Scottish History Time-line (14th and 15th Centuries)

Note that, within a single year, events are not necessarily presented in chronological order.

	Previous Period
14th C.	Alexander 'Sawney' Bean born - Cannibal and mass-murderer
14th C.	Ballinbreich Castle (Fife) Built
14th C.	Ballumbie Castle (Angus) Built
14th C.	Braal Castle (Highland) Built
14th C.	Bridge Castle (West Lothian) Built
14th C.	Callendar House (Falkirk) Built
14th C.	Castle Sinclair Girnigoe (Highland) Built
14th C.	Crichton Castle (Midlothian) Built
14th C.	Crookston Castle (Glasgow City) Built
14th C.	Dean Castle (East Ayrshire) Built
14th C.	Dundonald Castle (South Ayrshire) Built
14th C.	Duns Castle (Scottish Borders) Built
14th C.	Fa'side Castle (East Lothian) Built
14th C.	Finavon Castle (Angus) Built
14th C.	Invergowrie House (Dundee City) Built
14th C.	Kincardine Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
14th C.	Lennoxlove House (East Lothian) Built
14th C.	Loch an Eilein Castle (Highland) Built
14th C.	Port of Leith (City of Edinburgh) Built
14th C.	Portencross Castle (North Ayrshire) Built
14th C.	Rosslyn Castle (Midlothian) Built
14th C.	St Moluag's Chapel (Western Isles) Built
14th C.	Stobhall (Perth and Kinross) Built
14th C.	Thunderton House (Moray) Built
c.1300	Black Agnes Randolph (Countess of Dunbar) born - Famed for her bravery in resisting the English siege of Dunbar Castle
1300	Breachacha Castle (Argyll and Bute) Built
1300	Sir William Douglas (Knight of Liddesdale) born - Disreputable noble
c.1303	John Comyn (Black Comyn) died - Noble and Guardian
1303	Battle of Roslin
1304	Old Tulliallan Castle (Fife) Built
1305	William Wallace died - Outlaw and defender of Scottish independence
c.1306	John Comyn (Red Comyn) died - Noble and Martyr
1306	Battle of Strathfillan
1306	Sir Alexander Scrymgeour died - Loyalist
1306	Battle of Methven
1307	Battle of Loudon Hill (II)
1307	King Edward I died - English monarch
1308	John Duns Scotus (The Subtle Doctor) died - Philosopher and theologian
1312	King Edward III born - English king
c.1313	Sir John Campbell of Moulin (1st Earl of Atholl) born - Noble
1313	King John Balliol (Toom Tabard) died - Son of Devorguilla Balliol (c.1209-90) and father of Edward Balliol (c.1283 - 1364)
1314	Battle of Bannockburn
c.1316	John Barbour born - Poet and historian
1316	King Robert II born - Scottish monarch
1316	Robert Wishart died - Bishop of Glasgow
1318	St Fillan's Priory (Stirling) Built
1320	Declaration of Arbroath, Signing of the
1324	King David II born - Scottish monarch
1326	Moulin, Black Castle of (Perth and Kinross) Built
c.1327	Sir William Douglas (1st Earl of Douglas; Earl of Mar) born - Ambitious noble
1327	King Edward II died - English king who ruled Scotland for a time
1328	Archibald Douglas (3rd Earl of Douglas; 'The Grim') born - Lord of Galloway and leader of the 'Black Douglas' clan
1329	King Robert I (Robert the Bruce) died - Scottish monarch
1330	Dumfries Academy (Dumfries and Galloway) Established
1330	Sir James Douglas ('The Good') died - Freedom fighter
1331	Bernard de Linton died - Chancellor of Scotland and Abbot of Arbroath Abbey who drafted the famous Declaration of Arbroath
1332	Battle of Dupplin Moor
1332	Donald of Mar (8th Earl of Mar) died - Regent of Scotland
1332	Thomas Randolph (Earl of Moray) died - Regent and soldier
1333	Battle of Hallidon Hill
1333	Sir John Campbell of Moulin (1st Earl of Atholl) died - Noble
1333	Stirling Castle (Stirling) Built
c.1340	King Robert III born - Scottish monarch
c.1340	Robert Stewart (1st Duke of Albany) born - Regent of Scotland
