Edward the Bruce of Scotland and his Irish allies win the battle of Skerries in Kildare
Edward Bruce of Scotland, brother to King Robert Bruce of Scotland, and his Irish allies won the Battle of Skerries, also known as the Battle of Ardscull, in County Kildare, Ireland, on January 26, 1316. This victory was part of Edward Bruce’s larger campaign in Ireland, where he landed in 1315 with the aim of opening a second front in the ongoing war between Scotland and England and to extend the Bruce family’s influence by claiming the High Kingship of Ireland.
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Robert the Bruce, captures Dumfries, Scotland
Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, did indeed capture Dumfries, Scotland, during his reign. Robert the Bruce, also known as Robert I, ruled Scotland from 1306 to 1329 and played a crucial role in the Wars of Scottish Independence against English domination.
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James Stewart, died
The High Steward or Great Steward was given in the 12th century to Walter Fitzalan, whose descendants became the Stewart family.
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King Robert the Bruce convened his first parliament, at St Andrews.
Robert the Bruce saw that Scotland need to be restructured, and the people needed a decisive leader to rally around. To do this, Bruce called a parliament at St. Andrews on March 16, 1309 — the first parliament in 18 years.
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John Duns Scotus, scholar and philosopher, died
John Duns Scotus OFM, “Duns the Scot”; (c. 1265/66 – 8 November 1308) was a Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher and theologian. He is one of the four most important Christian philosopher-theologians of Western Europe in the High Middle Ages, together with Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure and William of Ockham.
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Robert the Bruce crowned at Scone
Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart am Brusach), was King of Scots from 1306 to his death in 1329.
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Robert the Bruce murdered Red Comyn
Robert the Bruce, who killed John Comyn, commonly known as the Red Comyn, in 1306. The event took place at the Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Scotland.
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Nearly 30,000 English soldiers annihilated after Invasion of Scotland in the 1303 Battle of Roslin
A hastily mustered army of 8,000 Scots led by Sir John Comyn (the Red) faced an English army numbering 30,000. The Battle of Roslin, which took place northeast of the village of Roslin is an area in which three separate engagements of the Wars of Ind
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Battle of Falkirk
The army of the English King Edward I, using longbows for the first time, defeated the Scots led by Sir William Wallace at Battle of Falkirk.
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King John Balliol abdicated at Montrose
John Balliol (c. 1249 – late 1314), known derisively as Toom Tabard (meaning “empty coat” – coat of arms), was King of Scots from 1292 to 1296.
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