Skip to content
Joan Blaeu · Public domain
Conflict Europe

Wars of Scottish Independence

1296 CE – 1357 CE · 61 years

Scotland fought to maintain independence against English conquest. William Wallace's guerrilla campaign and Robert the Bruce's decisive victory at Bannockburn (1314) secured Scottish sovereignty, inspiring the Declaration of Arbroath — one of history's first statements of national self-determination.

See it on the timeline

Wikipedia

The opening of the article, and a way into the rest of it without leaving the site.

Wars of Scottish Independence on Wikipedia.

Read the article Open on Wikipedia ↗

Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Kingdom of Scotland (Wallace, Bruce)
  • Kingdom of England (Edward I, II, III)

Key moments

Defining events in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

  1. 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge
  2. 1298 Battle of Falkirk
  3. 1314 Battle of Bannockburn

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

See the whole view

Landmark · Europe

Dom Tower of Utrecht

1321 CE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Ottoman Empire

1299 CE – 1922 CE

Conflict · Europe

Hundred Years' War

1337 CE – 1453 CE

Trade route · Europe

Venice–Constantinople Route

800 CE – 1600 CE

Landmark · Europe

St. Vitus Cathedral

1344 CE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Romania

Founded 1330 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Europe

Ottoman Wars in Europe

1354 CE – 1453 CE

Trade route · Europe

Viking North Atlantic Route

870 CE – 1400 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1296 CE and 1357 CE.

1296 CE Anglo–Scottish Wars 1296 CE Florence Cathedral 1310 CE Basilica of St. Anthony 1321 CE Dom Tower of Utrecht 1337 CE Hundred Years' War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Lighthouse of Alexandria Landmark · Middle East 280 BCE – 1323 CE Ilkhanate Polity · Middle East 1256 CE – 1335 CE Polynesian Eastward Voyaging Trade route · Americas 700 CE – 1300 CE Red Turban Rebellion Conflict · East Asia 1351 CE – 1368 CE Dante Alighieri Figure · Florence 1265 CE – 1321 CE Hampi Landmark · South Asia 1336 CE – 1565 CE
Image credits7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons