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| 1612 | Birth |  |
| Montrose Birth of James Graham, son of John, 4th Earl of Montrose |
| 1626 | Peerage | |
| Created Earl Montrose, 5th, on his father's death |
| 1629 | Marriage | |
| Marries Magdalen Carnegie |
| 1637 | Election | |
| 15th Nov Elected Member of the Tables, a comittee set up to represent religious grievances |
| 1637 | Rebellion | |
| July Sides with the rebels against Charles I |
| 1638 | Constitution | |
| Charles I concedes the Scottish right to free church assembly and a free parliament |
| 1638 | Episcopacy | |
| A general assembly of the Scottish church abolishes the episcopacy |
| 1638 | Mobilization | |
| Mar Helps raise a Covenantor Army to oppose the Royalist |
| 1638 | National Covenant | |
| 28th Feb Edinburgh Signs the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard to restore Presbyterianism |
| 1638 | Pacification Berwick | |
| Charles I concedes the Scottish right to free church assembly and a free parliament |
| The 1st Bishop's War ends without fighting by the Pacification of Berwick |
| 1638 | Rebellion | |
| A general assembly of the Scottish church abolishes the episcopacy |
| Signs the National Covenant after the new book of canons & a new prayer book |
| 28th Feb Edinburgh Signs the National Covenant in Greyfriars Kirkyard to restore Presbyterianism |
| Mar Edinburgh Copies of the Covenant are carried to all parts of Scotland |
| Nov Support for the Covenant grows under the leadership of Montrose & Argyll |
| Nov Edinburgh The Scots Church Assembly decideds that bishops should be deposed or excommunicated |
| 1639 | Battle of Brig O'Dee | |
| 18th June Brig O'Dee Defeats & Royalist Army at Brig O'Dee & enters Aberdeen |
| 1639 | Battle of Newburn | |
| Newburn Defeats an English royalist force at Newburn |
| 1639 | Capture of Aberdeen | |
| 30th Mar Aberdeen Captures Aberdeen for the Covenantors |
| 1639 | Invasion of England | |
| After Charles I signed the treaty of Berwick Montrose invades England |
| 1639 | Parliament | |
| Aug Opposes the policies of Argyll during the Scottish Parliament, August-September |
| 1639 | Peace | |
| Newcastle The Covenantors are paid œ850 & allowed to occupy the northern counties of England |
| 1639 | Siege of Aberdeen | |
| 30th Mar Aberdeen Captures Aberdeen for the Covenantors |
| 25th May Aberdeen Enters Aberdeen with 4000 Covenanters |
| 18th June Aberdeen Defeats & Royalist Army at Brig O'Dee & captures Aberdeen from the Covenantors |
| 1639 | Siege of Newcastle | |
| Newcastle Occupies Newcastle after victory at Newburn |
| 1639 | Treaty of Berwick | |
| 18th June Berwick Present at the signing of the treaty with Charles I which ends the 1st Bishops War |
| 1640 | Battle of Newburn | |
| Aug Newburn Commands the cavalry under Lord Leven against the forces of Charles I |
| 1640 | Treaty of Ripon | |
| Nov Ripon The Treaty of Ripon ends hostilities, present at the signing |
| 1641 | Arrest | |
| Nov Edinburgh Arrested by Argyll |
| 1643 | Alliance | |
| Oct Charles I turns to Montrose for support who wins most of Scotland for the Royalists |
| 1644 | Battle of Aberdeen | |
| 13th Sep Aberdeen Wins a small battle at the head of a Royalist Army invading Scotland |
| 1644 | Battle of Blair Atholl | |
| Blair Atholl Joins with Alasdair MacDonald's 1,100 Irishman & forms a combined army of 2,000 men |
| 26th Aug Blair Atholl Raises the Royalist Standard at Blair Atholl in the Highlands |
| 28th Aug Blair Atholl Defeats a small Irish force led by Alasdair Macolla MacDonald |
| 1644 | Battle of Dundee | |
| 19th May Dundee Wins a small battle at the head of a Royalist Army invading Scotland |
| 1644 | Battle of Marston Moor | |
| 2nd July Marston Moor Arrives too late to support Prince Rupert at Marston Moor |
| 1644 | Battle of Morepeth | |
| April Morepeth Routes the Covenanter garrison at Morpeth & takes the town |
| 1644 | Battle of Tippermuir | |
| 1st Sep Tippermuir Routs Lord Elcho's Army |
| 1644 | Capture of Dumfries | |
