Scotland Puzzle - Scottish History to 1600's

Scottish History to 1600's

By Kay Glasgow

The answers to this puzzle form a time-line of Scotland's history. All you need do for any answer is rearrange clue numbers instead of unscrambling the usual anagrams. The answers are dates starting from 2d century to early 17th century. Just my kind of history quiz too. With encyclopaedias like the Scottish born Brittanica online or sites like: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/timeline.html, even this April Fool has a chance at keeping historical events of Scotland in order!

1 2d wave of Romans built Antonine Wall between the Clyde and the Forth 410

2 St Columba banished from Ulster to exile in Iona 365

3 death of Kenneth MacAlpin who united Scots and Picts 588

4 Malcolm II murdered at Glamis 1403

5 Malcolm III (Canmore) married 2d wife, Margaret (a patron saint of Scotland) 1608

6 Norway cedes the Hebrides to the Scottish Crown 1662

7 span of years for the Wars of Independence, ____-____ 1192 -1283

8 James III gets Orkney and Shetland as dowry debt payment for Margaret of Denmark 1724

9 Battle of Flodden ends reign of James IV 1315

10 death of James V and his six day old daughter becomes Mary, Queen of Scots 1245

11 Scottish Reformation lead by John Knox 1650

12 Union of the Crowns, James VI moves to London to be James I of England 1306

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1	2d wave of Romans built Antonine Wall between the Clyde and the Forth	410
2	St Columba banished from Ulster to exile in Iona	365
3	death of Kenneth MacAlpin who united Scots and Picts	588
4	Malcolm II murdered at Glamis	1403
5	Malcolm III (Canmore) married 2d wife, Margaret (a patron saint of Scotland)	1608
6	Norway cedes the Hebrides to the Scottish Crown	1662
7	span of years for the Wars of Independence, ____-____	1192 -1283
8	James III gets Orkney and Shetland as dowry debt payment for Margaret of Denmark	1724
9	Battle of Flodden ends reign of James IV	1315
10	death of James V and his six day old daughter becomes Mary, Queen of Scots	1245
11	Scottish Reformation lead by John Knox	1650
12	Union of the Crowns, James VI moves to London to be James I of England	1306