Scottish History Time-line (21st Century)

Note that, within a single year, events are not necessarily presented in chronological order.

	Previous Period
2000	Bressay Stone (Shetland) Erected
2000	Carronvale Recreation Centre (Falkirk) Opened
2000	Donald Dewar died - Politician and the first Premier of the modern Scottish Parliament
2000	Dumbarnie Links (Fife) Designated
2000	Dun Law Wind Farm (Scottish Borders) Opened
2000	Dundee Ice Arena (Dundee City) Opened
2000	Hare Hill Wind Farm (East Ayrshire) Opened
2000	Iain Ellis Hamilton died - Composer and academic
2000	Islay Wave Power Station (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2000	Jean McDowell (Jean Burnett) died - Pioneering sports woman
2000	Kippford Millennium Cross (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
2000	Livingston Designer Outlet (West Lothian) Opened
2000	Low Parks Museum (South Lanarkshire) Opened
2000	Nigel Tranter (Nye Tredgold) died - Historical novelist
2000	Pullar House (Perth and Kinross) Opened
2000	Scottish Korean War Memorial (West Lothian) Erected
2000	Scottish Seabird Centre (East Lothian) Opened
2000	Sensation (Dundee City) Opened
2000	Sir (Crawford) Murray MacLehose (Lord MacLehose of Beoch) died - Governor of Hong Kong
2000	Sir James (Jimmy) Shand died - Musician
2000	Slate Islands Heritage Centre (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2000	St Andrew's in the Square (Glasgow City) Opened
2000	Strathclyde Homes Stadium (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
2000	The Big Idea (North Ayrshire) Opened
2000	The Caerlaverock Cairn (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
2000	The Imax Cinema (Glasgow City) Opened
2000	The Museum of Abernethy (Perth and Kinross) Opened
2000	Timothy (Tim) Stead died - Furniture designer, wood sculptor and conservationist
2000	Water of Leith Conservation Trust Headquarters (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2001	(Cecil) Arnold Beevers died - Crystallographer and inventor
2001	Bellahouston Leisure Centre (Glasgow City) Opened
2001	Birnam Arts & Conference Centre (Perth and Kinross) Opened
2001	Blackhouse Village (Western Isles) Opened
2001	Cairngorm Mountain Railway (Highland) Opened
2001	Cardinal Thomas Joseph Winning died - Leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland
2001	Cineworld Glasgow (Glasgow City) Opened
2001	Dance Base (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2001	Dorothy Dunnett died - Writer of historical novels and portrait painter
2001	Gordon Lamont Brown (Broon frae Troon) died - International rugby player
2001	Grangemouth Power Station (Falkirk) Opened
2001	Granton Lighthouse (City of Edinburgh) Closed
2001	Hairmyres Hospital (South Lanarkshire) Built / Opened
2001	Isle of Bute Discovery Centre (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2001	Jack Milroy (James Cruden) died - Comedian
2001	James (Jimmy) Logan (James Short) died - Entertainer and actor
2001	John Boyd died - Artist
2001	John Jackson Mackay (Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish) died - Politician
2001	Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum (Angus) Opened
2001	Knockan Crag (Highland) Opened
2001	Muirkirk Uplands (East Ayrshire) Designated
2001	National Museum of Rural Life (South Lanarkshire) Opened
2001	Ocean Terminal (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2001	Old Royal Station (Aberdeenshire) Opened
2001	Scotsman Hotel (City of Edinburgh) Built
2001	Sir Reo Stakis (Argiros Anastasis) died - Hotel and casino chain owner
2001	Stuart Adamson died - Rock musician
2001	The Edinburgh Dungeon (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2001	The Glasgow Science Centre (Glasgow City) Opened
2001	The Glasgow Science Mall (Glasgow City) Opened
2001	The Glasgow Tower (Glasgow City) Opened
2001	Turnberry Kintyre Course (South Ayrshire) Opened
2001	Uist and Barra Hospital (Western Isles) Built / Opened
2001	Wishaw General Hospital (North Lanarkshire) Built / Opened
2002	Anthony James (Lonnie) Donegan died - Musician, known as the "King of Skiffle"
2002	Beinn an Tuirc Wind Farm (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2002	Bowbeat Wind Farm (Midlothian) Opened
2002	City Quay (Dundee City) Opened