| April Dumfries Captures Dumfries for the Royalists but later forced out by Argyll |
| 1644 | Capture of Glasgow | |
| 15th Aug Glasgow Captures Glasgow on behalf of the Royalist forces of Charles I |
| 1644 | Invasion of England | |
| April Leads a Royalist force of 1,300 militia from Cumberland & Northumberland |
| 1644 | Invasion of Scotland | |
| 13th Sep Aberdeen Wins a small battle at the head of a Royalist Army invading Scotland |
| 1644 | Lieutenant General | |
| Appointed Lieutenant General for Scotland by Charles I |
| 1644 | Oxford Parliament | |
| 22nd Jan Oxford Attends the opening of Charles I's Parliament in Oxford |
| 1644 | Peerage | |
| Created a Marquess by Charles I after Leven invades England |
| 1644 | Siege of Aberdeen | |
| 13th Sep Aberdeen Wins a small battle at the head of a Royalist Army invading Scotland |
| 1644 | Siege of Dumfries | |
| April Dumfries Captures Dumfries for the Royalists but later forced out by Argyll |
| 1644 | Siege of Dundee | |
| 19th May Dundee Wins a small battle at the head of a Royalist Army invading Scotland |
| 1644 | Siege of Glasgow | |
| 15th Aug Glasgow Captures Glasgow on behalf of the Royalist forces of Charles I |
| 1644 | Siege of Morepeth | |
| April Morepeth Routes the Covenanter garrison at Morpeth & takes the town |
| 1644 | Siege of Tippermuir | |
| 1st Sep Tippermuir Routs Lord Elcho's Army |
| 1645 | Battle of Alford | |
| 2nd July Alford Defeats a Covenant & anti-Royalist Army led by Baille |
| 1645 | Battle of Auldearn | |
| 8th May Auldearn Hurry tries to surprise Montose but is trapped by MacDonald & defeated by Montrose |
| 1645 | Battle of Inverlochy | |
| 19th Feb Inverlochy Wins a battle at the head of a Royalist Army invading Scotland, destroys Argyll's Army |
| 1645 | Battle of Kilsyth | |
| Edinburgh Captures Edinburgh after the battle of Kilsyth |
| Glasgow Captures Glasgow after the battle of Kilsyth |
| 15th Aug Kilsyth Commands a Royalist defeat of the Covenanters & wrecks the army of Baille & Argyll |
| 1645 | Battle of Philipaugh | |
| 13th Sep Philipaugh Defeated by David Leslie |
| 13th Sep Philipaugh Defeated by David Leslie while trying to join Charles I after his defeat at Naseby, flees to the Highlands |
| 13th Sep Philipaugh Defeated trying to join Charles I after his defeat at Naseby, flees to the Highlands |
| 13th Sep Philipaugh Montrose's Army is destroyed, he spends the following winter building it up again |
| 1645 | Capture of Dundee | |
| 4th April Dundee Captures Dundee |
| 1645 | Capture of Edinburgh | |
| Edinburgh Captures Edinburgh after the battle of Kilsyth |
| 1645 | Capture of Glasgow | |
| Glasgow Captures Glasgow after the battle of Kilsyth |
| 1645 | Civil War England | |
| Endinburgh Captures Edinburgh after the battle of Kilsyth |
| Glasgow Captures Glasgow after the battle of Kilsyth |
| 4th April Dundee Captures Dundee |
| Aug In 11 months Montrose has defeated a superior army 6 times & become master in Scotland |
| Aug Leads 4,400 infantry & 500 cavalry against 6,000 infantry & 800 horse |
| Aug Leads a force against the Covenantors |
| Aug The Covenanter Army has been destroyed |
| 14th Aug Decides to engage the Covenanters , the Royalists & Covenanters are just 3 miles apart |
| 13th Sep Philipaugh Montrose's Army is destroyed, he spends the following winter building it up again |
| 20th Oct Glasgow Opens a Parliament |
| 1645 | Glasgow Parliament | |
| 20th Oct Glasgow Opens a Parliament |
| 1645 | Rule of Scotland | |
| Aug In 11 months Montrose has defeated a superior army 6 times & become master in Scotland |
| 1645 | Siege of Dundee | |
| 4th April Dundee Captures Dundee |
| 1645 | Siege of Edinburgh | |
| Edinburgh Captures Edinburgh after the battle of Kilsyth |
| 1645 | Siege of Glasgow | |
| Glasgow Captures Glasgow after the battle of Kilsyth |
| 1645 | Siege of Perth | |
| 10th Aug Perth Moves past Perth to Stirling with the Covenanter Army under Baille in persuit |
| 1645 | Siege of Stirling | |
