This article is intended to show a timeline of the history of Glasgow, Scotland, up to the present day. 500–1099 543: The 12th century Bishop Jocelyn will later claim Glasgow's monastic church was founded by Saint Kentigern, also known as Saint Mungo, in this year; he also claimed that Kentigern found at Glasgow a cemetery which Saint Ninian had hallowed 560: Jocelyn claims Mungo/Kentigern made his first bishop in this year 1100–1199 1114: Glasgow is a farming village, with a monastic church and water mill; the reach of Glasgow's bishops extends to Cumbria; the church is elevated to temporary cathedral status by young David of Strathclyde, later David I 1118: Building of a new cathedral begins 1134: The churches of Saint John and the Holy Sepulchre are in the city; the church of Saint James is dedicated 1136: The cathedral is consecrated in the presence of David I c1150: The Glasgow Fair is an eight-day event 1153: The sacking of Glasgow, and devastation of its surrounding countryside, by Somerled, Lord of Argyll. c1175/c1178: William the Lion makes Glasgow an episcopal burgh of barony, and grants Bishop Jocelyn a charter 1179?-1199?: Bishop gives abbot and convent of Melrose a plot of land in Glasgow 1199: Death of Bishop Jocelyn 1200–1299 1220s: Early trades in the town include fishermen, millers, bakers, cobblers, painters, and blacksmiths; wooden merchant's houses replace peasant huts 1240: Diocesan authorities deeply in debt to bankers from Florence; church over Saint Kentigern's grave being added 1246: Dominican order (Blackfriars) establish a church. 1258: Work on Kentigern's church complete 1274: Diocese includes Teviotdale in Dumfries 1286: Glasgow Bridge, made of timber, spans the River Clyde 1293: Saint Mary's church is in the town 1295: Saint Enoch's church is also in the town, and there is a second water mill beside the Gallowgate 1300–1399 1301: Edward I of England visits Saint Kentigern's tomb in the town. Edward forces the townspeople to make a giant wooden siege tower and supply 30 wagons to transport it to Bothwell Castle to besiege it, along with tools, iron and coal; the town has trade in salmon and herring 1320: There is a St Thomas's Church in the town, with a Florentine Dean c1330-1350: The west end of the cathedral is completed 1350: The Black Death hits the town 1380-1381: The Black Death hits Glasgow again 1400–1499 c1400: Population estimate: 1,500-2,000 1410: The wooden bridge across