1305 in Scotland

Events from the year 1305 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

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Centuries:	12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
Decades:	1280s 1290s 1300s 1310s 1320s
See also:	List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1305 in: England • Elsewhere

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

• Timeline of Scottish history