{"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": 12, "years": 10, "span": [1288, 1707], "span_label": ["1288 CE", "1707 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 11}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-great-britain", "label": "Kingdom of Great Britain", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "parliament-of-england", "label": "Parliament of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "old-style", "label": "Old Style", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parliament-of-great-britain", "label": "Parliament of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "robert-the-bruce", "label": "Robert the Bruce", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "david-ii-of-scotland", "label": "David II of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "robert-ii-of-scotland", "label": "Robert II of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "james-ii-of-england", "label": "James II of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "james-iv", "label": "James IV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "james-i-of-scotland", "label": "James I of Scotland", "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": 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": 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": 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": 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": 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 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"}}]}