Stone of Scone returned to Scotland
1996 · Event
The ancient coronation stone, seized by Edward I in 1296, is returned to Edinburgh after 700 years.
On these timelines: Scotland, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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- Wars of Scottish Independence (1296)
- Battle of Bannockburn (1314)
- Jacobite risings (1689)
- Scottish Enlightenment (1730)
- Kenneth MacAlpin unites Picts and Scots (843)
- Reign of Robert the Bruce (1306)
- Robert the Bruce (1274)
- Declaration of Arbroath (1320)
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- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Chernobyl disaster (1986)
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- War on Terror (2001)
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- Invention of the World Wide Web (1989)
- September 11 attacks (2001)
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- Pop music: the 1990s (1990)