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| 1690 |
| | | The Church of Scotland finally wins recognition as an independent Presbyterian body | |
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| 1692 |
| | | Government soldiers, mainly Campbells, massacre their MacDonald hosts in Glencoe | |
|  | Order for the massacre of Glencoe
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| 1698 |
| | | Scotland makes a disastrous attempt to establish a colony in Darien, on the isthmus of Panama | |
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| 1702 |
| | | On the death of her brother-in-law, William III, Anne becomes queen of England and Scotland | |
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| 1707 |
| | | 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 | |
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| c. 1710 |
| | | James Johnston, Secretary of State for Scotland, commissions John James to design his new house, to become known later as Orleans House. | |
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| 1715 |
| | | A Jacobite uprising in Scotland on behalf of the Old Pretender ends in fiasco | |
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| 1724 |
| | | General Wade, commander-in-chief of North Britain, begins an impressive programme of road construction in the Scottish Highlands | |
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| 1745 |
| | | Charles Edward Stuart lands at Eriskay in the Hebrides, launching the Forty-Five Rebellion | |
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| 1745 |
| | | Charles Edward Stuart gathers support for the Forty-Five Rebellion on his way south from the Hebrides and reaches Edinburgh | |
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