← Nearly 30,000 English soldiers annihilated after Invasion of Scotland in the 1303 Battle of Roslin- December 31, 1969
In May, 1316 Edward Bruce, younger brother of Robert I (and, by parliamentary act, his heir), was inaugurated King of Ireland, though with less than full Irish support. The English stronghold of Carrickfergus fell after a year-long seige. Famine beca