2002	Craigmillar Castle Jubilee Park (City of Edinburgh) Created
2002	Eriskay Causeway (Western Isles) Constructed
2002	Falkirk Wheel (Falkirk) Opened
2002	Garrion Bridges (North Lanarkshire) Opened
2002	Glencoe Visitor Centre (Highland) Opened
2002	Great Glen Way (Highland) Opened
2002	Hamish Henderson died - Folk-song writer and poet
2002	Hermiston Quay (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2002	Kingennie Fishings (Angus) Opened
2002	Lady Linda McCartney Memorial Garden (Argyll and Bute) Created
2002	Longhope Lifeboat Museum (Orkney) Opened
2002	Millennium Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
2002	Multrees Walk (City of Edinburgh) Constructed
2002	Patrick (Paddy) Tunney died - Irish folk singer and writer
2002	Peter Angus Macnab died - Veteran author
2002	Princess Margaret Rose Windsor died - Unconventional royal and socialite
2002	Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) died - Mother of Queen Elizabeth II
2002	Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh) Built / Opened
2002	Sandaig Lighthouse (Highland) Built
2002	Strathclyde Police Training and Recruitment Centre (South Lanarkshire) Opened
2002	Tangy Wind Farm (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2002	The Glasgow Police Museum (Glasgow City) Opened
2002	The Queen's Gallery (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2002	Turnberry Arran Course (South Ayrshire) Opened
2003	An Turas Ferry Shelter (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2003	Applecross Heritage Centre (Highland) Opened
2003	Brechin Museum (Angus) Opened
2003	Cars of the Stars Motor Museum (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2003	Dolly The Sheep died - The first mammal ever to be cloned from an adult cell
2003	Edinburgh Bus Station (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2003	Forss Wind Farm (Highland) Opened
2003	George Kenneth Hotson Younger (4th Viscount Younger of Leckie) died - Politician and banker
2003	Holburn Head Lighthouse (Highland) Closed
2003	Insh Marshes (Highland) Designated
2003	John Grieve died - Actor
2003	Maggie's Centre Dundee (Dundee City) Built
2003	Scottish National Croquet Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2003	Scottish Plant Hunter's Garden (Perth and Kinross) Created
2003	Sir James Marjoribanks died - Diplomat
2003	Springburn Leisure Centre and Library (Glasgow City) Opened
2003	Springburn Museum (Glasgow City) Opened
2003	Springwood Hall (Scottish Borders) Opened
2003	Steven (Steve) Hislop died - Controversial motorcycling champion, regarded by fellow riders as the fastest man ever on a motorcycle
2003	The Adventure Centre (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2003	The Big Idea (North Ayrshire) Closed
2003	The Cairngorms National Park (Aberdeenshire) Designated
2003	The Ice Factor (Highland) Opened
2003	Tiree Rural Centre (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2003	Walter Laing MacDonald Perry (Lord Perry of Walton) died - Academic, who became the first head of the Open University
2003	William Cochran died - Physicist
2004	Robert James Naismith died - Architect and town planner
2004	Ardrossan Wind Farm (North Ayrshire) Opened
2004	Bo'ness Motor Museum (Falkirk) Opened
2004	Cranhill Sensory Garden (Glasgow City) Created
2004	Cruach Mhor Wind Farm (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2004	Crystal Rig Wind Farm (Scottish Borders) Opened
2004	Dame Sheila Marshall McKechnie died - Campaigner
2004	Dr. Margaret Fay Shaw died - Gaelic folklorist and photographer
2004	Eddie C. Straiton died - Veterinary surgeon, author and broadcaster, known as "the first TV vet"
2004	George Law Campbell died - Linguist and author
2004	Glasgow Fort (Glasgow City) Opened
2004	Graeme Kelling died - Musician
2004	Granton Gas Works (City of Edinburgh) Closed
2004	Highland Aviation Museum (Highland) Opened
2004	Jimmy Mack (James McRitchie) died - Broadcaster
2004	John Dunn died - Radio presenter
2004	Mar Hall (Renfrewshire) Built
2004	Molly Weir died - Stage, screen, radio and television character actress and author
2004	Peter Francis Walter Kerr (12th Marquess of Lothian) died - Noble and statesman
2004	Princess Alice Windsor (Duchess of Gloucester; Alice Montagu Douglas Scott) died - The oldest British Royal in history
