of Wallace | 1305 |
| Robert Bruce crowned King, 27th March | 1306 |
| Death of Edward | 1307 |
| Battle of Bannockburn, 24th June | 1314 |
The Independent Kingdom, 1314-1424. |
|
| Parliament at Cambuskenneth | 1326 |
| Peace of Northampton | 1328 |
| David II. | 1329 |
| Edward Balliol's Invasion | 1332 |
| Battle of Halidon Hill | 1333 |
| Capture of David | 1346 |
| His release | 1347 |
| Invasion of Edward III. | 1356 |
| Robert II. | 1370 |
| Raid of Otterburn | 1388 |
| Robert III. | 1390 |
| Fight on North Inch | 1396 |
| Invasion of Henry IV. | 1400 |
| Battle of Homildon Hill | 1402 |
| Capture of the Earl of Carrick | 1405 |
| Robert III. dies | 1406 |
| Burning of Reseby | 1408 |
| St. Andrews University founded | 1408 |
| Battle of Harlaw, 24th July | 1411 |
| Albany the Regent dies | 1419 |
The Jameses, 1424-1557. |
|
| James I. crowned King | 1424 |
| Parliament at Inverness | 1427 |
| Murder of the King | 1436 |
| James II. | 1436 |
| Murder of the Douglases | 1439 |
| Murder of William, Earl of Douglas | 1452 |
| Battle of Arkinholm | 1454 |
| The King slain at Roxburgh | 1460 |
| James III. | 1460 |
| Orkney and Shetland annexed | 1469 |
| St. Andrews raised to an Archbishopric | 1471 |
| Revolt of Lauder Bridge | 1482 |
| Battle of Sauchieburn | 1488 |
| James IV. | 1488 |
| Marriage of James to Margaret Tudor | 1502 |
| Lordship of the Isles broken up | 1504 |
| Battle of Flodden, 9th September | 1513 |
| James V. | 1513 |
| "Erection" of the King | 1524 |
| Fall of Angus | 1528 |
| Rout at Solway Moss | 1542 |
| Mary | 1542 |
| Hertford's first Invasion | 1544 |
| Hertford's second Invasion | 1545 |
| Burning of George Wishart | 1545 |
| Murder of Beaton | 1545 |
| Battle of Pinkie | 1547 |
| Mary sails for France | 1548 |
| First marriage of Mary, 24th April | 1558 |
The Reformation Period, 1557-1603. |
|
| The "First Covenant" signed | 1557 |
| Burning of Walter Mill | 1558 |
| Religious riots | 1559 |
| Treaty of Berwick | 1560 |
| Reformation Statutes passed | 1560 |
| Return of the Queen | 1561 |
| Battle of Corrichie | 1562 |
| Second marriage of Mary, 29th July | 1565 |
| Murder of Rizzio | 1566 |
| Murder of Darnley, 9th February | 1567 |
| Third Marriage of Mary, 15th May | 1567 |
| Surrender at Carberry, 15th June | 1567 |
| Abdication of Mary | 1567 |
| James VI. crowned | 1567 |
| Battle of Langside, 13th May | 1568 |
| Conference at York begins, October | 1568 |
| Murder of Murray the Regent | 1570 |
| Taking of Dunbarton, 2nd April | 1571 |
| Parliament at Stirling, 4th September | 1571 |
| Lennox the Regent slain | 1571 |
| Episcopacy revived | 1572 |
| Death of John Knox, 24th November | 1572 |
| Death of Mar the Regent, 24th November | 1572 |
| Surrender of Edinburgh Castle | 1573 |
| The King rules alone, 4th March | 1578 |
| Raid of Ruthven | 1581 |
| Death of Mary Stuart, 8th February | 1587 |
| Marriage of the King | 1590 |
| Abolition of Episcopacy | 1592 |
| The Gowrie Plot, 5th August | 1600 |
| James becomes King of England | 1603 |
The Union of the Crowns, 1603-1707. |
|
| Fight in Glen Fruin | 1604 |
| Restoration of Episcopacy | 1606 |
| Visit of the King | 1616 |
| Articles of Perth passed | 1618 |
| Nova Scotia founded | 1621 |
| King James dies | 1625 |
| Charles I. | 1625 |
| Charles crowned in Scotland | 1633 |
| Liturgy Riots | 1637 |
| The Covenant renewed | 1638 |
| Assembly at Glasgow | 1638 |
| Episcopacy abolished | 1638 |
| "Trot of Turriff," May | 1639 |
| Pacification of Berwick, June | 1639 |
| Invasion of England by the Scots | 1640 |
| Treaty of Ripon, begun 1st October | 1640 |
| " " " ended 7th August | 1641 |
| Battle of Tippermuir, September | 1644 |
| Charles comes to the Scots Camp, 5th May | 1645 |
| Battle of Philiphaugh, September | 1645 |
| The Scots give up Charles, 8th January | 1647 |
| The Surrender at Uttoxeter, 25th August | 1648 |
| "Whiggamore's Raid" | 1648 |
| Charles I. beheaded, 30th January | 1649 |
| Charles II. proclaimed | 1649 |
| Rising and beheading of Montrose | 1650 |
| Charles II. arrives in Scotland | 1650 |
| Battle of Dunbar, 3rd September | 1650 |
| Battle of Worcester, 3rd September | 1651 |
| Legislative Union with England | 1654 |
| Restoration of Charles II. | 1660 |
| Act "Rescissory" passed | 1661 |
| Episcopacy re-established | 1661 |
| The "Ejection" | 1662 |
| The Westland Rising | 1666 |
| The Indulgence, June | 1669 |
| Murder of Sharp, May | 1679 |
| Fight at Drumclog, May | 1679 |
| Fight at Bothwell Bridge, June | 1679 |
| Sanquhar Declaration, June | 1680 |
| Test Act passed | 1681 |
| James VII. | 1685 |
| Argyle's Rising | 1685 |
| Full Indulgence | 1688 |
| James VII. deposed | 1688 |
| William and Mary proclaimed | 1689 |
| Battle of Killiecrankie, 27th July | 1689 |
| Episcopacy abolished | 1690 |
| Massacre of Glencoe, 13th February | 1691 |
| Charter granted to the Darien Company | 1695 |
| Education Act passed | 1696 |
| Anne | 1701 |
| The Union of the Parliaments | 1707 |
After the Union. |
|
| George I. | 1714 |
| Jacobite Rising | 1715 |
| Malt-tax Riots | 1724 |
| Porteous Riot | 1736 |
| Jacobite Rising | 1745 |
| Battle of Preston-pans, 20th September | 1745 |
| Battle of Culloden, 16th April | 1746 |
| Highland Society founded | 1784 |
| First Steamboat tried | 1788 |
| Penal laws against Romanists repealed | 1793 |
| Colliers and Salters freed | 1799 |
| Reform Bill passed | 1832 |
| The Disruption | 1843 |