1305 in Scotland facts for kids
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Events from the year 1305 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: Vacant
Events
- May – a parliament meets in Perth to elect the Scottish delegation to the Westminster parliament.
- 5 August – John de Menteith, a Scottish knight loyal to King Edward of England, captures William Wallace and turns him over to English soldiers at Robroyston.
- September – parliament meets and spends 20 days drafting an ordinance for Scottish administration. John of Brittany is appointed to serve as Guardian, assisted by a council of 22 Scottish aristocrats.
- Approximate date – Scottish physician Bernard Gordon writes his short treatise Lilium medicinae which will become the first known book by a Scot to be printed (c. 1480 in Paris).
Deaths
- 23 August – William Wallace, landowner and leader of Scottish resistance. Executed in London.
See also
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