Correzioni

1st c AD : Scots build a wall to protect themselves from the Roman invasion.

1066 : The Normans conquer England, many Anglo-Saxons from England settle in the Lowlands of Scotland.

This first mix of population forces the Scots to gradually adopt the English ways.

1296 : The King of England, Sir Edward I, crosses the Scottish border and proclaims himself the King of Scotland.

1297 : At Stirling Bridge, Sir William Wallace leads the Scots to stop the advance of the King Edward's English army into Scotland and to pursue them back across the border.

1298 : Sir Edward I returns and inflicts a disastrous defeat on the Scots at Falkirk.

Wallace is imprisoned and brutally executed.

1314 : Robert the Bruce follows in Wallace's footsteps and fights against the English at Bannockburn near Stirling Castle.

1328 : Edward III formally recognizes Scotland's independence.

1603 : Scotland and England are united under one single king.

However, importantly, Scotland remains a separate state with its own parliament and government.

1707 : The age-old rivalry between Scotland and England ends formally when the parliaments of both nations agreed to the Act of Union.

This act merges the parliaments of the two nations and establishes the Kingdom of Great Britain.

1801 : The kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland merge to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1922 : The Irish Free State succeeds from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

1945 : First Scottish Nationalist Member of Parliament is elected.

The Scottish National Party (SNP) supports and campaigns for Scottish independence.

1979 : Referendum to create a Scottish Assembly fails to meet the required majority.

1997: Newly elected Labour UK Government under the leadership of Scots-born Prime Minister Tony Blair legislates for a referendum on a devolved Scottish Parliament which is passed by a large majority.

1999 : A Scottish Parliament sits for the first time in 272 years.

Donald Dewar of the Scottish Labour Party elected as First Minister and forms Scottish Executive in coalition with the Scottish Liberal Democrats.

2007 : The Scottish National Party become the largest party in the Scottish Parliament and forms a minority government.

2011 : The Scottish National Party under Alex Salmond gain an overall majority of the Scottish Parliament.

2014 : Scotland has a referendum on national independence.

Nation's majority votes against independance.