Twelfth Century
c.1110: St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh's oldest building, built at Edinburgh Castle
1114: Infant Scottish heir Malcolm is murdered by a priest
1124 or 1127: First documentary evidence of a "church of the community or burgh of Edin"
c.1128: David I founds Holyrood Abbey
c.1130: David I founds the burgh
1162: Edinburgh is the caput of the Lothian sheriffdom
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of Edinburgh History
Famous quotes containing the words twelfth and/or century:
“The twelfth day of Christmas,
My true love sent to me
Twelve lords a-leaping.”
—Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 89–91)
“Not every light is a true light;
To the wise the light of truth is light itself.”
—Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)