1691 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1691 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
See also:List of years in Scotland
Timeline of Scottish history
1691 in: England • Elsewhere
Timeline of Scottish history
1691 in: England • Elsewhere
Incumbents
Law officers
Judiciary
Events
- 27 August – King William offers the Highland clans a pardon for their part in the Jacobite rising if they agree to pledge allegiance to him before New Year's Day.[1]
Births
- 30 April – Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount of Irvine landowner and politician (died 1761)
- date unknown –
- Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald, nobleman, army officer and politician (died 1778)
- William M'Culloch, minister (died 1771)
- Philip Miller, botanist (died 1771)
Deaths
- 21 October – Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount of Kingston, cavalier (born 1620)
- date unknown –
- Charles Maitland, 3rd Earl of Lauderdale, peer and statesman (born 1620)
