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"He who is determined to write history in literary form should avoid the early history of Scotland."
A quote by the renowned historian A. O. Anderson from 1940
Still, it's
such a fascinating period, right?
Scottish history
Like everything else on my website, don't expect this to be a standard treatise on Scottish history subjects. It is and will be a mixture of various items, subjects, individuals, places, buildings, etc. My page about history books lists several books relating to broader or well-defined periods or dealing with particular places and buildings. So take a peek there.
These pages are a work in progress. I will keep adding items, linking people with places and/or individuals with buildings.
Below you may find an index of Who's Who and Places and Buildings. To the right of the index there is a (growing) list of (important) dates. Some are/will be clickable. Others are not.
Chronicle of Scottish history
| AD 84 | Battle of Mons Graupius - Romans routed the Caledonians |
| 297 | Picts first recorded |
| 367 | 'Barbarian Conspiracy' - Romans attacked by cooperation of Irish Scotti, Caledonians and Verturiones (Picts), Attacotti, Franks and Saxons |
| 563 | St Columba arrives from Ireland and founds Iona |
| 680 | Bridei son of Beli besieges Dunnottar |
| 683 | Bridei son of Beli besieges Dundurn |
| 685 | Battle of Dun Nechtain // Battle of Nechtansmere |
| 795 | Iona first attacked by Vikings |
| 839 | Death of Cinaed son of Alpin |
| 1040 | MacBeth became king of Scotland |
| 1306 | Robert the Bruce crowned king of Scotland |
| 1314 | Battle of Bannockburn |
| 1320 | Declaration of Arbroath |
| 1493 | Forfeiture of the Lordship of the Isles |
| 1603 | Battle of Glen Fruin when the MacGregors routed the Colquhouns and were "rewarded" with the complete proscription of their clan until 1775 (with some intermediate periods of restoration in-between) |
| 1609 | Statutes of Iona |
| 1692 | Glencoe Massacre |
| 1724 | Birth of Dhonnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir |
| 1746 | Battle of Culloden |
| 1812 | Death of Dhonnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir |
