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900 BCE: Castle Rock in Edinburgh is artifically flattened.
100 CE: A hiltop fort is built on Castle Rock, Edinburgh.
600 CE: First literary reference to Edinburgh Castle.
1093 CE: Queen Margaret (Saint Margaret of Scotland) dies in Edinburgh Castle.
1130 CE: Saint Margaret's chapel is built at Edinburgh Castle.
1174 CE - 1186 CE: An English garrison controls Edinburgh Castle.
1296 CE: Edward I of England captures Edinburgh Castle.
1314 CE: Thomas Randolph, Earl of Moray takes control of Edinburgh Castle for Scotland.
1314 CE: Robert the Bruce demolishes Edinburgh Castle.
1335 CE: An English force captures the ruins of Edinburgh Castle.
1341 CE: Sir William Douglas leads a force which captures Edinburgh Castle for Scotland.
1371 CE: David II of Scotland dies in Edinburgh Castle.
1375 CE: David's Tower is completed at Edinburgh Castle, a project begun by David II of Scotland.
1440 CE: The 'Black Dinner' in Edinburgh Castle when James II of Scotland invited the young Douglas earls to dinner and had them executed.
1482 CE: James III of Scotland is imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle by disaffected nobles led by his own brother Alexander. The king is later released.
1510 CE: James IV of Scotland adds a new Great Hall to Edinburgh Castle.
1560 CE: Mary of Guise dies at Edinburgh Castle.
1566 CE: James Stuart, son of Mary, Queen of Scots and future King James VI of Scotland and James I of England, is born in Edinburgh Castle.
1573 CE: An English army captures Edinburgh Castle after a four-day siege.
1574 CE: The Half Moon Battery is added to Edinburgh Castle.
1650 CE: Oliver Cromwell besieges and captures Edinburgh Castle.
1742 CE: The Governor’s House is built at Edinburgh Castle.
1799 CE: The New Barracks are built at Edinburgh Castle.
1818 CE: The Scottish royal reglia is discovered at Edinburgh Castle by Sir Walter Scot.
1829 CE: The Mons Meg cannon is returned to Edinburgh Castle.
1842 CE: A military prison is built at Edinburgh Castle.
1887 CE: The Argyle Tower is added to Edinburgh Castle.
1888 CE: A new main gatehouse is added to Edinburgh Castle.
1927 CE: The Scottish National War Memorial is built at Edinburgh Castle.