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| 1340 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Robert Stewart, an illegitimate son of the future King Robert II of Scotland and of Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan, became legitimated in 1349 upon his parents' marriage |
| 1361 | Marriage | |
| Marries Mary Graham, Countess of Menteith, with whom he had several daughters and one son, Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany |
| 1371 | Succession | |
| During the reign of their infirm father as King Robert II (1371 - 1390), the future Duke of Albany and Lord Carrick functioned as regents, with Albany serving as High Chamberlain of Scotland |
| Walter Stewart's son ascends to the throne |
| 1373 | Governor | |
| Stirling Appointed Governor of Stirling |
| 1382 | Chamberlain Scotland Stewart | |
| Appointed Chamberlain of Scotland |
| 1388 | Invasion of England | |
| Leads an invasion of England |
| 1389 | Governor | |
| Appointed Governor of Scotland, 1st term |
| 1398 | Peerage | |
| Albany Created Duke of Albany, 1st |
| 1402 | Battle of Halidon Hill | |
| 14th Sep Halidon Hill Captured by the English as the Battle of Halidon Hill |
| 1402 | Governor | |
| Appointed Governor of Scotland, 2nd term |
| 1404 | Peerage | |
| Atholl Created Earl Atholl, 20th |
| 1406 | Governor | |
| Appointed Governor of Scotland, after death of Robert III & capture of Prince James |
| 1406 | Regency | |
| After the death of his brother Robert III in 1406, Albany serves as regent for his young nephew James I |
| 1406 | Succession | |
| After the death of his brother Robert III in 1406, Albany serves as regent for his young nephew James I |
| 1415 | Arrest | |
| London Released by the English in exchange for Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland |
| 1420 | Burial | |
| Dunfermline Abbey Death of James Stewart, in Stirling Castle and lies buried in Dunfermline Abbey in Fife |
| 1420 | Death | |
| Stirling Castle Death of James Stewart, in Stirling Castle and lies buried in Dunfermline Abbey in Fife |
| 1420 | Governor | |
| Appointed Governor of Scotland |
| 1420 | Peerage | |
| London Created Duke of Albany, 2nd |
| London Created Earl of Fife, 13th |
| 1420 | Regency | |
| London Appointed Regent of Scotland |
| 1424 | Arrest | |
| James I has Alany arrested & beheaded for misgovernment |
| 1425 | Death | |
| London Death of Murdoch Stewart, executed |
| 1425 | Execution of Stewart | |
| London Executed for delaying the release from imprisonment in England of James I |
| James I has Stewart beheaded for misgovernment as Governor & Regent of Scotland |
| 1437 | Assassination | |
| 20th Feb Perth Graham assasinates James I, hired by the King's Chamberlain Robert Stewart |
| 1455 | Peerage | |
| London Created Earl of March, 1st |
| 1458 | Peerage | |
| Albany Created Duke of Albany, 3rd |
| 1472 | High Admiral of Scotland Stewart | |
| London Appointed High Admiral of Scotland |
| 1472 | Lieutenant Scotland | |
| London Appointed Lieutenant of Scotland |
| 1472 | Warden Marches | |
| Edinburgh Appointed Warden of the English Marches |
| 1479 | Arrest | |
| London Imprisoned by his brother James III |
| 1479 | Exile of Stewart | |
| London Escapes to France |
| 1481 | Rule of Scotland | |
| Arrives in England & agrees to rule Scotland as a vassal of Edward IV |
| 1482 | Invasion of Scotland | |
| Agrees to remain loyal to James III if his lands & titles are returned |
| 1482 | Peerage | |
| Albany Created Duke of Albany, 3rd |
| 1483 | Exile of Stewart | |
| London Escapes to England & surrenders Dunbar castle to the English |
| 1483 | Trail Albany | |
| London Sentenced to death by his brother James III |
| 1484 | Birth | |
| Birth of John Stewart, Duke of Albany, only son of Alexander Stewart |
| 1484 | Exile of Stewart | |
| London Escapes to France |
| 1484 | Invasion of Scotland | |
| Leads an abortive raid into Scotland |
| 1513 | Regency | |
| Invited by a group of nobles to become Regent during James IV's minority |
| 1515 | Alliance | |
| Rouen Returns to France to renew the Auld Alliance between Scotland & France |
| 1515 | Governor | |
| Appointed Governor of Scotland, 1st term |
| 1515 | Regency | |
| Appointed Regent during the minority of James V & becomes 2nd in line to the throne |
| 1516 | Succession | |
| Declared heir to the throne |
| 1517 | Treaty of Rouen | |
| Rouen Negotiates an alliance with Francis I against England but the treaty is unratified |
| 1521 | Governor | |
| Appointed Governor of Scotland, 2nd term |
| 1521 | Invasion of England | |
| Allowed by Francis I to return to Scotland to harass the northern English border |
| 1521 | Treaty of Rouen | |
| Rouen Negotiates a Treaty under which James V is able to marry a daughter of the French King |
| Rouen Renogiates the Aulde Alliance with France |
| 1522 | Invasion of England | |
| Attempts to mount an invasion of England but the Scots refuse to fight |
| 1524 | Dismissal | |
| Dismissed as Regent by James V |
| 1524 | Exile of Stewart | |
| Albany leaves for France & never returns |
| French forces leave when asked by the Scottish Parliament |
| 1531 | Birth | |
| Birth of James Stewart, son of James V, half-brother of Mary Queen of Scots, the illegitimate son of James V of Scotland and Lady Margaret Erskine, daughter of John Erskine, 4th Earl of Mar |
| 1533 | Marriage | |
| Negotiates the marriage of Henry, Duke of Orleans with Catherine de Medicis |
| 1545 | Birth | |
