{"slug": "parliament-of-scotland", "label": "Parliament of Scotland", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Scotland", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1650523", "qid": "Q1650523", "description": "historical legislature of the Kingdom of Scotland until 1707", "entries": 33, "years": 27, "span": [1288, 1708], "span_label": ["1288 CE", "1708 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 26}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Estates of Scotland"], "related": [{"slug": "parliament-of-england", "label": "Parliament of England", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-great-britain", "label": "Kingdom of Great Britain", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "parliament-of-great-britain", "label": "Parliament of Great Britain", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "james-ii-of-england", "label": "James II of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "old-style-and-new-style-dates", "label": "Old Style and New Style dates", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "church-of-scotland", "label": "Church of Scotland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "robert-the-bruce", "label": "Robert the Bruce", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "william-iii-of-england", "label": "William III of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mary-ii", "label": "Mary II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-ireland", "label": "Kingdom of Ireland", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1288, "year_label": "1288 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Parliament of Scotland creates a law allowing women to propose marriage to men during leap years; men who refuse such proposals are required to pay a fine to the spurned bride-to-be.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367964096#England_and_Scotland", "title": "1288", "revid": 1367964096, "section": "Events › By place › England and Scotland"}}, {"year": 1300, "year_label": "1300 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – A session of the Parliament of Scotland is held at Rutherglen. Sir Ingram de Umfraville replaces Sir Robert the Bruce as one of the three members of the Guardians of the Kingdom of Scotland, a group of regents who govern Scotland during the \"Second Interregnum\", a period when King Edward I of England is threatening to annex Scotland. Umfraville joins Baron John Comyn III of Badenoch and Bishop William de Lamberton, but the three step down the following year to make way for a single Guardian, John de Soules. Robert the Bruce later becomes King of Scotland in 1306.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363832742#April_–_June", "title": "1300", "revid": 1363832742, "section": "April – June"}}, {"year": 1308, "year_label": "1308 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Last meeting of the Scottish Parliament to be held in Gaelic takes place at Taynuilt", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371436829#Events", "title": "1308 in Scotland", "revid": 1371436829, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1315, "year_label": "1315 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 26", "text": "26 April – Scottish Parliament, meeting at Ayr, proclaims Edward as legal heir to King Robert as King Robert had no legal heir at that point.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353735457#Events", "title": "1315 in Scotland", "revid": 1353735457, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1318, "year_label": "1318 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – The Parliament of Scotland meets at Scone and votes to designate Robert Stewart, grandson of King Robert the Bruce as the heir presumptive. Robert Stewart is the son of Robert the Bruce's late daughter Marjorie Bruce and of Walter Stewart. On the birth of David as Robert the Bruce's son in 1324, Robert Stewart will become second in line for the throne, eventually becoming King Robert II in 1371.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361981975#October_–_December", "title": "1318", "revid": 1361981975, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1428, "year_label": "1428 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – King James I of Scotland gives royal assent to the Oath by Queen Act 1428 (De juramento prestando Domine Regine) passed by the Parliament of Scotland at Perth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359832254#July–September", "title": "1428", "revid": 1359832254, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1504, "year_label": "1504 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – King James IV opens the Scottish Parliament for the first time since 1496.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365936803#January–March", "title": "1504", "revid": 1365936803, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1526, "year_label": "1526 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 21", "text": "21 June – Parliament declares the young King James V of age to rule. A council of guardians of regency for the young king is formed, including Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736375#Events", "title": "1526 in Scotland", "revid": 1353736375, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1554, "year_label": "1554 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 12", "text": "12 April – Mary of Guise is declared Regent of Scotland at a meeting of the Parliament of Scotland in Edinburgh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355523754#Events", "title": "1554 in Scotland", "revid": 1355523754, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1563, "year_label": "1563 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – The Parliament of Scotland passes the Witchcraft Act, making both the practice of witchcraft, and the act of consulting with witches, punishable by burning at the stake.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164885#April–June", "title": "1563", "revid": 1369164885, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1567, "year_label": "1567 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 12", "text": "12 December – The Scottish Parliament votes to approve the Accession and Coronation Act 1567 (Act Anent the demission of the Crown in favour of our Sovereign Lord, and his Majesty's Coronation), confirming the abdication of Mary Queen of Scots in favor of her son James VI and his coronation as the legal ruler of Scotland. Mary's half brother, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, is appointed as the regent to rule on behalf of the King (as Moray is absent from Scotland at this time, the Parliament appoints a committee of seven deputy regents to rule on on his behalf).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736671#Events", "title": "1567 in Scotland", "revid": 1353736671, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 5", "text": "5 June – Parliament of Scotland meets.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362253111#Events", "title": "1592 in Scotland", "revid": 1362253111, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1593, "year_label": "1593 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Banffshire constituency is first represented in the Parliament of Scotland (by Sir Walter Ogilvie).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353736863#Events", "title": "1593 in Scotland", "revid": 1353736863, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1635, "year_label": "1635 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May", "text": "May – Without consulting the Parliament of Scotland, Charles I authorized a new Book of Canons, which among others made him the head of the Church of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737095#Events", "title": "1635 in Scotland", "revid": 1353737095, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1643, "year_label": "1643 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 25", "text": "25 September – the Solemn League and Covenant is signed between the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737179#Events", "title": "1643 in England", "revid": 1353737179, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1648, "year_label": "1648 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 2", "text": "2 May – The Parliament of Scotland votes in favour of war with England on behalf of the King.