2004	Queensberry House (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2004	Radio City (North Ayrshire) Opened
2004	Rikki Fulton died - Comedian and actor
2004	Russell Hunter (Russell Ellis) died - Stage and screen actor
2004	Scottish Parliament (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2004	Scottish Police Memorial (Fife) Erected
2004	Sir Angus Ogilvy died - Noble and businessman
2004	Sligachan Hotel (Highland) Opened
2004	Solway Harvester Memorials (Dumfries and Galloway) Erected
2004	Strathpeffer Spa Pavilion (Highland) Opened
2004	The Eastgate Theatre & Arts Centre (Scottish Borders) Opened
2005	Aberfeldy Water Mill (Perth and Kinross) Opened
2005	Assynt Leisure Centre (Highland) Opened
2005	Creag Meagaidh (Highland) Designated
2005	George Barron died - Gardener and broadcaster
2005	George Millar died - Author and soldier
2005	Gillingshill Reservoir (Fife) Designated
2005	Gordon Henderson Naismith Campbell died - Political journalist
2005	Henry Alexander Hepburne Scott (10th Earl of Polwarth) died - Businessman and politician
2005	Hundy Mundy Wood (Scottish Borders) Opened
2005	Martyn Bennett died - Experimental musician
2005	Michael Sheard died - Television, film and stage actor
2005	Norman Russell Wylie (Lord Wylie) died - Jurist and politician
2005	Perth Concert Hall (Perth and Kinross) Opened
2005	Robert McCann died - Hollywood makeup artist and stylist
2005	Robin Finlayson Cook died - Politician
2005	Royal Bank of Scotland Headquarters (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2005	Sir Alexander (Alex) Trotman (Lord Trotman of Osmotherley) died - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motor Company
2005	Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi died - Sculptor, described as one of the most influential British artists of the 20th Century
2005	The Buckie Drifter Maritime Heritage Centre (Moray) Closed
2005	Very Rev. Prof. John McIntyre died - Scholar and history-making clergyman
2005	W.I. Douglas Elliot died - Rugby player
2005	Waterston House (East Lothian) Opened
2005	G8 Summit
2006	(John David) Ruari McDowall Hardie McLean died - Typographer and graphical designer
2006	(Michael) Eric Forth died - Uncompromising Conservative politician
2006	(Walter) Ronald (Ronnie) Alexander died - Businessman and enthusiastic golfer
2006	Andrew Morrison died - Pioneering ear surgeon
2006	Aqualibrium (Argyll and Bute) Established
2006	Black Law Wind Farm (South Lanarkshire) Opened
2006	Calum Kennedy died - Popular folk singer
2006	Cardowan Moss (Glasgow City) Designated
2006	Charles Smith died - Local historian
2006	Clyde Arc (Glasgow City) Opened
2006	Dame Muriel Spark (Muriel Sarah Camberg) died - Novelist
2006	David Morrison died - Veteran athlete
2006	Derek Bond died - Actor
2006	Douglas Henderson died - Nationalist politician
2006	Easthouse (Shetland) Opened
2006	Eileen Caddy died - Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation
2006	Glengarry Heritage Centre (Highland) Opened
2006	Hadyard Hill Wind Farm (South Ayrshire) Opened
2006	Iain Stewart MacMillan died - Pop photographer
2006	Ian Hamilton Finlay died - Poet, creative writer, conceptual artist and sculptor
2006	Ivor Cutler died - Eccentric poet, musician, comedian and philosopher
2006	James (Jimmy) Johnstone died - Football player
2006	James Hutton Trail (Scottish Borders) Opened
2006	Jeremy Bruce-Watt died - Journalist and author
2006	John Angus Macsween died - Entrepreneurial haggis-maker
2006	John Cochrane died - Concorde test pilot
2006	Kintyre Way (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2006	Kirkpatrick MacMillan Bridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
2006	Lady Christian Mary Hesketh (Christian Mary McEwen) died - Author, public servant and hostess
2006	Lumir Soukup died - Landscape and environmental artist
2006	Maggie's Centre Fife (Fife) Built
2006	Margaret Ewing (Margaret Anne McAdam) died - Politician
2006	Marine Operations Centre (Aberdeen City) Opened
2006	Michelin Tyre Plant (Dundee City) Opened
2006	Moira Shearer (Lady Kennedy; Moira Shearer King) died - Ballerina, actress and authoress
2006	Newhaven Heritage Museum (City of Edinburgh) Closed
2006	Prof. Ross Mitchell died - Pioneering paediatrician
