1676 in Scotland
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Timeline of Scottish history
1676 in: England • Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1676 in: England • Elsewhere
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Events from the year 1676 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Judiciary
Events
- 7 February – John Murray, 3rd Earl of Tullibardine, is created Lord Murray, Balveny and Gask, Viscount of Balquhidder and 1st Marquess of Atholl in the Peerage of Scotland.[1]
- The Royal Company of Archers is established as a private archery club in Edinburgh.[2]
Births
- 17 March – Thomas Boston, Presbyterian church leader, theologian and philosopher (died 1732)
- 28 March (bapt.) – Thomas Aikenhead, student convicted of blasphemy (executed 1697)
- 15 June – Colen Campbell, Georgian architect (died 1729)
- 19 July – Andrew Hume, Lord Kimmerghame, judge (died 1730)
- 29 July – James Blow, printer (died 1759 in Ireland)
- William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Jacobite (died 1744 in Rome)
- Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Major-General in the British Army (died 1730)
- Alexander Selkirk, sailor (died 1721 at sea)
- Approximate date
- Alexander Anderson, Church of Scotland minister, Moderator of the General Assembly (died 1737)
- Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet, politician, lawyer, judge, antiquarian and patron of the arts (died 1755)
