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Events relating to scotland
Scotland and England are merged under English parliamentary rule, in a forced union which lasts eight years
General George Monck marches south from Scotland to London, to intervene in England's unresolved political crisis
The duke of York, heir to the English and Scottish thrones, is secretly received into the Roman Catholic church
The Church of Scotland finally wins recognition as an independent Presbyterian body
Government soldiers, mainly Campbells, massacre their MacDonald hosts in Glencoe
Scotland makes a disastrous attempt to establish a colony in Darien, on the isthmus of Panama
On the death of her brother-in-law, William III, Anne becomes queen of England and Scotland
The Act of Union merges England and Scotland as 'one kingdom by the name of Great Britain', a century after the union of the crowns
James Johnston, Secretary of State for Scotland, commissions John James to design his new house, to become known later as Orleans House.
A Jacobite uprising in Scotland on behalf of the Old Pretender ends in fiasco
General Wade, commander-in-chief of North Britain, begins an impressive programme of road construction in the Scottish Highlands
Charles Edward Stuart lands at Eriskay in the Hebrides, launching the Forty-Five Rebellion
Charles Edward Stuart gathers support for the Forty-Five Rebellion on his way south from the Hebrides and reaches Edinburgh
Charles Edward Stuart marches as far south as Derby, but then turns back
Charles Edward Stuart and his 5000 Scots are routed at Culloden, bringing the Forty-Five Rebellion to an abrupt end
Tartan and Highland dress are banned by the British government, in a prohibition not lifted until 1782
Scottish chemist Joseph Black identifies the existence of a gas, carbon dioxide, which he calls 'fixed air'
Robert Adam returns to Britain after two years in Rome with a repertoire of classical themes which he mingles to form a new British neoclassicism
Scottish chemist and physicist Joseph Black observes the latent heat in melting ice
James Watt ponders on the inefficiency of contemporary steam engines and invents the condenser
Work begins on Edinburgh's New Town, to the design of the 23-year-old architect James Craig
A Society of Gentlemen in Scotland begins publication of the immensely successful Encyclopaedia Britannica
Samuel Johnson and James Boswell undertake a journey together to the western islands of Scotland
Scottish economist Adam Smith analyzes the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations
Scottish engineer James Watt devises the governor, the first example of industrial automation
