1690 in Scotland information

Events from the year 1690 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Monarch – William II and Mary II Secretary of State – Lord Melville Lord Advocate – John Dalrymple...

1690 (MDCXC) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1690th...

(15 April 1690)— abolished the Yule Vacance (Christmas recess). The first Act was partly repealed in 1686, when Episcopalianism was briefly in ascendancy...

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...

Battle of Cromdale took place at the Haughs of Cromdale on 30 April and 1 May 1690. The site is on a hillside near the village of Cromdale, Strathspey, historically...

The 1690 English general election occurred after the dissolution of the Convention Parliament summoned in the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution, and...

(born 1972), Scottish fashion designer Patrick Grant, Lord Elchies (1690–1754), Scottish judge Patrick Grant (rosarian) (1860–1945), Scottish-born Australian...

the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution, detailing the persecution of the Covenanter movement from 1660 to 1690. This work would...

William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan (1690–1746), Scottish-English supporter of the Jacobite cause; died in the Battle of Culloden William Abernethy...

literary events and publications of 1690. December 10 – Playwright Henry Nevil Payne is tortured for his role in the Montgomery Plot to restore James...

Battle of the Boyne (1689–1690)". Retrieved 10 November 2009. Troost, pp. 270–273 Troost, pp. 274–275 "BBC – History – Scottish History – Restoration and...

Events from the year 2024 in Scotland. First Minister Humza Yousaf (until 7 May 2024 ) John Swinney (starting 8 May 2024) Secretary of State – Alister...

shires of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba; Scots: Scots coonties), or counties of Scotland, are historic subdivisions of Scotland established...

The recorded history of Scotland begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in the 1st century, when the province of Britannia reached as far north as...

(1635–1685), English physician Thomas Short (physician, died 1772) (1690?–1772), Scottish physician Thomas Vowler Short (1790–1872), English academic and...

faith in Christ. Presbyterian church government was ensured in Scotland by the Acts of Union in 1707, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain. In fact...

in the Kingdom of Scotland. Monarch – Charles II (since May 29, 1660) 1660: 1 January – Colonel George Monck with his regiment crosses from Scotland to...

English Parliament. In October 1690, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland met for the first time since 1653; the 1690 Settlement eliminated episcopacy...

5th Viscount of Stormont (1665–1731), Scottish peer David Murray, 6th Viscount of Stormont (c. 1690–1748), Scottish peer David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield...

Events from the year 1902 in Scotland. Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Lord Balfour of Burleigh Lord Advocate – Andrew Murray Solicitor...

both by the Presbyterian majority in Scotland and the English Parliament. Episcopacy in Scotland was abolished in 1690, alienating a significant part of...

1904 in Scotland. Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Andrew Murray Lord Advocate – Charles Dickson Solicitor General for Scotland – David...

1650s in the Kingdom of Scotland. Monarch – Charles II (until his disposition in 1651) Commonwealth of England from 1651 until the Restoration in 1660...

Calendar of Documents relating to Scotland, 1357–1509, vol. 4, HM Register House, Edinburgh (1888), nos. 1681, 1690–1697. Leland (1770, pp. 258–264) Goodwin...

was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694. She was also Princess...

Covenant, also did not join the Church of Scotland, instead forming the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1690.[citation needed] Controversy still...

connection between Scottish politics and religion meant changes of regime were accompanied by the losers being expelled from the kirk. In 1690, over 200 clergy...

reconvened in April 1690 in an atmosphere of high tension due to the Jacobite war in Ireland, fears of an Irish invasion of Scotland and continuing unrest in the...