Scottish history
AD = Anno Domini = Means after Jesus’ birth
BC = Before Christ = Means before the birth of Jesus
BC???-1000: the Picti arrive
BC 1000: Celts arrive in what is to be known as Scotland
BC 60-50: Romans arrive at Great Britten.
AD 70-80: only part of Britain that is free of roman control, will later be known as Scotland
AD 80: Romans, Picti, Celts, and Scots fight but 10 years later the Romans leave Scotland
AD 117: the Romans Enter Scotland again and leave 3 years later, due to losses
AD 122: construction on Hadrian’s wall begins and is finished 3 years later, small fights and raids from the Celts….
Up until 180AD, AD 180-200: the Romans will no longer tolerate the attacks, and they invade Scotland. The Celts…..remember some of their previous defeats and harassed the Romans instead of open battle. And the Romans suffer greatly, before pulling out again
AD 250: The Scots, Picts and Celts, agrees to not fight each other and concentrate on the Romans
AD 304: the Romans try again, and is defeated again.
AD 400: Romans leave for good
AD 400-500: after the Romans leave the tribes fight amongst themselves, and 3 groups emerge as the leading tribes; Picti, Scotii, Britons
AD 500: The scot moved to the highland, and forms a kingdom, and starts to build ships. The Pictii Moved to the Lowland. And the Britons somewhere in the middle of these two.
AD 650-685: the angles that live bordering to the Picti, starts to attack them and to perform raids into the area controlled by the Scots.
AD 685: the battle of Nectansmere that ended up defining the border rough edges of what will be known as Scotland
AD 843: the name Scotland appears the first time, under Kenneth 1.MacAlpin who were the first king of Scotland, which was not much only the Scots and a few other Tribes, the Picti, and Briton were not part yet.
AD 900: The scot manages to conquer the two other Tribes and unite it to the Scotland we know today.
AD 1100-1200: Scotland had been a Tribe like kingdom up until now, but that slowly changes over a hundred years to a feudal kingdom.
AD 1292: Scottish king John Balliol is crowned, but he is not well liked and seeks help from the English Edward 1. This allowed the English to occupy most of Scotland.
AD 1297: William Wallace defeats the English at Stirling, and thereby brings some stability back to Scotland that under John Balliol had returned to the old ways.
The heroes
William Wallace is a famous historical figure. For 700 years ago, he fought for Scotland’s independence and was the leader of his army who attacked England. At last he got captured in London and executed by the English King “King Edward I”. His bravery has since then been an inspiration for Scots and he has a special place in their hearts and minds. There are many monuments placed at important locations from William Wallace’s life and the War of independence. Such as The National Wallace Monument which stands on Abbey Craig, a hill about 2 miles from the city Stirling. It is one of the most impressive sights in Scotland and can be seen from many miles away. It opened in 1869 on the 11th September, which is the same date as the date where the famous Battle of Stirling Bridge took place. You can find Wallace’s sword inside the tower. There is also a lot of statues of William Wallace placed around in Scotland.
Robert the Bruce (born at Turnberry Castle in 1274-1329) was a great hero, but after the film Braveheart about William Wallace, Robert the Bruce turned out to be nothing compared to Wallace.
But beside that Scotland needed patience and cunning, and not the rashes by Wallace.
His view of his nation was truly international. Under the rule of the one who was later to be known as "Good King Robert," Scotland had become the first nation state in Europe, the first to have territorial unity under a single king. And that makes him a hero.
Like many other heroes Robert isn't to forget. He also has many statues around in Scotland, for example at castles, churches and monuments.
His name is built-in in the Dunfermline Abbey Church and inside they have his tomb. But Dunfermline Abbey Church is just one of the many churches that have a sculpture of Robert the Bruce.Not far away at Dumfries Museum they have his skull.
Rob Roy: Robert Roy Macgregor or Rob Roy as he is called was a Scottish folk hero in the 18th century, kind a like a Scottish Robin Hood. A lot of people disagree about who he was and what he did. Some say he stall cows which was very normal at the time, and then he went to jail for that and other say that he was falsely accused. But he went to jail. And while he was in jail, his story was written and he became a living legend.
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