| 7th Dec Birth of Henry Stewart, son of 4th Earl of Lennox & great-grandson of Henry VII |
| 7th Dec Birth of Henry Stewart, son of Margaret Douglas , daughter of Margaret Tudor |
| 1548 | Succession | |
| Accompanies Mary Queen of Scots to France |
| 1556 | Reform | |
| James Stewart joins the Reformers |
| 1560 | Capture of Edinburgh | |
| Edinburgh Recaptures Edinburgh with English help |
| 1561 | Adviser | |
| After the return of his half-sister Queen Mary in 1561, he becomes her chief adviser |
| 1561 | Battle of Corrichie | |
| Corrichie Defeats a rebellion by George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly, at Corrichie near Aberdeen |
| 1561 | Restoration | |
| Moray is sent by the Scottish estates to France to invite Mary back to Scotland |
| 1562 | Marriage | |
| Marries Anne, daughter of William Keith, 4th Earl Marischal |
| 1564 | Marriage | |
| 13th Feb Edinburgh Arrives in Edinburgh after overcoming Elizabeth I's objections |
| 1565 | Birth | |
| London Birth of James I, father to James I of England & James VI of Scotland |
| 1565 | Exile of Stewart | |
| 6th Oct After Moray opposed Mary's marriage to Lord Darnley he is declared an outlaw and takes refuge in England |
| 6th Oct Ends his rebellion against Mary Queen of Scots by fleeing to England |
| 1565 | Marriage | |
| 29th July Marries Mary Queen of Scots during a Catholic ceremony at a Chapel in Holyrood |
| 1565 | Peerage | |
| Ross Created Earl Ross by Mary Queen of Scots |
| 1565 | Raid Chaseabout | |
| Aug Withdraws from Mary's Council & raises a rebellion in "the Chaseabout Raid" |
| 1565 | Rebellion | |
| Aug Withdraws from Mary's Council & raises a rebellion in "the Chaseabout Raid" |
| 1565 | Succession | |
| London Refused the crown matrimonial on the advice of David Rizzio, Mary's Secretary |
| 1566 | Assassination | |
| Holyrood A plot between Darnley & Protestant Lords after Darnley is refused the crown |
| Holyrood Queen Mary of Scots, possibly pregnant with Rizzio's son |
| 9th Mar Holyrood Breaks into Mary's supper room & has David Rizzio killed with 56 dagger strokes |
| 1566 | Death | |
| Queen Mary of Scots maybe pregnant with Rizzio's son |
| 1566 | Exile of Stewart | |
| Returns to Scotland after the assassination of Rizzio and is pardoned by Mary |
| 1566 | Pardon Moray | |
| Returns to Scotland after the assassination of Rizzio and is pardoned by Mary |
| 1566 | Plot | |
| Darnley & Protestant Lords attemp to assassinate Riccio |
| 1566 | Trial | |
| 20th June Pardoned by her half-sister Mary Queen of Scots |
| 1567 | Abdication | |
| July Appointed Regent of Scotland after the abdication of Queen Mary at Loch Leven |
| 1567 | Arrest | |
| 15th June Carberry Hill Leads a force to Carberry Hill & demands Bothwell's surrender from Mary |
| 1567 | Assassination | |
| Jan Kirk O'Field Contracts syphilis & is brought to a house at Kirk o'Field in Edinburgh by Queen Mary |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Assassinated in a plot believed to have been led by Bothwell |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Assassinated in a plot led by James Bothwell, Mary Queen of Scots' 3rd husband |
| 1567 | Death | |
| 9th Feb Kirk O'Field Death of Henry Stewart, Earl of Darnley, assassinated |
| 1567 | Exile of Stewart | |
| Appointed Regent after being recalled from France |
| Returns to France after the assassination of Darnley |
| 1567 | Legislation | |
| Dec Makes Parliament re-enact reformist religious legislation |
| Dec Make the Confession of Faith a test for every office holder of the crown |
| 1567 | Reform | |
| Dec Makes Parliament re-enact reformist religious legislation |
| Dec Make the Confession of Faith a test for every office holder of the crown |
| 1567 | Regency | |
| Appointed Regent after Mary's abdication |
| 1568 | Battle of Langside | |
| Langside Moray recognises the security Dumbarton Castle would give Mary & moves his smaller, better-trained army to intercept, the forces confronted each other at Langside |
| 13th May Langside Mary escapes from Lochleven (May 2, 1568), the Duke of Chatelherault and other nobles rallied to her standard, but Moray gathers his allies and defeats her forces at the battle of Langside |
| 15th May Langside Defeats the Royalists who have helped Mary Queen of Scots escape from Loch Leven |
| 1568 | Exile of Stewart | |
| Forces Mary to flee to England, for this and the subsequent management of the kingdom he secures both civil and ecclesiastical peace, and earns the title of "the Good Regent" |
| 1568 | Mobilization | |
| May Moray assembles a force of 4,000 to oppose Mary Queen of Scot's attempt to regain her throne |
| 1568 | Trial | |
| 4th Oct York Justifies his rebellion because Mary did not prosecute Bothwell for Darnley's murder |
| Dec York Puts the case against Mary Queen of Scots on behalf of James I |
| 1569 | Trial | |
| 11th Jan Moray returns to Scotland, Elizabeth says nothing has been proven |
| 1570 | Assassination | |
| 23rd Jan Linlithgow Moray is shot dead in Linlithgow by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of Mary |
| 1570 | Death | |
| 23rd Jan Linlithgow Death of James Stewart of Moray, shot dead in Linlithgow by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, a supporter of Mary |
| 1615 | Death | |
| Orkneys Death of Patrick Stewart, Earl of Orkney, executed |
| 1615 | Execution of Orkeney | |
| Orkneys James I has his 2nd cousin, Patrick Stewart, Earl of Orkney, executed |