| 10th Aug Stirling Moves past Perth to Stirling with the Covenanter Army under Baille in persuit |
| 1646 | Battle of Callander | |
| Callander Achieves a minor success at the battle of Callander |
| 1646 | Battle of Speyside | |
| Speyside Achieves a minor success at the battle of Speyside |
| 1646 | Civil War England | |
| 31st May Asked by Charles to leave Scotland because Charles has joined the Covenanters |
| Sep Sails for Norway |
| 1646 | Exile of Graham | |
| 31st May Highlands Defeated trying to join Charles I after his defeat at Naseby, flees to the Highlands |
| Sep Sails for Norway |
| 1646 | Invasion of Scotland | |
| 31st May Asked by Charles to leave Scotland because Charles has joined the Covenanters |
| 1646 | Siege of Highlands | |
| 31st May Highlands Defeated trying to join Charles I after his defeat at Naseby, flees to the Highlands |
| 1647 | Lieutenant General | |
| Sep Appointed Lieutenant General for Scotland, 2nd term, by Charles II |
| 1650 | Arrest | |
| 30th April Ardvreck Arrested & taken to Ardvreck Castle |
| 31st April Ardvreck Arrested at Ardvreck Castle on Loch Assynt & handed over to the Covenanters |
| 31st April Ardvreck Montrose is betrayed his host Neil Macleod of Assynt at Ardvreck Castle |
| 5th May Ardvreck Taken from Ardvreck Castle & handed over to General Leslie |
| 18th May Edinburgh Led through Edinburgh by the Covenantors but his courage raises admiration |
| 18th May Leith Taken through Fife & shipped to Leith |
| 1650 | Battle of Carbisdale | |
| 27th April Carbisdale Wounded & defeated in battle, the invasion is defeated & Montrose flees to the hills |
| 27th April Carbisdale Wounded & defeated in battle, the invasion is defeated & Montrose flees to the hilss |
| 1650 | Battle of Edinburgh | |
| 20th May Edinburgh Charles II does not defend him because he tries to win the support of the Covenantors |
| 1650 | Capture of Caithness | |
| Caithness Arrives from the Orkneys with a Royalist invasion force of about 1,500 |
| 1650 | Civil War England | |
| Caithness Arrives from the Orkneys with a Royalist invasion force of about 1,500 |
| Mar Orkneys Lands with an invasion force on the Orkneys |
| April Thurso Arrives at Thurso with the intention of joining up with the Mackenzies in Inverness |
| 25th April Strath Oykel Reaches Strath Oykel waiting to be joined by the Monroes & Rosses |
| 27th April Strath Oykel Defeated by a royalist cavalry led by Colonel Strachan |
| 31st April Ardvreck Arrested at Ardvreck Castle on Loch Assynt & handed over to the Covenanters |
| 20th May Edinburgh Charles II does not defend him because he tries to win the support of the Covenantors |
| 21st May Edinburgh Death of James Graham, executed for treason by order of the English Parliament |
| 1650 | Death | |
| 21st May Edinburgh Death of James Graham, executed for treason by order of the English Parliament |
| 1650 | Execution of Graham | |
| 20th May Edinburgh Sentenced to death, refuses to repent |
| 21st May Edinburgh Executed at Market Cross for treason by order of the English Parliament |
| 1650 | Invasion of Scotland | |
| Caithness Arrives from the Orkneys with a Royalist invasion force of about 1,500 |
| Mar Orkneys Lands with an invasion force on the Orkneys |
| 27th April Carbisdale Wounded & defeated in battle, the invasion is defeated & Montrose flees to the hills |
| 1650 | Siege of Caithness | |
| Caithness Arrives from the Orkneys with a Royalist invasion force of about 1,500 |
| 1650 | Siege of Carbisdale | |
| 27th April Carbisdale Wounded & defeated in battle, the invasion is defeated & Montrose flees to the hilss |
| 1650 | Siege of Edinburgh | |
| 20th May Edinburgh Charles II does not defend him because he tries to win the support of the Covenantors |
| 1650 | Siege of Orkneys | |
| Mar Orkneys Lands with an invasion force on the Orkneys |
| 1650 | Trial | |
| 20th May Edinburgh Sentenced to death, refuses to repent |
| 1661 | Burial | |
| 11th May Edinburgh Given a state funeral & buried in the High Kirk of St Giles |
