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| 1482 | Capture of Berwick |  |
| Berwick Berwick is captured by the English |
| 1482 | Siege of Berwick | |
| Berwick Berwick is captured by the English |
| 1488 | Coronation | |
| 11th June Crowned King of Scotland |
| 1488 | Marriage | |
| Marries Margaret, daughter of Henry VII |
| 1489 | Armament | |
| Uses the giant cannon mons meg to besiege 3 rebel fortresses |
| 1489 | Rebellion | |
| 19th July Renfrewshire Suppresses the rebellion in Renfrewshire |
| 1491 | Peace | |
| 21st Dec Coldstream A truce is signed between England & Scotland, a 5 year peace |
| 1492 | Alliance | |
| 4th Mar Concludes an alliance with France against England |
| 1492 | Glasgow | |
| Glasgow Founds Scotland's 2nd Archbishopric in Glasgow |
| 1495 | Kings College | |
| Aberdeen Marries off Lady Catherine Gordon to Perkin Warbeck a pretender to the English throne |
| 1495 | Marriage | |
| Marries off Lady Catherine Gordon to Perkin Warbeck a pretender to the English throne |
| 1495 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as King of Scotland |
| 1496 | Legislation | |
| Barons & freeholders must send sons to school at 8 or 9 to learn Latin then Art & Law |
| 1496 | Rebellion | |
| Warbeck Offers The Pretender the daughter of the Earl of Huntley in marriage |
| 1496 | Reform | |
| Barons & freeholders must send sons to school at 8 or 9 to learn Latin then Art & Law |
| 1497 | Peace | |
| Henry VII is forced to sue for peace with Scotland due to a rebellion in Cornwall |
| 1497 | Rebellion | |
| Warbeck Recieves the Pretender Perkin Warbeck at court as "Prince Richard of England" |
| 1497 | Siege of Norham England | |
| Norham Castle Goes to the support of the Flemish pretender to the English throne, Perkin Warbeck |
| 1498 | Marriage | |
| Negotiarions for the marriage between Princess Margaret & James IV of Scotland begin |
| 1499 | Holyrood Palace | |
| Holyrood Commences the construction of Holyrood Palace |
| 1501 | Death | |
| James IV's mistress dies, possibly for him to marry Margaret & have a male heir |
| 1502 | Marriage | |
| 24th Jan The marriage treaty between James IV & Margaret Tudor is signed |
| 25th Jan Richmond A proxy mariage for James IV & Margaret takes place, Bothwell stands in for his King |
| 1502 | Peace | |
| Concludes a peace Treaty with England |
| 1503 | Marriage | |
| 8th Aug Marries Princess Margaret, Henry VII's eldest daughter |
| 1503 | Treaty of Perpetual Peace | |
| Concluded between Henry VII & James IV |
| 1505 | Armament | |
| Begins a naval race with England |
| 1506 | College Surgeons | |
| Edinburgh Grants a charter to the college of surgeons in Edinburgh |
| 1507 | Sword of State | |
| Awarded the Sword of State by by Pope Julius II |
| 1508 | Arrest | |
| 2nd April Refuses to negotiate a treaty with England until Arran & Hamilton are released |
| 1508 | Diplomacy | |
| 2nd April Refuses to negotiate a treaty of friendship until Arran & Hamilton are released |
| 2nd April Visited by Wolsey |
| 1509 | Birth | |
| Birth of Arthur, James IV's son |
| 1511 | Armament | |
| A 1,000 to warship called the "Great Michael" is completed |
| 1512 | Alliance | |
| James has refused to join the Holy League against France |
| The 1492 alliance between France & Scotland is renewed |
| 1512 | Excommunication of James IV | |
| 21st Feb Excommunicated by Pope Julius II for failing to back the Holy League against France |
| 1513 | Battle of Flodden | |
| 9th Sep Flodden Accepts the Earl of Surrey's offer to do battle |
| 9th Sep Flodden Leads the Scots 3rd Division, men from Stirling, Linlithgow & the Lothians |
| 9th Sep Flodden The Earl of Surrey defeats the Scots, James IV, 11 Earls & 10,000 Scots are slain |
| 1513 | Burial | |
| Sheen Dies under Papal interdict & cannot be buried in consecrated ground |
| Sheen Queen Catherine keeps James IV at the monastery in Sheen |
| 1513 | Diplomacy | |
| Louis XII asks Scotland to join France & invade England |
| 1513 | Invasion of England | |
| 22nd Aug River Tweed Joins the invasion Army at the border |
| 1513 | Invasion of Scotland | |
| River Tweed Gathers an Army of 30,00 at Borough Moor near Edinburgh |
| 1513 | Siege of Etall Castle | |
| 3rd Sep Etal Castle Etall Castle surrenders to the Scots |
| 1513 | Siege of Ford Castle | |
| Ford Castle Captures the Border Castle of Ford where he dallies 3 weeks with the "lady of Ford" |
| 1513 | Siege of Norham England | |
| 22nd Aug Norham Castle Captures the Border Castle of Norham while Henry VIII is fighting in France |
| 1513 | Siege of Norham | |
| 29th Aug Norham Castle Norham Castle surrenders to the Scots |
| 1513 | Siege of Wark Castle | |
| 24th Aug Wark Castle Wark Castle falls to the Scots |
| 1607 | Unification | |
| The English are suspicious & union is shelved |
| The Estates pass an Act approving Union with England |