2006	Queen Mother's Memorial Garden (City of Edinburgh) Created
2006	RAF Saxa Vord (Shetland) Closed
2006	Rev. Prof. Allan Galloway died - Theologian
2006	Robin Hunter Neillands died - Author, traveller and military historian
2006	Robin Orr died - Composer, academic and first Chairman of Scottish Opera
2006	Ronald (Ronnie) Chisholm died - Cricketer
2006	Ross Davidson (William Russell Davidson) died - Actor
2006	Sir Alan Blyth Hume died - Civil servant and conservationist
2006	Sir Andrew Alexander Steel Stark died - Diplomat
2006	Sir Iain Mark Tennant died - Businessman
2006	Sir John James Cowperthwaite died - Economist, responsible for creating Hong Kong's dynamic economy
2006	Sir Robert Calderwood died - Local government administrator
2006	Thomas (Tom) Weir died - Broadcaster, climber, author and naturalist
2006	Troup House School (Aberdeenshire) Established
2006	Waverley Court (City of Edinburgh) Built
2006	Whalsay Heritage Centre (Shetland) Opened
2006	William (Bill) Auld died - Leading Esperanto poet, author and translator
2006	William Sydney (Syd) Scroggie died - Inspirational hill-walker, author and worthy
2007	Antonella (Tony) Kerr (Marchioness of Lothian) died - Journalist and broadcaster, who founded the Woman of the Year lunches
2007	BBC Headquarters (Glasgow City) Opened
2007	Beatrice Wind Farm (Highland) Opened
2007	Bell's Cherrybank Centre (Perth and Kinross) Closed
2007	Buccleuch Centre (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
2007	Charles Forte (Lord Forte) died - Hotelier and entrepreneur
2007	Colin McRae died - Rally car driver
2007	Deborah Kerr (Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer) died - Actress
2007	Donaldson's (West Lothian) Built
2007	Edinburgh BioQuarter (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2007	Eric McCredie died - Musician
2007	Eyemouth Maritime Centre (Scottish Borders) Opened
2007	George Elder Davie died - Philosopher
2007	Gian Carlo Menotti died - Composer
2007	Harold (Harry) Ewing (Lord Ewing of Kirkford) died - Policitian and champion of Scottish devolution
2007	Ian William Richardson died - Stage, screen and television actor
2007	Isabel Newstead died - Paralympic athlete
2007	John MacLeod of MacLeod (29th Chief of Clan MacLeod) died - Chief of Clan MacLeod
2007	Liberton Bank House (City of Edinburgh) Established
2007	Lieutenant-General Sir James Parlane Baird died - Director-General of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)
2007	Magnus Magnusson died - Writer, broadcaster and founding question-master of BBC television's 'Mastermind' quiz programme
2007	Petershill Park (Glasgow City) Opened
2007	Prof. John (Jack) W. Boag died - Medical physicist and pacifist
2007	Queen Margaret University (East Lothian) Built
2007	Saxa Vord Resort (Shetland) Built
2007	Sir Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour of Liberton and Craigmillar (Lord Gilmour of Craigmillar) died - Policitian and author
2007	Sir Ian McGregor died - Malariologist
2007	Sir John Edward Gilmour died - Politician
2007	Sir John Harrison Burnett died - Energetic mycologist, university administrator and conservationist
2007	Steven Campbell died - Artist
2007	Steven's Croft Power Station (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
2007	The Titan Crane (West Dunbartonshire) Opened
2007	Thomas (Tom) Chalmers Steel died - Television producer and author
2007	Thomas (Tom) Duncan died - Textbook author
2007	Transition Extreme (Aberdeen City) Opened
2007	University of the West of Scotland (South Lanarkshire) Established
2007	Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott (9th Duke of Buccleuch; 11th Duke of Queensberry) died - Noble, politician and landowner
2007	Waverley Court (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2007	Wether Hill Wind Farm (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
2007	William (Willie) Johnson (Peerie Willie) died - Influential guitar accompanist, notable for his unique style and music
2008	Aberdeen Bus Station (Aberdeen City) Opened
2008	Andrew Carnegie House (Fife) Opened
2008	Angus Calder died - Historian, author, nationalist and educator
2008	Barony A-Frame (East Ayrshire) Erected
2008	Clackmannan Bridge (Falkirk) Opened
