The Covenanters

1625: Death of James VI/I, accession of Charles I. 

1633: Charles I crowned in Edinburgh, Anglican practices introduced. 

1637: Anglican Prayer Book introduced, leading to riots, including the famous incident with Jenny Geddes in St. Giles Kirk in Edinburgh. 

1638: The National Covenant is signed in Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, opposing Charles I's religious policies. 

1639-1640: The Bishops' Wars, conflicts between the Covenanters and the Crown over religious and political control. 

1642: The English Civil War begins. 

1643: Solemn League and Covenant signed, bringing the Covenanters into the English Civil War on the side of Parliament. 

1646: Charles I surrenders to the Scots at Newark. 

1660: Restoration of Charles II, leading to increased persecution of Covenanters. 

1666: Pentland Rising, an uprising by Covenanters. 

1678: The Highland Host, a deployment of Highland troops to suppress Covenanters. 

1679: Rutherglen Declaration, a public declaration by Covenanters, and the Battle of Bothwell Brig. 

1680: Sanquhar Declaration, a more radical declaration by Covenanters. 

1685: Death of Charles II, and the beginning of "The Killing Times". 

1688: The Glorious Revolution, which led to the end of the persecution of Covenanters. 

1690: Presbyterianism re-established as the established church in Scotland.