Isle of Skye Timeline 1 - from AD 585 to AD 1601 A.D. 585 St. Columba visits Skye. 794 : First recorded descent on Skye by the Norsemen. 1014: Skyemen fight alongside Norse at Battle of Clontarf. 1140: Uprising in Skye against Olav the Red. 1266: Skye becomes part of the territory of the Lord of the Isles. 1480: Clan Ranald attacked Macleod's in Skye. 1483: MacDonald's invaded and conquered Trotternish. 1493: Lordship of the Isles ended. 1528: War breaks out between MacDonald's of Sleat and MacDonald's of Dunvegan. 1539: MacDonald's move from Dunscaith to Duntulm. 1540: James V and his fleet land in Skye. Kiltaraglen renamed Portrigh, the King's harbour. 1573: First signs of Protestantism in Skye. 1578: The MacDonald's of Uist burn Trumpan Church, which led to a battle with the Macleod's, known as the Battle of the Spoiling of the Dyke. 1580: Licence obtained from the Crown for a market and fair twice-yearly in Portree. 1595: Hugh MacDonald of Sleat and Rory MacLeod of Dunvegan embark for Ireland accompanied with 500 men to aid the Irish in the rebellion against Elizabeth I. 1601: Battle of Coire na Creiche, the last Clan Battle between the MacDonald's and the Macleod's in Skye. |
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