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1430 CE: Birth of Prince James, future James II of Scotland.
1437 CE - 1460 CE: Reign of James II of Scotland.
1437 CE - 1439 CE: Earl Archibald Douglas acts as Lieutenant-general for James II of Scotland, then a minor.
1440 CE: The 'Black Dinner' in Edinburgh Castle when James II of Scotland invited the young Douglas earls to dinner and had them executed.
1449 CE: James II of Scotland marries the Burgundian noblewoman Mary of Gueldres.
1450 CE: James II of Scotland attacks the estates and castles of the Black Douglases.
1451 CE: The University of Glasgow is founded.
1452 CE: James II of Scotland stabs William Douglas in Stirling Castle, the earl is then finished off by the king's companions.
1455 CE: James II of Scotland attacks Berwick Castle.
1456 CE: James II of Scotland attacks the Isle of Man.
1457 CE: James II of Scotland attacks Berwick Castle a second time.
1460 CE: James II of Scotland is killed by an exploding cannon while laying siege to Roxburgh Castle.