1593 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1593 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1593 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1593 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Events
- 24 July â Raid of Holyrood, the rebel Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell infiltrates Holyrood Palace.[1]
- 12 November â decree orders Catholics to give up their faith or leave the country.[clarification needed]
- 7 December â Battle of Dryfe Sands: the Clan Johnstone defeat the Clan Maxwell at Skipmyre, just west of Lockerbie, and Lord Maxwell is killed.[2]
- Marischal College is founded in Aberdeen by George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal.[3]
- Emergence of the Presbytery of Glasgow within the developing Presbyterian polity.
- The Banffshire constituency is first represented in the Parliament of Scotland (by Sir Walter Ogilvie).
Births
- 13 April â Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English politician (executed 1641)[4]
- 2 May â John Forbes of Corse, theologian (died 1648)
- Robert Blair, moderator (died 1666)
Deaths
- 16 January â Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant (born 1529)
- 4 February â Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney (born 1533/4)
- 26 May â William Baillie, Lord Provand, judge
- 23 August â Adam Bothwell, bishop, judge and politician (born c.1527)
- 26 September â William Chisholm, bishop of Dunblane (born 1525/6)
- 7 December â John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell (born 1553)
- date unknown â
- William Ashby, English politician
- William Forbes of Corsindae