1567. Murder of Lord Darnley. Marriage of Mary with Bothwell. 1567–1625. George Buchanan, scholar, reformer, author of _De Jure Regni apud Scotos_. James VI educated by George Buchanan. PRESBYTERIAN SCOTLAND 1560. Foundation of the National Church. First General Assembly of Scotland. 1578. Andrew Melville the Reformer. Second Book of Discipline. Divine Right of Presbytery taught. Nobles debarred from spoiling the Church. 1587. Execution of Mary Queen of Scots. 1592. James gives Presbyterianism his sanction. 1603. Union of the crowns of England and Scotland. James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England. 1605. The Border region pacified and civilized. 1606. The Union Jack flag, uniting crosses of St. George and St. Andrew. STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE 1584–1688. Scotland’s fight against prelacy. 1610. King James changes his mind. Attempts assimilation of Church of Scotland with the Anglican Establishment. 1618. The Perth Synod accepts episcopacy. 1600–1649. Charles I asserts the royal prerogative. 1625. Attempts to fasten the liturgy and bishops upon Scotland. 1637. Jenny Geddes. Uproar in St. Giles’s Cathedral. Signing of the National Covenant. 1638. Episcopacy cast out. 1645. Covenanters compel Charles I to sign the Covenant. 1649. Charles Stuart, King of England, executed. 1650. Cromwell in Scotland. 1649–1685. Restoration of the Stuarts. Charles II crowned, 1660. Prelacy established in Scotland. The dragonnades. Archbishop Sharp assassinated. Drowning of the martyrs at Wigtown. John Graham of Claverhouse. Battle of Bothwell Bridge. 1633–1701. James II of Great Britain. 1680. James, Duke of Albany, in Scotland. 1685. Coronation. The Roman ritual in Westminster Abbey. MODERN SCOTLAND 1688. Landing of William III. 1690. Restoration of the Kirk in Scotland. 1689. Battle of Killiecrankie. 1692. Massacre at Glencoe. 1695–1701. The Darien Scheme. 1686–1758. Allan Ramsay, poet and musician. 1707. Union of Scotland and England. 1715. The Old Pretender. 1725. General Wade opens the Highlands: road-building. The Black Watch Regiment formed from loyal Highland clans. 1730–1740. Large number of Scottish students in English schools and universities. 1745. “Bonnie Prince Charlie.” 1746. Culloden. Scottish feudalism ended. Scottish history merged with that of Great Britain.