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| 1270 | Birth |  |
| Auchenbothie Birth of William Wallace, 2nd son of Sir Malcolm Wallace of Elderslie
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| 1297 | Arrest | |
| Dec Guardian of the Scottish kingdom during the imprisonment of King Baliol
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| 1297 | Battle of Irvine | |
| July Irvine Robert I the Bruce is defeated by the English
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| 1297 | Battle of Selkirk | |
| July Selkirk Wallace & his followers take refuge in the Forest of Selkirk
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| 1297 | Battle of Stirling Bridge | |
| Stirling Bridge After the battle of Stirling Bridge, Sir Andrew de Moray, Wallace's friend and right hand military advisor died of the terrible wounds he had received at Stirling Bridge
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| Stirling Bridge Joins forces with the Andrew de Moray & virtually frees Scotland of English occupation
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| Ravages Northumberland, Westmorland & Cumberland after the victory at Stirling Bridge
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| Stirling Bridge Wallace becomes the sole Guardian of Scotland, holding it for Toom Tabard (John Balliol), meaning "empty coat", whether or not Wallace actually supported Balliol, he was now alone in his fight to secure Scotlands freedom
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| 11th Sep Stirling Bridge Routes the troops of the Earl of Surrey
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| 11th Sep Stirling Bridge Surrey retreats to York with a fraction of his army intact
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| 1297 | Guardian | |
| Stirling Bridge Wallace becomes the sole Guardian of Scotland, holding it for Toom Tabard (John Balliol), meaning "empty coat", whether or not Wallace actually supported Balliol, he was now alone in his fight to secure Scotlands freedom
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| 1297 | Invasion of Cumberland | |
| Cumberland Ravages Northumberland, Westmorland & Cumberland after the victory at Stirling Bridge
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| 1297 | Invasion of England | |
| Ravages Northumberland, Westmorland & Cumberland after the victory at Stirling Bridge
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| 1297 | Invasion of Scotland England | |
| Drives the English out of Perth, Stirling & Lanark
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| 1297 | Invasion of Westmorland | |
| Westmorland Ravages Northumberland, Westmorland & Cumberland after the victory at Stirling Bridge
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| 1297 | Knighthood | |
| Dec Returns to Scotland & is knighted
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| 1297 | Massacre | |
| Lanark The English at the garrison of Lanark are massacred
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| 1297 | Siege of Cumberland | |
| Cumberland Ravages Northumberland, Westmorland & Cumberland after the victory at Stirling Bridge
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| 1297 | Siege of Dalswinton | |
| Dalswinton William Wallace defeats the English at Dalswinton & then raises the siege of Sanquhar
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| 1297 | Siege of Dundee | |
| Dundee Lays siege to Dundee after the defeat at Irvine
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| 1297 | Siege of Lanark | |
| Lanark Attacks Lanark & kills the English sheriff
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| Lanark Drives the English out of Perth, Stirling & Lanark
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| Lanark The English at the garrison of Lanark are massacred
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| 1297 | Siege of Northumberland | |
| Northumberland Ravages Northumberland, Westmorland & Cumberland after the victory at Stirling Bridge
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| 1297 | Siege of Perth | |
| Perth Wallace drives the English out of Perth, Stirling & Lanark
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| 1297 | Siege of Sanquhar | |
| Sanquhar William Wallace defeats the English at Dalswinton & then raises the siege of Sanquhar
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| 1297 | Siege of Scone | |
| Scone Marches to Scone from Lanark & expels the English Justiciar
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| 1297 | Siege of Stirling | |
| Stirling Drives the English out of Perth, Stirling & Lanark
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| 1297 | Siege of Westmorland | |
| Westmorland Ravages Northumberland, Westmorland & Cumberland after the victory at Stirling Bridge
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| 1297 | Warden Scotland | |
| Dec Appointed Warden of Scotland
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| 1298 | Battle of Falkirk | |
| 22nd June Falkirk About 15,000 Scots are slain & Wallace retreats, burning Stirling & Perth on his way
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| 22nd June Falkirk Decides to face the English in open battle, falls victim to English archers
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| 22nd June Falkirk Wallace falls from power after defeat at the battle of Falkirk
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| 1298 | Exile | |
| June Seeks exile in France after the battle of Falkirk
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| 1298 | Rebellion | |
| The Scots rebel under the tyranny of Edward I's administrator, William Ormsby
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| 1298 | Resignation | |
| Resigns as Warden after the defeat at Falkirk
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| 1299 | Exile | |
| Escapes from Scotland & arrives in France
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| 1303 | Capture | |
| Stirling Castle Captures Stirling Castle
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| 1303 | Siege of Stirling Castle | |
| Stirling Castle Wallace captures Stirling Castle
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| 1304 | Exile | |
| Outlawed by Edward I
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| 1305 | Arrest | |
| 5th Aug Glasgow Arrested by Sir John Menteith near Glasgow & taken to Dumbarton Castle
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| 5th Aug Glasgow Wallace is betrayed by one of his own compatriots, Scots knight Sir John Menteith, who was said to have turned over a bannock (a flat oat-cake) on a tavern table, a sign to the English that the brigand was amongst them
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| 1305 | Execution | |
| 24th Aug Tyburn Hanged at Tyburn, diembowelled & quartered
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| 1305 | Trial | |
| 22nd Aug Tower of London Committed & sentenced to death
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| 23rd Aug Tyburn Found guilty of treason despite never being a subject of the English Crown
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| 23rd Aug London Indicted & condemned as a traitor in Westminster Hall without a trial
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