1305 in Scotland

Events

• May – a parliament meets in Perth to elect the Scottish delegation to the Westminster parliament.
• 5 August – John de Menteith, a Scottish knight loyal to King Edward of England, captures William Wallace and turns him over to English soldiers at Robroyston.
• September – parliament meets and spends 20 days drafting an ordinance for Scottish administration. John of Brittany is appointed to serve as Guardian, assisted by a council of 22 Scottish aristocrats.
• Approximate date – Scottish physician Bernard Gordon writes his short treatise Lilium medicinae which will become the first known book by a Scot to be printed.

  Deaths

• 23 August – William Wallace, landowner and leader of Scottish resistance. Executed in London.