=1198.= Death of Harald the Young. =1206.= Death of Earl Harald II. (Maddadson); his sons David and John joint-earls. =1214.= Death of Earl David. 1214. [Alexander II. King of Scotland.] 1215. [Magna Charta granted in England.] =1222.= Burning of Bishop Adam in Caithness. — Death of Bjarne, the poet-bishop of Orkney. =1231.= Death of John, the last earl of the Norse line. =1232.= Magnus II., the first of the Angus line, earl. — Loss of ship carrying the chief men of the Isles from Norway. =1239.= Gilbride I. earl. ? Gilbride II. earl. 1249. [Alexander III. King of Scotland.] =1256.= Magnus III. earl. =1263.= King Hakon’s expedition—Battle of Largs—Death of Hakon at Kirkwall. =1266.= Treaty of Perth—“Annual of Norway” established. =1276.= Magnus IV. earl. =1284.= John II. earl. 1286. [Death of Alexander III. of Scotland—Margaret of Norway heiress to the crown.] 1292. [Death of Margaret the “Maid of Norway.”] 1306. [Robert Bruce King of Scotland. According to a tradition, the credibility of which is supported by various lines of evidence, Bruce passed the winter of 1306-7 in Orkney, not in the island of Rathlin.] =1310.= Magnus V. earl. 1312. [Treaty of Perth confirmed at Inverness.] 1314. [Battle of Bannockburn.] =1325.= Death of Earl Magnus V.; end of the Angus line. — Malise of Stratherne earl. =1353.= Erngisl earl. =1379.= Death of Earl Erngisl; end of the Stratherne line. — Henry I. (St. Clair) earl—Shetland restored to the earldom. — Union of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark (Union of Calmar). =1400.= Henry II. (St. Clair) earl. 1406. [Prince James of Scotland captured by the English when on his way to France.] =1420.= Bishop William Tulloch, commissioner in Orkney for the Crown of Norway. =1423.= David Menzies of Wemyss commissioner. =1434.= William St. Clair earl, the last earl under Norse rule. 1453. [Constantinople taken by the Turks.] =1468.= Orkney and Shetland pledged to the Scottish Crown. — Marriage of James III. of Scotland to Margaret of Denmark. =1471.= Lands and revenues of Earl William purchased by the Scottish Crown. =1472.= Bishop William Tulloch appointed to collect Crown revenues. =1485.= Henry St. Clair representative of the Crown. 1492. [First voyage of Columbus.] 1497. [Voyage of Cabot to Labrador.] =1513.= Battle of Flodden—Death of Henry St. Clair. 1524. [Union of Calmar dissolved.] =1529.= Battle of Summerdale. =1540.= James V. of Scotland visits Orkney.