Historic Timeline
Historic Timeline...
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Historic Events Affecting Kintyre...
253AD - Traditional arrival of Cairbre Ruadh from Antrim
498 - Arrival of the Sons of Ere from Irish Dalriada
536 - Arrival of St. Ciaran
563 - Arrival of St. Columba
750 - Commencement of Viking raids
836 - Earliest mention of Loch Fyne herring industry
1098 - King Magnus Barefoot claims Kintyre at Treaty of Tarbert
1155 - Somerled defeats Godfrey, Viking king of Man
1160 - Founding of Saddell Abbey
1266 - Norway cedes Kintyre and the Isles to Scots crown
1297 - Beginning of Scottish War of Independence
1306 - King Robert Bruce a fugitive in Kintyre
1314 - Bruce defeats Edward II at Bannockburn
1325 - Tarbert Castle built by King Robert Bruce
1354 - John MacDonald of Isla assumes title, "Lord of the Isles"
1493 - Fall of MacDonald Lordship of the Isles
1498 - King James IV builds castle of Kilkerran
1505 - Campbell adherents begin infiltrating into Kintyre
1603 - Union of the Crowns under James VI
1607 - Earl of Argyll granted lands of forfeited Lordship
1609 - Founding of Burgh of Lochead (later Campbeltown)
1639 - Beginning of the Wars of the Covenant (Charles I)
1644 - The "Colkitto Raids" begin (1644-1647)
1646 - Sir Alexander MacColla Ciotach ravages Kintyre
1647 - The Great Plague of Kintyre
1650 - The Earl of Argyll begins Lowland re-settlement
1685 - Earl of Argyll's Rebellion and execution
1700 - King William III creates Royal Burgh of Campbeltown
1745 - Jocobite Rising under Prince Charles Edward Stuart
1788 - First lighthouse erected on Mull of Kintyre
1815 - Building of distillery at Campbeltown
1820 - Robert Stevenson re-models the Mull Lighthouse
1827 - Earliest references to Kintyre as a tourist area
1871 - "Campbeltown Courier" newspaper established