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354833654#Events", "title": "1648 in England", "revid": 1354833654, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1686, "year_label": "1686 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 16", "text": "August 16 – King James VII of Scotland dismisses the Parliament of Scotland after the members refuse to remove restrictions on Roman Catholics and on Protestants outside of the Church of Scotland and the Church of England. The Parliament does not meet again for more than two and a half years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368502958#July–September", "title": "1686", "revid": 1368502958, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1689, "year_label": "1689 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 11", "text": "April 11 (O.S.) – William III and Mary II are crowned in London as King and Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Ireland does not recognise them yet, while the Estates of Scotland declare King James VII deposed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365638130#April–June", "title": "1689", "revid": 1365638130, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1690, "year_label": "1690 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – The Parliament of Scotland passes an Act to abolish episcopy in the presbyterian Church of Scotland. The Anglican Episcopal Church in Scotland continues as a separate denomination, retaining bishops.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369486553#April–June", "title": "1690", "revid": 1369486553, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1696, "year_label": "1696 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – The Parliament of Scotland passes the Education Act 1696, providing for locally funded, Church-supervised schools to be established in every parish in Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361123555#July–September", "title": "1696", "revid": 1361123555, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1702, "year_label": "1702 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "c. January/February – the Parliament of Scotland refuses to pass an Abjuration Act analogous to the English Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737859#Events", "title": "1702 in Scotland", "revid": 1353737859, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1703, "year_label": "1703 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 6", "text": "6 May – the last Parliament of Scotland formed in Edinburgh from the general election held the previous year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364518423#Events", "title": "1703 in Scotland", "revid": 1364518423, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1704, "year_label": "1704 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 5", "text": "5 August – the Parliament of Scotland passes the Act of Security 1704 in response to the Parliament of England's Act of Settlement 1701, allowing the Scottish Parliament to select its own successor to the monarch.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737883#Events", "title": "1704 in Scotland", "revid": 1353737883, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1705, "year_label": "1705 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March", "text": "March – the Parliament of England passes the Alien Act in response to the Parliament of Scotland's Act of Security 1704; it is repealed in December without taking effect.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254092#Events", "title": "1705 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254092, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1705, "year_label": "1705 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 14", "text": "14 March – The Alien Act 1705 (a response to the Parliament of Scotland's Act of Security 1704) provides that Scottish nationals in England would be treated as aliens (foreign nationals), and estates held by Scots would be treated as alien property, and also that trade embargoes would be placed on Scottish staple products, unless the Scots enter into negotiations regarding a proposed Treaty of Union of the parliaments of Scotland and England by 25 December.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737891#Events", "title": "1705 in England", "revid": 1353737891, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1705, "year_label": "1705 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "July 20", "text": "20 July – Act of the Parliament of Scotland for the promotion of salmon, white and herring fishing.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254092#Events", "title": "1705 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254092, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1706, "year_label": "1706 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 4", "text": "November 4 – The Parliament of Scotland votes, 116 to 83, to approve the merger of Scotland with England to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351890964#October–December", "title": "1706", "revid": 1351890964, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1707, "year_label": "1707 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – The Treaty (or Act) of Union, of the two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, is ratified by the Parliament of Scotland by a vote of 110 to 68.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346936133#January–March", "title": "1707", "revid": 1346936133, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1707, "year_label": "1707 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – The Act of Union with Scotland is ratified by the Parliament of England; the Parliament of Scotland is adjourned for the last time on May 1, 1707.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346936133#January–March", "title": "1707", "revid": 1346936133, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1707, "year_label": "1707 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 1", "text": "1 May – the new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as a result of the Acts of Union which combine the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into a single united Kingdom of Great Britain and merge the Parliaments of England and Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain. The Equivalent, a sum of £398,000, is paid to Scotland by the English government. The Honours of Scotland are locked away in Edinburgh Castle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254103#Events", "title": "1707 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254103, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1707, "year_label": "1707 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 (May 1 Old Style) – The new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being, as a result of the Acts of Union, which combine the Kingdoms of Scotland and England into a single united Kingdom of Great Britain, and merge the Parliaments of England and Scotland, to form the Parliament of Great Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346936133#April–June", "title": "1707", "revid": 1346936133, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1707, "year_label": "1707 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 12", "text": "12 May (1 May Old Style) – The new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being as a result of the Acts of Union which ratified the Treaty of Union: the kingdoms of England and Scotland are combined into a single, United Kingdom and merge the Parliaments of England and Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain. The Equivalent, a sum of £398,000, is paid to Scotland by the English government due to Scotland now taking on shared responsibility for England’s national debt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320244983#Events", "title": "1707 in Great Britain", "revid": 1320244983, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1708, "year_label": "1708 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 30", "text": "30 April–7 July – general election held to return members to serve in the House of Commons of the second Parliament of Great Britain, the first after the merger of the Parliaments of England and Scotland in 1707. The election results in a victory for the Whigs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360123116#Events", "title": "1708 in Great Britain", "revid": 1360123116, "section": "Events"}}]}