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HOW IT WORKS
1690 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1690 in the
Kingdom of Scotland
.
←
1689
1688
1687
1686
1685
1690
in
Scotland
→
1691
1692
1693
1694
1695
Centuries:
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
Decades:
1670s
1680s
1690s
1700s
1710s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1690 in:
England
•
Elsewhere
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]
25 April
– the
Parliament of Scotland
passes an Act to abolish
episcopy
in the presbyterian
Church of Scotland
. The Anglican
Episcopal Church in Scotland
continues as a separate denomination, retaining bishops. The
Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland
also forms
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
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
.