1597 in Scotland
1597 in Scotland |
Years |
1595 | 1596 | 1597 | 1598 | 1599 |
Events from 1597 in Scotland
Incumbents
Monarch - James VI
Events
- 4 February - Battle of Logiebride, a skirmish between men of the Clan Mackenzie against those of the Clan Munro and the Bain family of Tulloch Castle.[1]
- March–October - The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597.[2]
- 14 July - Poet Alexander Montgomerie is declared an outlaw after the collapse of a Catholic plot.
- 23 July - Earthquake in the Highlands.[3]
- Lands of the Clan MacLeod are forfeit to the Crown.
- Scottish Poor Laws make parishes rather than the church responsible for the administration of poor relief.
- King James VI's Daemonologie is published.
Births
- Robert Bethune, Baron of Balfour[4]
- Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, soldier (murdered 1645)[5]
- Approximate date
- Lady Mary Erskine, Countess Marischal[6]
- Andrew Murray, 1st Lord Balvaird, minister (died 1644)
Deaths
- 11 March - Henry Drummond, evangelical writer and lecturer
- 27 May - James Tyrie, Jesuit theologian (born 1543)
- Sir Thomas Maclellan of Bombie, Provost of Kirkcudbright
See also
References
- ↑ Mackenzie, Alan, History of the Mackenzies
- ↑ ""Dark Birthright" takes place during 1619-1637 in Northeast Scotland". Mini-Timeline of Scottish History. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
- ↑ "Notes on invididual earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2011-12-08.
- ↑ http://www.ourfamilyhistories.org/getperson.php?personID=I60106&tree=00
- ↑ http://barbcornia.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I5599&tree=barb
- ↑ http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/artists-a-z/J/5402/artist_name/George%20Jamesone/record_id/4178
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