At the marriage of Alexander to Margaret of England in 1251, Henry III of England seized the opportunity to demand from his son-in-law homage for the Scottish kingdom, but Alexander did not comply.

At a Braveheart Convention in 1997, held in Stirling the day after the Scottish Devolution vote and attended by 200 delegates from around the world, Braveheart author Randall Wallace, Seoras Wallace of the Wallace Clan, Scottish historian David Ross and Bláithín FitzGerald from Ireland gave lectures on various aspects of the film.

At Scottish football stadiums, containers such as thermos flasks are banned by law, so Bovril is purchased inside the grounds where it is served in polystyrene or plastic cups.

At the beginning of the 19th century Scottish universities had no entrance exam, students typically entered at ages of 15 or 16, attended for as little as two years, chose which lectures to attend and left without qualifications.

At Glen Tilt in the Cairngorm mountains in the Scottish Highlands in 1785, Hutton found granite penetrating metamorphic schists, in a way which indicated that the granite had been molten at the time.

* 1666 – At least 3000 men of the Scottish Royal Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.

At the time of mass transatlantic Irish and Scottish immigration, which popularized Halloween in North America, Halloween in Ireland and Scotland had a strong tradition of guising and pranks.

At the 2011 Scottish Parliamentary election, the SNP won a landslide victory and became the first party to form a majority government in the Scottish Parliament since its resumption in 1999.

At the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a stonemason, and some of his earliest work can still be seen on the bridge across the River Esk in Langholm in the Scottish borders.

At this point, Robert Bruce and William Lamberton may have made a secret bond of alliance, aiming to place Bruce on the Scottish throne and continue the struggle.

At the Battle of Dupplin Moor, Balliol's army, commanded by Henry Beaumont, defeated the larger Scottish force.

At one time there was an important distinction between French Métis born of francophone voyageur fathers, and the Anglo-Métis or Countryborn descended from English or Scottish fathers.

At the Battle of Dunbar, Scottish resistance was effectively crushed.

At first, Anne withheld royal assent to the act, but granted it the following year when the Estates threatened to withdraw Scottish support for England's wars.

At last, Harald was forced to make an expedition to the West, to clear the islands and the Scottish mainland of some Vikings who tried to hide there.

At the heart of the National Gallery's collection is a group of paintings transferred from the Royal Scottish Academy Building.

At the end of 1980, Wells was awarded Scottish sports personality of the year.

At this time, the dedication of the Scottish book, The Complaynt of Scotland, recalled Mary of Guise's descent from Godfrey de Bouillon and claimed her courage and virtue exceeded those of the ancient heroines Tomyris, Semiramis and Penthesilea.

At Rouen, Mary and the Queen of Scots rode in procession behind soldiers carrying banners depicting Scottish fortresses recently defended and recovered by the French.

At Tours in May, a cynical English observer, John Mason, who scanned the Scottish retinue for signs of dissent, reported, " the Dowager of Scotland maketh all this court weary of her, such an importunate beggar is she for herself.

At the age of 35, Childe became the " only academic prehistorian in a teaching post in Scotland ", and was disliked by many Scottish archaeologists, who viewed him as an outsider who wasn't even a specialist in Scottish prehistory.

At the same time, Buchan ventured into the political arena, and ran as a Unionist candidate in a Scottish Borders constituency ; he supported free trade, women's suffrage, national insurance, and curtailing the powers of the House of Lords, though he did also oppose the welfare reforms of the Liberal Party, and what he considered to be the " class hatred " fostered by demagogic Liberals such as David Lloyd George.

At one time, Pressman Toys manufactured a product called Domino Rally that contained tiles and mechanical devices for setting up toppling exhibits.

At the age of 22, Collins headed to Hollywood and landed sultry roles in several popular films, including The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing ( 1955 ) and Rally ' Round the Flag, Boys!

At the next round on Rally Catalunya, it was a difficult rally for Solberg — he struggled to maintain a good pace and in the end finished sixth, almost 3 minutes adrift from the winner, Loeb.

At his home event, Toivonen had to retire due to an engine failure, but he finished ninth at the RAC Rally.

At the 1000 Lakes Rally, Toivonen retired due to an accident during the 11th special stage.

At 24 years and 86 days, he remained the youngest driver to win a WRC event until his countryman Jari-Matti Latvala won the 2008 Swedish Rally at the age of 22.

At the June 2002 legislative election, DL competed in alliance with the Rally for the Republic and other Chirac supporters as the Union for the Presidential Majority ( UMP ).

At the Autosport Awards, Kankkunen was presented the " International Rally Driver Award " for the second year running.

At the penultime round, the Rally Catalunya, he was leading by almost a minute over Sainz and McRae and seemed to be heading towards his first WRC victory on tarmac, as well as closing in on his fifth title.

At the head of the cabinet, he was faced with the conflict which divided the parliamentary majority between the " Giscardians " and the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic ( RPR ) led by his predecessor Jacques Chirac.

At the 1960 1000 Lakes Rally, nearly half of the 85 entries were from foreign countries.

At the 2011 Rally Finland, Loeb made history by becoming the first non-Finn to win the event twice.

At the 2007 Rally Finland, Ford secured a one-two with Grönholm taking the win and Hirvonen the second place ahead of Loeb.

* At the Rally to Restore Sanity and / or Fear on October 30, 2010, Jon Stewart used the imaginary threat of " corbomite " in bottled water to illustrate how media figures ( personified by Stephen Colbert ) create and magnify fears in the public.

At the end of 2008, Subaru decided to withdraw from the World Rally Championship.

At the beginning of the series, Jonathan Washington had just skipped bail for drug smuggling charges, only to be captured by Rally Vincent.

At the Rally Portugal, she started her long partnership with the Italian co-driver Fabrizia Pons.

At the Acropolis Rally, Mouton won ahead of the Opel duo Walter Röhrl and Henri Toivonen, and closed to within 20 points of the championship leader Röhrl.

At the inaugural Autosport Awards gala, Mouton won the International Rally Driver of the Year award.

At the RAC Rally, a slight mistake led to a puncture and Mouton dropped from third to fifth.

At the Ulster Rally, she set the fastest time for the first stage but then dropped out with a mechanical failure.

At the 1988 Rally of Tunisia, Mouton drove a 205 T16 Grand Raid chase car and transported spart parts for Vatanen and Henri Pescarolo, but also classified sixth overall.

At Reason Rally Washington D. C. March 23, 2012

At the time of the June 2008 local elections, Mvouba is President of the National Coordination of the Rally of the Presidential Majority ( RMP ), the coalition supporting Sassou-Nguesso.