2008	Dovecot Studios (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2008	Dunfermline Bus Station (Fife) Opened
2008	Elizabeth Cameron (Mary Elizabeth Vaughan-Lee) died - Botanical artist and entrepreneur
2008	George MacDonald Fraser died - Author and journalist
2008	Glendoe Reservoir (Highland) Opened
2008	Isle of Mull Community Swimming Pool (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2008	James Clerk Maxwell Monument (City of Edinburgh) Erected
2008	John Christopher Bartholomew died - Cartographer and map publisher
2008	John Houston died - Painter
2008	Prof. Sir Robert Shields died - Surgeon and academic administrator
2008	Ray Michie (Baroness Michie of Gallanach) died - Politician and promoter of the Gaelic language
2008	Sarah (Cissie) Gillow Marshall Stewart (Sarah Hunter) died - Olympic swimmer and pioneering sports woman
2008	Sir David Russell Johnston (Lord Russell-Johnston of Minginish) died - Politician
2008	Sir Lewis Robertson died - Industrialist and business troubleshooter
2008	Thomas (Tommy) Burns died - Footballer and football manager
2008	Thomas (Tommy) McQuater died - Big-band trumpeter
2008	Tobermory Harbour Visitor Centre (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2009	Alexander (Alex) Lees died - War veteran, who as a prisoner in Germany took part in the events which inspired the film The Great Escape
2009	Donald MacCormick died - Political journalist
2009	George Alexander Eugene Douglas (Dawyck) Haig (2nd Earl Haig of Bemersyde; Viscount Dawyck) died - Painter and public servant
2009	Glendoe Hydro Electric Scheme (Highland) Opened
2009	Iain Cuthbertson died - Actor
2009	Meat Market Arch (City of Edinburgh) Erected
2009	Prof. Sir Neil MacCormick died - Lawyer, educator and nationalist politician
2009	RAF Buchan Boddam Statue (Aberdeenshire) Erected
2009	Reg McKay died - Crime-writer
2009	Ross of Mull Historical Centre (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2009	Sir John Crofton died - Pioneer in the treatment of tuberculosis
2009	Sir Ludovic Kennedy died - Writer and broadcaster, born in Edinburgh the son of a naval officer
2009	Union Square (Aberdeen City) Opened
2010	Derek Holmes died - Railwayman
2010	Edwin George Morgan died - Glasgow's Poet Laureate
2010	Gerard Kelly (Paul Kelly) died - Actor and comedian
2010	Ghillie Dhu (City of Edinburgh) Opened
2010	James (Jimmy) Reid died - Politician, author and infamous trade union leader
2010	John Adrian Shepherd-Barron died - Inventor of the first practical 'cash machine'
2010	Kenneth McKellar died - Singer
2010	Kilmardinny Loch (East Dunbartonshire) Designated
2010	Prof. Geoffrey John Fraser Dutton died - Scientist, poet and author
2010	Rev. Alexander (Alex) Muir died - Musician and clergyman
2010	Robert (Bobby) Thomson (The Flying Scotsman) died - Baseball player who hit the 'shot heard round the world'
2010	Robin Rigg Wind Farm (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
2010	Shawfair Park Hospital (Midlothian) Built / Opened
2010	Thomas (Tom) Fleming died - Commentator, actor and theatre director
2010	Tiree Community Wind Turbine (Argyll and Bute) Opened
2010	William (Bill) McLaren died - Rugby commentator
2010	Pope Benedict XVI visits Scotland
2011	Gerald (Gerry) Rafferty died - Musician and music producer
2011	James Hutton Institute Dundee (Perth and Kinross) Established
2011	Janet Brown died - Comedienne and impressionist
2011	Marischal College (Aberdeen City) Opened
2011	Mid Yell Junior High School (Shetland) Established
2011	Musselburgh Museum (East Lothian) Opened
2011	Prof. (John) Murdoch Mitchison died - Biologist
2011	St Fillan's Mill (Stirling) Closed
2011	The Fair Maid's House (Perth and Kinross) Opened
2011	William (Willie) Fernie died - Footballer
2012	George Ralston Wylie died - Sculptor
2012	John (Jocky) Wilson died - Darts player

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		Archaeological Sites and Historic Monuments
		Births and Deaths
		Events
		Exhibition, Centre, Museum or Gallery
		Historic Buildings
		Industrial or Commercial Sites
		Institutions or Government Buildings
		Gardens or Parks
		Sports Venues
		Other Types

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  School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh.