The Scottish Wars of Independence, 1286-1329

Timeline	
1286
	March: Death of Alexander III 
April: Six Guardians of Scotland selected at Scone	
1290	Sept: Maid of Norway dies on her way to Orkney 	
1291	Aug: The Great Cause begins 	
1292	Nov: John Balliol chosen and inaugurated King of Scots 	
1294	Edward I summons Scots to fight in France 	
1295	Scots seek alliance with King Philip IV of France 	
1296
	March: Scots attack England
April: Battle of Dunbar
July: King John surrenders to Edward I	
1297
	William Wallace and Andrew Murray rebel
Sept: Scottish victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge
Nov: Death of Andrew Murray	
1298	Scottish defeat at the Battle of Falkirk	
1300-1301	Edward I and son campaign in south Scotland 	
1301
	After Papal urging, John Balliol released into custody of King Philip of France	
1303	King Philip forced into treaty with Edward I. Scotland now isolated 	
1303-1304
	Edward I invades Scotland again. John Comyn and nobles surrender to English king	
1305	Aug: William Wallace captured and executed	
1306
	Feb: Robert Bruce murders John Comyn at Dumfries Abbey
March: Robert I inaugurated at Scone	
1307
	May: Battle of Loudon Hill 
July: Death of Edward I, succeeded by Edward II 	
1308
	Aug: King Robert's campaigns in Scotland; wins the Battle of the Pass of Brander	
1309	King Robert's first parliament in St Andrews 	
1310-1311	Edward II invades Scotland 	
1314	Scottish victory at the Battle of Bannockburn 	
1318	Death of Edward Bruce 
Robert I excommunicated by Pope John XXII 	
1320	April: Declaration of Arbroath 	
1322	Edward II's last invasion of Scotland fails 	
1327
	Jan: Edward II deposed and murdered by English opposition 
Feb: Coronation of Edward III 	
1328	March: Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton 	
1329	June: Death of Robert I