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1684 in Scotland
Summary
Events from the year
1684 in the
Kingdom of Scotland
.
←
1683
1682
1681
1680
1679
1684
in
Scotland
→
1685
1686
1687
1688
1689
Centuries:
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
Decades:
1660s
1670s
1680s
1690s
1700s
See also:
List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1684 in:
England
•
Elsewhere
Incumbents
edit
Monarch
–
Charles II
Judiciary
edit
Lord President of the Court of Session
–
Sir David Falconer
Lord Justice General
–
James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth
,
George Livingston, 3rd Earl of Linlithgow
, from 10 July
Lord Justice Clerk
–
Sir Richard Maitland
,
Sir James Foulis, 2nd Baronet
, from 22 February
Events
edit
25 June
– Death of
Robert Leighton
, Archbishop of Glasgow, gives rise to establishment of the
Leighton Library
at
Dunblane
, the oldest surviving public subscription (lending) library in Scotland.
3 November
– In the
Peerage of Scotland
The Marquess of Huntly is elevated to the title
George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon
.
The Marquess of Queensbury is elevated to the title
William Douglas, 1st Duke of Queensberry
.
24 December
–
The Killing Time
:
Covenanter
Robert
Baillie of Jerviswood
is hanged for treason at the
Mercat Cross
in Edinburgh, having been implicated as a conspirator in the
Rye House Plot
of 1683 to kill the king.
[1]
George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen
, is dismissed as
Lord Chancellor of Scotland
[2]
and succeeded by
James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth
.
Births
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6 May
– John Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine, soldier (killed in action
1709
at
Battle of Malplaquet
)
Alexander Dunlop
, Professor of Greek in the University of Glasgow (died
1747
)
Alexander Smith
, Roman Catholic bishop, Vicar Apostolic of the Lowland District (died
1766
)
Probable date –
Patrick Campbell
, lieutenant-general, politician and courtier (died
1751
)
Deaths
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25 June
–
Robert Leighton
, Archbishop of Glasgow and scholar (born
1611 in England
)
20 November
(bur.)
–
Sir John Cunningham, 1st Baronet
, politician
December –
Sir Alexander Abercromby, 1st Baronet
, politician (born c.1603)
24 December
–
Baillie of Jerviswood
, Covenanter (born c.1634)
See also
edit
Scotland portal
Timeline of Scottish history
References
edit
^
Chisholm, Hugh
, ed. (1911).
"Baillie, Robert"
.
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 220.
^
Yorke, Philip Chesney (1911).
"Aberdeen, George Gordon, 1st Earl of"
. In
Chisholm, Hugh
(ed.).
Encyclopædia Britannica
. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 45–46.