PAGE 1     PAGE 2     PAGE 3 1785 The Highland Clearances had begun 1812 World's first working steamboat, on the River Clyde 1817 Founding of the Scotsman newspaper 1828 Hot-blast iron smelting begins 1831 First steam railway in Scotland 1843 Disruption of the Church 1888 Scottish Labour Party established 1890 Opening of the Forth Bridge 1914 World War I 1926 John Logie Baird developed television 1939 World War II 1950 The Stone of Destiny stolen from Westminster 1969 Development of North Sea oil fields 1979 First Referendum on Self-Government 1992 Connoisseurs Scotland established 1997 Scots vote for Devolution