Visual Timeline: James IV of Scotland

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1473 CE: James IV of Scotland is born.
 
 
1488 CE - 1513 CE: Reign of James IV of Scotland.
 
 
1488 CE: James IV of Scotland is crowned at Scone Abbey.
 
 
1491 CE: James IV of Scotland bans football and golf so that people concentrate on archery.
 
 
1495 CE: James IV of Scotland creates the first department of medicine in a British university at Aberdeen.
 
 
1495 CE - 1497 CE: James IV of Scotland hosts the pretender to the English throne, Perkin Warbeck.
 
 
1500 CE: James IV of Scotland adds a Great Hall, new kitchens and the Royal Chapel to Stirling Castle.
 
 
1502 CE: James IV of Scotland begins to build the country's first navy.
 
 
1503 CE: James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England.
 
 
1507 CE: The printing press is introduced to Scotland.
 
 
1510 CE: James IV of Scotland adds a new Great Hall to Edinburgh Castle.
 
 
1513 CE: Henry VIII of England sends an army to Scotland and wins a victory at Flodden where James IV of Scotland is killed.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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