1690 in Scotland
1690 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1690 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 See also
6 References
Incumbents[edit]
Monarch – William II and Mary II
Secretary of State – Lord Melville
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – John Dalrymple
Solicitor General for Scotland – ??
Judiciary[edit]
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair
Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Stair, then Lord Cessnock
Events[edit]
4 January – Glasgow is re-chartered as a royal burgh with power to elect its own officials[1]
30 April–1 May – defeat at the Battle of Cromdale effectively ends the Jacobite uprising
9 October – Royal Navy frigate HMS Dartmouth is wrecked in the Sound of Mull while on a mission to persuade the MacLeans of Duart to sign articles of allegiance to William III and Mary II
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland formed- Rev. Robert Kirk produces An Biobla Naomhtha, a pocket Bible translation into Scottish Gaelic (in Roman characters) adapted from William Bedell's Classical Gaelic translation of the Old Testament and William Daniel's of the New Testament, published in London
Hearth Tax abolished- The whisky distillery at Ferintosh, Black Isle, becomes the first to operate legally
Births[edit]
- April – William McGibbon, composer and violinist (died 1756)
26 September – James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl, peer and politician (died 1764)- Undated – William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan, Jacobite army officer (died 1746)
Deaths[edit]
3 October – Robert Barclay, Quaker and writer (born 1648)
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Scottish history
References[edit]
^ Gibson, John (1777). The History of Glasgow: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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