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DATE
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KING /
QUEEN
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EVENT
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596 AD
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Battle of Raith. Fought between the Angles, Scots,
Picts & Britons
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1305
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KING EDWARD I
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The King grants Kirkcaldy a weekly market and an
Easter fair
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1460
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KING JAMES II
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Construction of Ravenscraig Castle begins
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1584
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KING JAMES VI
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The Plague comes to Kirkcaldy
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1597
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"
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Witchcraft trials are held in the town
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1644
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KING CHARLES I
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Kirkcaldy is created a Royal Burgh
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1651/52
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COMMONWEALTH
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Cromwell arrives in Kirkcaldy
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1707
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QUEEN ANNE
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Union of the Scottish and English
Parliaments
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1846
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QUEEN VICTORIA
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The railway comes to Kirkcaldy
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1876
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"
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Kirkcaldy, Bridgeton, Linktown, Pathhead,
Sinclairtown and Gallatown unite to become the Burgh of
Kirkcaldy
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1903
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KING EDWARD VII
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Electric light and trams come to Kirkcaldy
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1930
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KING GEORGE V
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Dysart becomes part of the Burgh of
Kirkcaldy
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1999
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II
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Scotland has its own Parliament again
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