1690 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1690 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1690 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1690 in: England ⢠Elsewhere
Incumbents
- Monarch â William II and Mary II
- Secretary of State â Lord Melville
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session â Lord Stair
- Lord Justice General â Lord Lothian
- Lord Justice Clerk â Lord Stair, then Lord Cessnock
Events
- 4 January â Glasgow is re-chartered as a royal burgh with power to elect its own officials[1]
- 25 April â the Parliament of Scotland passes an Act to abolish episcopy in the presbyterian Church of Scotland. The Anglican Episcopal Church in Scotland continues as a separate denomination, retaining bishops. The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland also forms
- 30 Aprilâ1 May â defeat at the Battle of Cromdale effectively ends the Jacobite uprising
- 9 October â Royal Navy frigate HMS Dartmouth is wrecked in the Sound of Mull while on a mission to persuade the MacLeans of Duart to sign articles of allegiance to William III and Mary II
- Rev. Robert Kirk produces An Biobla Naomhtha, a pocket Bible translation into Scottish Gaelic (in Roman characters) adapted from William Bedell's Classical Gaelic translation of the Old Testament and William Daniel's of the New Testament, published in London
- Hearth Tax abolished
- The whisky distillery at Ferintosh, Black Isle, becomes the first to operate legally
Births
- April â William McGibbon, composer and violinist (died 1756)
- 26 September â James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl, peer and politician (died 1764)
- Undated â William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan, Jacobite army officer (died 1746)
Deaths
- 3 October â Robert Barclay, Quaker and writer (born 1648)