| 5 Aug 1270 | Birth date of William Wallace based on Crawford family records reviewed by Craufuird C. Loudoun (pen name for John McGill of Kilmarnock). |
| 19 Mar 1286 | King Alexander III dies in Fife on his way home late at night. Queen Margaret, “Maid of Norway,” inherits Scots throne. |
| 28 Aug 1290 | Treaty of Birgham: “Maid of Norway” to marry King Edward’s son, Scotland to retain its separate identity. |
| 26 Sep 1290 | Queen Margaret dies, canceling Treaty of Birgham. |
| 30 May 1291 | Claimants to Scots throne meet King Edward I at Norham. |
| 17 Nov 1292 | John Balliol named King of Scots by Edward I who demands fealty. |
| 30 Nov 1292 | John Balliol crowned at Scone. |
| Early 1294 | King Edward I summons Balliol and other Scots to serve with him in France. None do. |
| 23 Oct 1295 | “Auld Alliance” treaty negotiated between France and Scotland against England. |
| 23 Feb 1296 | “Auld Alliance” ratified by Scotland. |
| 1 Mar 1296 | English army assembles at Newcastle. |
| 26 Mar 1296 | Seven Earls and Scots army invade Cumberland, assault Carlisle. |
| 30 Mar 1296 | Kind Edward I’s army sacks Berwick, slaughtering two-thirds of its citizens. |
| 8 Apr 1296 | Scots army goes into Northumberland as far as Corbridge. |
| 27 Apr 1296 | Battle of Dunbar, Scots lose. |
| 8 July 1296 | King John, “Toom Tabard,” stripped of royal garments by Edward’s order. |
| 8 Aug 1296 | Stone of Destiny removed from Scone, transported to London. |
| 28 Aug 1296 | Parliament at Berwick: “Ragman Roll,” 2,000 Scots submit to Edward. |
| 3 May 1297 | William Wallace kills Sheriff of Lanark. Some days later, Wallace joins with Sir William Douglas to drive English Justiciar, William Ormsby, out of Scone. |
| 9 Jul 1297 | Treaty of Irvine by Robert Bruce, Glasgow’s Bishop Robert Wishart at Trindlemoss Loch. |
| July 1297 | Wallace raids Bishop Wishart’s Palace at Ancrum. |
| August 1297 | Siege of Dundee Castle by Wallace; later learns of English army approaching Stirling, meets Sir Andrew Murray en route to Stirling. |
| 11 Sep 1297 | Battle of Stirling Bridge; Murray, Wallace, Scots win major battle near Abbey Craig. |
| 11 Oct 1297 | Murray and Wallace write letters at Haddington to Hanseatic League merchants in Hamburg, Lubeck. |
| 7 Nov 1297 | Murray and Wallace send letter to Priory at Hexham. Within hours or days, Murray succumbs to wounds suffered at Stirling Bridge. |
| December 1297 – July 1298 | Wallace knighted, named Guardian of the Realm at Kirk of the Forest. |
| 22 Jul 1298 | Battle of Falkirk, Scots lose. Wallace later resigns as Guardian in favor of Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick, and John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch; travels to France later in the year. |
| August 1299 | Scots hold council in Peebles, in part discussing trip to France by Sir William Wallace. |
| 23 Feb 1303 | Battle of Roslin; Scots, English in limited skirmish. |
| 3 Aug 1305 | Wallace captured at Robroyston, taken to London. Papers taken from Wallace found at Tower of London in 1830. |
| 23 Aug 1305 | Wallace executed after show trial, drawn and quartered at Smithfield Elms. |