c.1340	Sir John Lyon born - Chamberlain of Scotland and ancestor of the Earls of Strathmore
c.1342	Sir Alexander Ramsay of Dalhousie died - Soldier
1343	Alexander Stewart (Wolf of Badenoch) born - Noble
c.1345	Henry Sinclair (Henry St. Clair) born - First Scottish Earl of Orkney and Trans-Atlantic Explorer
c.1346	Walter Fitz Gilbert died - Norman noble
1350	Dunnottar Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
1350	Hermitage Castle (Scottish Borders) Built
1353	Sir William Douglas (Knight of Liddesdale) died - Disreputable noble
c.1358	James Douglas (2nd Earl of Douglas; Earl of Mar) born - Inherited the Earldoms of Douglas and Mar from his father (1384)
1359	Stevenson House (East Lothian) Built
1360	The Sheep Heid Inn (City of Edinburgh) Built
c.1362	Murdoch Stewart (2nd Duke of Albany) born - Regent of Scotland
1364	King Edward Balliol died - Unsuccessful King
1367	Edinburgh Castle (City of Edinburgh) Built
?1368	Henry Wardlaw born - Bishop of St Andrews
1369	Archibald Douglas (4th Earl of Douglas; 1st Duke of Touraine) born - Noble
c.1370	Cumbernauld Castle (North Lanarkshire) Built
1370	Neidpath Castle (Scottish Borders) Built
1370	Threave Castle (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
1371	King David II died - Scottish monarch
1372	Mugdock Castle (Stirling) Built
1377	King Edward III died - English king
c.1380	Campbeltown Cross (Argyll and Bute) Erected
1382	Sir John Lyon died - Chamberlain of Scotland and ancestor of the Earls of Strathmore
1384	Sir William Douglas (1st Earl of Douglas; Earl of Mar) died - Ambitious noble
1388	James Douglas (2nd Earl of Douglas; Earl of Mar) died - Inherited the Earldoms of Douglas and Mar from his father (1384)
1389	Lincluden Collegiate Church (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
c.1390	Cardinal Walter Wardlaw died - Cardinal
c.1390	Sir Andrew Gray (1st Lord Gray) born - Diplomat and noble
1390	King Robert II died - Scottish monarch
1394	King James I born - Scottish monarch
1395	John Barbour died - Poet and historian
1396	Battle of the North Inch
1396	Mercat Cross (Fife) Erected
15th C.	Alexander 'Sawney' Bean died - Cannibal and mass-murderer
15th C.	Ardgowan Tower (Inverclyde) Built
15th C.	Asgog Castle (Argyll and Bute) Built
15th C.	Auchindoun Castle (Moray) Built
15th C.	Balnagown Castle (Highland) Built
15th C.	Berriedale Castle (Highland) Built
15th C.	Carleton Castle (South Ayrshire) Built
15th C.	Castlehill Tower (Scottish Borders) Built
15th C.	Cathcart Castle (Glasgow City) Built
15th C.	Cessnock Castle (East Ayrshire) Built
15th C.	Corsewall Castle (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
15th C.	Cortachy Castle (Angus) Built
15th C.	Dean Castle (East Ayrshire) Built
15th C.	Denmylne Castle (Fife) Built
15th C.	Duntreath Castle (Stirling) Built
15th C.	Finlaystone House (Inverclyde) Built
15th C.	Glendevon Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
15th C.	Glengarnock Castle (North Ayrshire) Built
15th C.	Grandtully Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
15th C.	Hatton Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
15th C.	Huntingtower Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
15th C.	Inverquharity Castle (Angus) Built
15th C.	Kilberry Castle (Argyll and Bute) Built
15th C.	Kinlochaline Castle (Highland) Built
15th C.	Kyle Castle (East Ayrshire) Built
15th C.	Lennox Tower (City of Edinburgh) Built
15th C.	Loudoun Castle (East Ayrshire) Built
15th C.	Merkland Cross (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
15th C.	Newark Castle (Scottish Borders) Built
15th C.	Newark Castle (Inverclyde) Built
15th C.	Peebles Mercat Cross (Scottish Borders) Erected
