== 17th century ==
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| 1603 || || The [[Union of the Crowns]]: [[James VI]] of Scotland becomes [[James I of England]].
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| 1614 || || [[John Napier]] invents [[logarithm]]s and publishes a book promoting their use in mathematics.
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| 1626 || || Chaldean language is shared by polyglot and genius Kricher [[Chaldean Language]].
[[File:1626 Chaldean Alphabet by Kricher.PNG|thumb|1626 Chaldean Alphabet by Kricher]]
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| 1633 || || [[Education Act 1633|Education Act of 1633]] ordains a school in every [[Parish#Scotland|parish]] (partially successful).
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| 1699 || || Chaldean language publication by Dr. Ellis Luis Dupin [[Chaldean Language]]
[[File:1699 AD Chaldean Language.PNG|thumb|1699 AD Chaldean Language]]
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| 1651 ||{{nobr|3 September}}|| [[Battle of Worcester]] was a victory for New Model Army over the last major Royalist field army. Most of the Royalist officers and men who fought at Worcester were Scottish. For the next ten years, apart from some mopping up operations and a few insurrections, (all of which were easily suppressed) there was not further military resistance to rule from London.|-| 1651 || || The [[Third English Civil War]] ended.|-| 1654 ||5 May||[[Oliver Cromwell]] issued several a proclamation at the [[Mercat Cross, Edinburgh|Mercat Cross]] in Edinburgh. Oliver Cromwell was the [[Lord Protector|Protector of England Ireland and Scotland]], that [[Tender of Union#Approval by the Lord Protector and Parliament|Scotland was united with the Commonwealth of England]] ([[Tender of Union]]) and there was a general pardon with some exceptions for the people of Scotland for any actions taken during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms ([[Cromwell's Act of Grace]]).|-| 1660 ||14 May|| [[Restoration (Scotland)|The monarchy is restored]] in Scotland and Scotland resumes its status as a separate kingdom.|-| 1661 ||May|| Four men were executed for high treason for their actions against [[the Crown]] during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. [[Archibald Campbell, 8th Earl of Argyll]], [[James Guthrie (Church of Scotland minister)|James Guthrie]], [[William Govan]] were all executed in May 1661 (the fourth [[Lord Warriston|Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston]] fled abroad but returned to Scotland and was executed on 22 July 1663).|-| 1661 ||6 September ||The restoration of the [[Episcopacy]] was proclaimed by the Privy Council of Scotland.|-| 1662 || ||During the [[Parliament of Scotland|parliamentary]] session the [[Church of Scotland]] was restored as the national Church and all office-holders were required to renounced the [[Covenant (Scotland)|Covenant]].|-| 1662 ||9 September||The [[Scottish Parliament (pre-1707)|Scottish parliament]] passed the ''Act of indemnity and oblivion''. It was a general pardon for most types of crime that may have been committed by Scots, between 1 January 1637 and before 1 September 1660, during what the Act called "the late troubles" (the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the [[Interregnum (England)|Interregnum]]).|-| 1679 || || [[James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth|James, Duke of Monmouth]] defeats Covenanters at the [[Battle of Bothwell Brig]].|-| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1689 || || [[Jacobite rising of 1689]] Highlanders defeat army of [[William III of England|William III]] at [[Battle of Killiecrankie|Killiecrankie]], but are halted at [[Battle of Dunkeld]].|-| || The [[Claim of Right]] and the re-establishment of Presbyterianism.|-| 1692 || || The [[Massacre of Glencoe]].|-| 1695 || || The [[Bank of Scotland]] is created by an Act of the [[Parliament of Scotland|Parliament]].|-| 1696 || || [[Education Act 1696|Education Act of 1696]] ordains a school in every [[Parish#Scotland|parish]] (successful; act governs education until the 1872 act).
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