19 January Scots Army led by Earl of Leven invades England
19 March Royalist uprising in Scotland begins, led by Marquis of Huntly
13 April Marquis of Montrose leads English Royalist army north to Dumfries
20 April Montrose flees back to England pursued by Earl of Callendar
29 April Huntly’s Royalists evacuate Aberdeen and disperse
27 June Alasdair MacColla’s Irish mercenaries sail from Passage near Waterford
8 July Irish land at Ardnamurchan
29 August Montrose is joined by MacColla and again raises the Royal Standard, this time at Blair Castle
1 September Montrose defeats Lord Elcho at Tibbermore, outside Perth
13 September Montrose defeats Lord Balfour of Burleigh at Aberdeen
28 October Indecisive engagement between Montrose and Marquis of Argyle at Fyvie Castle
13 December Royalists seize Inverary
2 February Montrose defeats Argyle at Inverlochy
9 February Lord Gordon defects to the Royalists with a regular cavalry regiment
15 March Sir John Hurry successfully raids Royalist-held Aberdeen
4 April Montrose successfully storms Dundee but is summarily chased out again by Baillie and Hurry
9 May Battle of Auldearn. Montrose defeats Hurry
2 July Montrose defeats Lieutenant-General William Baillie at Alford
15 August Montrose again defeats Baillie at Kilsyth
13 September Major-General David Leslie defeats Montrose at Philiphaugh, near Selkirk.
5 May King Charles I surrenders to the Scots army outside Newark, England
14 May Huntly storms Aberdeen
30 July Montrose disbands his army at Rattray, near Blairgowrie and flees abroad