Hebrides

archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland

12 dated entries naming Hebrides, drawn from 11 separate years between 83 CE and 1851 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

1258Jordan d'Exeter, Sheriff of Connacht, was slain in battle by Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí, a Hebridean king who had plundered a merchant ship in Connacht.source
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

18th century

174523 July – Jacobite rising: The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart lands on Eriskay in the Hebrides from the Du Teillay.source
174523 July – Jacobite rising: Charles Stuart lands on Eriskay in the Hebrides in Scotland.source
1770Emigrants from the Highland Clearances in the Hebrides migrate to Prince Edward Island, and to Glasgow where the Gaelic-speaking congregation of St Columba Church of Scotland is formed.source
17736 August – Samuel Johnson sets out for Scotland where on 14 August he meets James Boswell in Edinburgh for their tour to the Hebrides. On 12 September they are entertained at Kingsburgh, Skye, by Allan and Flora MacDonald.source

19th century

1851Hebrides shipping services of Burns Brothers pass to David and Alexander Hutcheson and David MacBrayne as David Hutcheson & Co.source