Hebrides

archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland

6 dated entries naming Hebrides, drawn from 6 separate years between 83 CE and 1263 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century

83Possible date that Demetrius of Tarsus visits an island in the Hebrides populated by holy men, possibly druids.source

10th century

937Gebeachan, king of the Isles (Hebrides)source
989Gofraid mac Arailt, Norse-Gael king of the Isles (Hebrides)source

11th century

1098June or July – Battle of Anglesey Sound: A Norwegian fleet led by King Magnus Barefoot reverses an Anglo-Norman invasion of North Wales. Magnus conquers the Orkney Islands, the Hebrides and the Isle of Man.source

12th century

1111Domnall mac Taidc temporarily seizes the Kingdom of the Isles (the Hebrides and the Isle of Man) by force.source

13th century

1263July – Scottish–Norwegian War: King Haakon IV of Norway ("the Old") assembles a fleet (some 120 warships), and sets sail to defend the Hebrides, in an attempt to reassert Norwegian sovereignty over the Western Isles of Scotland. Haakon stops at the Isle of Arran, where in August negotiations are started with the 21-year-old King Alexander III of Scotland. The talks are prolonged by the Scots until the autumn storms begin.source