| 1467 | * in Gleghorine (southern Scotland); grammar school in the nearby Haddington | |
| ? | Begin of studies in Cambridge (in the Godhouse, the later Christ’s College) | |
| ~1492 | Paris: artes studies | |
| 1494 | magister artium (at the Collège de Saint Barbe) | |
| 1495 | Teacher of philosophy at the Collège de Montaigu; at the same time inception in theology at the Collège de Navarre | |
| 1506 | magister theologiae Teaching of philosophy and theology, publication of numerous works (of his own and of others) | |
| 1517 | Return to Scotland, first as Principal of the Glasgow university, | |
| 1523 | then as treasurer of the ‘Chapel Royal’ at St. Andrews university | |
| 1526 | Return to Paris, revisions of allmost all of his major works | |
| 1528 | Naturalization in France | |
| 1531 | Definite return to Scotland, unknown functions at St. Andrews university | |
| 1550 | † in St. Andrews |