1 June 1495: The first record of distillation is found at Lindores Abbey Scotland 'To Brother John Cor, by order of the King, to make aqua vitae VIII bolls of malt'

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/letters/whisky-s-heroes-1-3124687

1559: Lindores Abbey was sacked by John Knox and his supporters in 1559

1784: Bushmills distillery is founded

https://whiskipedia.com/distilleries/bushmills

1536: Between 1536-1541 King Henry VIII of England began dissolving the monasteries

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Dissolution-of-the-Monasteries/

1791: A new excise was introduced to help fund debt from the American Revolutionary War. Dubbed the whisky tax it led to the whiskey rebellion.

1794: The Whiskey rebellion was an uprising of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania in protest of a whiskey tax

1820: Johnnie Walker started blending his whiskies

1823: Excise Act and Licencing Fees legalises whisky distillation

1824: Glenlivit distillery is legally established

5 December 1898: The Pattison Whisky Crash cripples whisky production closing distilleries

https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/drink/pattison-bros-men-nearly-brought-scotch-whisky-industry/

1915: The UK Immature Spirits Act 1915 requires that whisky must be matured in oak casks for a minimum of three years

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-35790275

28 October 1919: The US Volstead Act was enacted with prohibition takeng effect from 1920-1933

https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/volstead-act

1825: Kennetpans distillery closed down

https://www.kennetpans.info/

5 February 1831: Irish inventor Aeneas Coffey patented the Coffey still

26 June 1822: The first continuous still was patented by Sir Anthony Perrier in 1822

https://www.capeofstormsdistillery.com/blog/2019/9/29/column-distillation

4 May 1964: US Congress declares bourbon whiskey America's official distilled spirit

1 June 1675: Robert Boyle describes his new hydrometer

https://thewhiskeywash.com/lifestyle/show-proof-proof-system-came/

1826: First patent for a continuous still awarded to Robert Stein.

28 June 1988: The UK Scotch Whisky Act 'to make provision as to the definition of Scotch whisky and as to the production and sale of whisky; and for connected purposes' is enacted

23 December 2009: Scotch Whisky Regulations are enacted covering the production, labelling, advertising and packaging of Scotch whisky

28 June 1933: The first legal definition of Scotch in UK law was secured in the 1933 Finance Act

1885: Alfred Barnard began his legendary tour of the distilleries of the united kingdom

https://whiskipedia.com/distilleries/barnard

1870: The phylloxera beetle devestates French brandy production

http://www.tenzingws.com/blog/2015/5/26/maps-of-the-spread-of-phylloxera-in-19th-century

3 October 1912: Wine & Sprit Brand Association is founded, the forerunner of the Scotch Whisky Association renamed in 1942.

1935: Federal Alcohol Administration Act requires all Bourbon use new Barrels

https://thewhiskeywash.com/whiskey-styles/bourbon/bourbon-barrels-why-exactly-must-they-be-new/

1986: From 1986 all Sherry has to be bottled in the Jerez region cutting off the supply of Sherry shipping casks

https://www.whiskynotes.be/sherry-casks-in-the-whisky-industry.pdf

2001: The glencairn whisky glass enters production

https://www.sipdark.com/blogs/sipdark-blog/understanding-the-history-of-whiskey-drinking-glasses

1608: Bushmills distillery claims the first whisky is produced in the area of the current distillery