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| Date | Events at Whithorn | Date | Events in Scotland |
| 1301 AD | The future Edward II of England visits Saint Ninian's shrine at Whithorn Cathedral. | 1297 | The Scots defeat an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. |
| 1314 | Robert I (the Bruce) defeats Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn. | ||
| 1328 | The dying Robert I visits Saint Ninian's shrine hoping for a cure for an unknown disease. | ||
| 1357 | David II visits Saint Ninian's shrine and is healed of an arrow wound. | 1350- 1360 |
The Black Death sweeps through Scotland. |
| 1427 | James I gives English pilgrims safe passage to Whithorn. | ||
| 1462 | James III gives money for repairs at Whithorn Cathedral. | ||
| 1497- 1513 |
James IV visits Saint Ninian's shrine many times as a pilgrim. Whithorn Cathedral is extended and a new chapel built for Ninian's shrine. | 1513 | James IV dies fighting the English at the Battle of Flodden. |
| 1533 | James V visits Whithorn Cathedral. | ||
| 1542 | James V dies. His six-day-old daughter Mary becomes queen. | ||
| 1560 | Ninian's relics are taken to France and the priory is disbanded. | 1560 | Reformation in Scotland. Scotland's Parliament adopts Protestantism and abolishes Catholicism. |
| 1563 | Mary Queen of Scots visits Whithorn Cathedral. | ||
| 1587 | Mary is executed in England on the orders of her cousin, Queen Elizabeth. | ||
| 1591 | The Scots Parliament bans pilgrimage, ending a 1,000-year-old-tradition. |