1690 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1690 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents[]
- Monarch – William II and Mary II
- Secretary of State – Lord Melville
Law officers[]
- Lord Advocate – John Dalrymple
- Solicitor General for Scotland – ??
Judiciary[]
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair
- Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Stair, then
Events[]
- 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[]
- 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[]
- 3 October – Robert Barclay, Quaker and writer (born )
See also[]
- Timeline of Scottish history
References[]
- ^ Gibson, John (1777). The History of Glasgow: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time.
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