1306 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1306 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1306 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1306 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Events
- 10 February â Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn before the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries.[1]
- 25 March â Robert the Bruce crowned King of the Scots.
- 19 June â Battle of Methven: The forces of the Earl of Pembroke defeat Bruce's Scottish rebels.
- The killing of Comyn in the Greyfriars church in Dumfries, as imagined by Felix Philippoteaux, a 19th-century illustrator a highly inaccurate imagining as it shows them in kilts which were not worn by medieval Scots.
- Isabella MacDuff, Countess of Buchan, crowning Robert the Bruce at Scone in 1306; from a modern tableau at Edinburgh Castle
Births
unknown date
- John Randolph, 3rd Earl of Moray (died 1346)
Deaths
- 10 February â John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, nobleman and Guardian of Scotland
- 4 August - David de Inchmartin, executed by English by being hanged in Newcastle upon Tyne
- 4 August - Alexander Scrymgeour, Scottish standard bearer, executed by English by being hanged in Newcastle upon Tyne
- 4 August - John de Seton, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered in Newcastle upon Tyne
- September â Nigel de Brus, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered in Berwick-upon-Tweed
- 8 September â Simon Fraser, knight, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered in London
- 7 November â John of Strathbogie, Earl of Atholl, captured after Battle of Methven, executed by hanging in London
- 9 November - Thomas de Brus, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and beheaded at Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- unknown â Alexander de Brus, younger brother of Robert the Bruce, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and beheaded at Carlisle, Cumberland, England
- unknown - Christopher Seton, executed by English by being hanged, drawn and quartered at Dumfries
