The Enlightenment & New Town · event 7 of 8

1822

George IV visits. Walter Scott stage-manages the first royal visit since 1650 as a tartan pageant, inventing a good deal of Highland ceremonial in the process and reviving the kilt as national dress.

The The Enlightenment & New Town era

  1. 1745
  2. 1759
  3. 1767
  4. 1768
  5. 1776
  6. 1785
  7. 1822
  8. 1826

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