1597 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1597 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1597 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1597 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
Events
- 4 February â 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]
- MarchâOctober â The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597.[2]
- 14 July â poet Alexander Montgomerie is declared an outlaw after the collapse of a Catholic plot.
- 17 July â George Heriot is appointed as goldsmith to the queen consort Anne of Denmark.[3]
- 23 July â Earthquake in the Highlands.[4]
- 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
- Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, soldier (murdered 1645)[5]
- Approximate date:
- Robert Bethune (died 1660), 1st Laird of Bandon.[6]
- Lady Mary Erskine, Countess Marischal[7][failed verification]
- Andrew Murray, 1st Lord Balvaird, minister (died 1644)
Deaths
- 11 March â Henry Drummond, evangelical writer and lecturer
- 27 May â James Tyrie, Jesuit theologian (born 1543)
- Sir Thomas Maclellan of Bombie, Provost of Kirkcudbright