15th C.	Ramada Hotel (Perth and Kinross) Opened
15th C.	Rosyth Castle (Fife) Built
15th C.	Smailholm Tower (Scottish Borders) Built
15th C.	Spedlins Tower (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
15th C.	Strome Castle (Highland) Built
15th C.	The Old Buittle Tower and Castle (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
15th C.	Tweeddale Museum & Gallery (Scottish Borders) Built
15th C.	Udny Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
c.1400	Archibald Douglas (3rd Earl of Douglas; 'The Grim') died - Lord of Galloway and leader of the 'Black Douglas' clan
c.1400	Henry Sinclair (Henry St. Clair) died - First Scottish Earl of Orkney and Trans-Atlantic Explorer
1400	Aberdour Castle (Fife) Built
1400	Corstorphine Parish Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
1400	Dunbeath Castle (Highland) Built
1400	St Mary's Collegiate Church (East Lothian) Built
1401	Bishop Walter Traill died - Archbishop of St Andrews
1405	Alexander Stewart (Wolf of Badenoch) died - Noble
1405	Sir Adam Forrester died - Merchant, Ambassador and Lord Provost of Edinburgh
c.1406	Colin Campbell (1st Earl of Argyll) born - Loyal noble
1406	King Robert III died - Scottish monarch
1410	Holy Trinity Church (Fife) Built
1411	Battle of Harlaw
1411	University of St Andrews (Fife) Established
1419	Robert Stewart (1st Duke of Albany) died - Regent of Scotland
1420	Tolquhon Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
1424	Archibald Douglas (4th Earl of Douglas; 1st Duke of Touraine) died - Noble
1424	Pitsligo Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
1424	Sir Alexander Home of Dunglass died - Noble
1424	St Michael's Parish Church (West Lothian) Built
c.1425	William Douglas (8th Earl of Douglas) born - Leader of the 'Black Douglas' clan, succeeding his father in 1443
1425	Dundas Castle (City of Edinburgh) Built
1425	Linlithgow Palace (West Lothian) Built
1425	Murdoch Stewart (2nd Duke of Albany) died - Regent of Scotland
1425	Robert Henryson born - Poet
1426	James Douglas (9th Earl of Douglas) born - The last Earl of Douglas and leader of the powerful 'Black Douglases'
c.1430	Plane Castle (Stirling) Built
1430	Borthwick Castle (Midlothian) Built
1430	King James II born - Scottish monarch
1431	William Elphinstone (Bishop of Aberdeen) born - Bishop and statesman
1432	Devorguilla's Bridge (Dumfries and Galloway) Opened
1435	Glamis Castle (Angus) Built
1437	King James I died - Scottish monarch
c.1440	Blind Harry (Harry or Henry the Minstrel) born - Poet
c.1440	Henry Wardlaw died - Bishop of St Andrews
1440	Blackness Castle (Falkirk) Built
1440	Sir John Forrester died - Lord High Chamberlain of Scotland
1446	Rosslyn Chapel (Midlothian) Built
1446	Tullibardine Chapel (Perth and Kinross) Built
c.1449	Archibald Douglas (5th Earl of Angus, Bell-the-Cat) born - Leader of the 'Red Douglas' clan
1449	Crichton Collegiate Church (Midlothian) Built
c.1450	Aldie Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
c.1450	Cessford Castle (Scottish Borders) Built
c.1450	North Inch Golf Course (Perth and Kinross) Opened
c.1450	Orchardton Tower (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
1450	College of St Salvator (Fife) Built
1450	Comlongon Castle (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
1450	Dalhousie Castle (Midlothian) Built
1451	University of Glasgow (Glasgow City) Established
1452	HM Prison Castle Huntly (Perth and Kinross) Built
1452	King James III born - Scottish monarch
1452	William Douglas (8th Earl of Douglas) died - Leader of the 'Black Douglas' clan, succeeding his father in 1443
1453	Fowlis Collegiate Church (Angus) Built
