This section contains world events and their dates that are believed or have been proven to affect the clan throughout its known history.
- Pre-History (7,000 BC to 600 BC)
- Celt and Roman Influence (600 BC to 363 AD)
- Age of the Picts (364 AD to 550 AD)
- Age of Conflict: Picts, Dalriadan Scots, Britons & Anglo-Saxons (551 AD to 779 AD)
- The Viking Challenge (780 AD to 900 AD)
- Scotland Emerges (900 AD to 1014 AD)
- Thorfinn II, MacBeth and Malcolm Canmore (1014 AD to 1066 AD)
- The Rise of Normans and the Clan Comyn (1066 AD to 1284 AD)
- Edward I and Scottish Independence (1284 AD to 1306 AD)
- The Bruce Kings (1284 AD to 1371 AD)
- The Clan Sinclair and Henry St. Clair, Earl of Orkney (1371 AD to 1406 AD)
- James I (1406 AD to 1437 AD)
- James II & James III rule; the Leask Ties to the Clan Hay become important (1437 AD to 1488 AD)
- James IV (1488 AD to 1513AD)
- James V (1513 AD to 1542 AD)
- Mary Queen of Scots and James VI Rule as the Clan Gordon and the Clan Hay Dominate the Northeast of Scotland (1543 AD to 1603 AD)
- After the Union with England (1603 AD forward)