King James IV and the Battle of Flodden, 1513

Timeline	
1460	Death of James II. Succeeded by James III, aged 9, whose mother, Mary of Gueldres, acted as regent.
	
1469	James III took over the throne, aged 18. Later married Princess Margaret of Denmark. 
	
1473	17 March: birth of their son, James.
	
1485	22 August: Henry VII crowned king of England.
	
1488	11 June: James III killed at the battle of Sauchieburn.
24 June: James IV crowned king of Scotland at Scone. 
	
1493	James IV brought the Lord of the Isles under control.
	
1502	James IV and Henry VII signed the Treaty of Perpetual Peace. 
	
1503	8 August: James IV married Margaret Tudor, elder daughter of Henry VII, at Holyrood - a marriage between the 'Thistle and the Rose'. 
	
1509	21 April: death of Henry VII and succession of Henry VIII, aged 17. 	
1511	12 October: Launch of the Great Michael. 
	
1512	10 April: birth of James V. 
	
1513	James IV excommunicated by Pope Leo X.
9 September: death of James IV at the battle of Flodden. Succeeded by his infant son, James V. His mother, Margaret Tudor, was regent until her re-marriage in 1514 when she was replaced by the Duke of Albany, the cousin of James IV. 
	
1517	Treaty of Rouen between Scotland and France. Drawn up by the Duke of Albany on behalf of the king, agreeing to the future marriage of James V to a daughter of the King Francis I of France. 
	
1528	Start of James V personal reign.