1588_in_Scotland Knowpia

Centuries:	14th; 15th; 16th; 17th; 18th;
Decades:	1560s; 1570s; 1580s; 1590s; 1600s;
See also:	List of years in Scotland; Timeline of Scottish history; 1588 in: England • Elsewhere

Events from the year 1588 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

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6 February – General Assembly of the Church of Scotland called to defend against the Spanish Armada.
12 August – the fleeing Spanish Armada sails past the Firth of Forth, and the English call off their pursuit. Much of the Spanish fleet is destroyed by storms as it sails for home around Scotland and Ireland. On 27 September, El Gran Grifón is wrecked on Fair Isle; and on 5 November the San Juan de Silicia is said to have been destroyed by explosion having sought shelter off Tobermory, Mull.^[1]
date unknown – Hamilton Academy founded as a grammar school in Lanarkshire (closed 1972).

^ "The Spanish Armada in Scotland". Paisley Tartan Army. September 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
^ Valenziano, Laura. "John Moore (1588-1648)". Archived from the original on 14 April 2014.^{[unreliable source?]}
^ "Stanford - Auden Bicknell".^{[permanent dead link]}