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This is a chronological list of the battles involving the Kingdom of Scotland, as well as battles involving Scotland in support of France as part of the "Auld Alliance" . The list gives the name, the date, the present-day location of the battles, the Scottish allies and enemies, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
Location: Scotland The Battle of Neville's Cross, a heavy defeat for invading Scottish forces in which King David II was captured and held hostage for 11 years: Kingdom of Scotland. Kingdom of France. Kingdom of England. Supporters of Edward Balliol. Scottish Victory with end of English claims to the country's sovereignty Treaty of Berwick (1357)
The Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland fought dozens of battles with each other. They fought typically over land, and the Anglo-Scottish border frequently changed as a result. Prior to the establishment of the two kingdoms, in the 10th and 9th centuries, their predecessors, the Northumbrians , Picts and Dal Riatans , also fought a ...
This is a timeline of Scottish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Scotland and its predecessor states. See also Timeline of prehistoric Scotland . To read about the background to many of these events, see History of Scotland .
The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late 13th and 14th centuries. The First War (1296–1328) began with the English invasion of Scotland in 1296 and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton in 1328.
A 15th-century illustration showing an English herald approaching a troop of Scottish soldiers. The Anglo-Scottish Wars comprise the various battles which continued to be fought between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland from the time of the Wars of Independence in the early 14th century through to the latter years of the 16th century.
This category includes historical battles in which independent state of Scotland (8th century–1707) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Battles involving Scotland .
1638: Signing of the National Covenant in Scotland; 1639: First Bishops' War - conflict between Covenanters and Royalists in Scotland, beginning with the Covenanters seizing the city of Aberdeen in February. In June, English and Scottish armies muster on the border near Berwick but both demobilise without a battle after a truce is negotiated.