c.1454	Alexander Stuart (1st (or 3rd) Duke of Albany) born - Noble
1454	Cawdor Castle (Highland) Built
c.1455	Gavin Dunbar (Bishop of Aberdeen) born - Clergyman and church administrator
c.1455	Sir Andrew Wood born - Naval commander
1455	Findlater Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
1456	Bruntsfield Links (City of Edinburgh) Created
1456	Sir Alexander Home died - Noble
c.1457	Castle Levan (Inverclyde) Built
1457	Pitcaple Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
1457	Rossdhu Castle (Argyll and Bute) Built
c.1458	John Stuart (Earl of Mar) born - Noble
1458	Strathaven Castle (South Lanarkshire) Built
c.1460	Megginch Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
c.1460	William Dunbar born - Poet
1460	Affleck Castle (Angus) Built
1460	Kilravock Castle (Highland) Built
1460	King James II died - Scottish monarch
1460	Ravenscraig Castle (Fife) Built
1463	Mary of Gueldres died - Queen
c.1465	Hector Boece (Hector Boethius) born - Historian and Author
1467	St Mahew's Chapel (Argyll and Bute) Built
1468	Gardyne Castle (Angus) Built
1468	Guthrie Castle (Angus) Built
1468	Law Castle (North Ayrshire) Built
1469	Chapel of St Mary of Rossdhu (Argyll and Bute) Built
1469	Sir Andrew Gray (1st Lord Gray) died - Diplomat and noble
c.1470	Auld Brig (South Ayrshire) Opened
c.1470	Kinneil House (Falkirk) Built
1471	Provand's Lordship (Glasgow City) Built
c.1473	Walter Chepman born - Printer
1473	King James IV born - Scottish monarch
c.1475	Tweed Bridge (Scottish Borders) Opened
1475	Colin Campbell (1st Earl of Argyll) died - Loyal noble
1475	The Fair Maid's House (Perth and Kinross) Built
1477	Moubray House (City of Edinburgh) Built
1477	St Triduana's Well (City of Edinburgh) Built
1479	John Stuart (Earl of Mar) died - Noble
1481	John Stuart (2nd (or 4th) Duke of Albany) born - Regent of Scotland
c.1484	Robert Carver (Robert Arnat) born - Composer of sacred choral music
1484	Garrion Tower (North Lanarkshire) Built
1485	Alexander Stuart (1st (or 3rd) Duke of Albany) died - Noble
1486	Sir David Lindsay born - Renaissance poet and diplomat
1488	Battle of Sauchieburn
1488	James Douglas (9th Earl of Douglas) died - The last Earl of Douglas and leader of the powerful 'Black Douglases'
1488	King James III died - Scottish monarch
1489	Archibald Douglas (6th Earl of Angus) born - A 'Red Douglas', grandson of Archibald Douglas, the 5th Earl of Angus (1449 - 1513)
1489	Castle Campbell (Clackmannanshire) Built
1489	Margaret Tudor (Queen Margaret) born - Queen of James IV and Regent of Scotland
c.1490	Ardvreck Castle (Highland) Built
c.1490	Drummond Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
c.1490	Glensanda Castle (Highland) Built
1490	Kilkerran Castle (Argyll and Bute) Built
1491	Sir Alexander Home (1st Lord Home) died - Noble
1492	Blind Harry (Harry or Henry the Minstrel) died - Poet
1492	John Winram born - Protestant reformer
c.1494	Archbishop John Douglas born - Clergyman and Protestant reformer
1494	Cardinal David Beaton born - Bishop and politician
1494	Dunbar Castle (East Lothian) Built
c.1495	Gavin Dunbar (Archbishop of Glasgow) born - Bishop and politician
c.1495	Henry Stewart (Lord Methven) born - Noble
c.1495	James Wedderburn born - Minor poet, dramatist and religious reformer
1495	King's College (Aberdeen City) Built
1495	King's College Chapel (Aberdeen City) Established
1495	University of Aberdeen (Aberdeen City) Established
1496	Sir Richard Maitland born - Lawyer and blind poet
1497	Alloa Tower (Clackmannanshire) Built
1498	Broughty Castle (Dundee City) Built
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