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Previous Period
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17th C.
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Aithernie Castle (Fife) Built
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17th C.
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Argyll's Lodging (Stirling) Built
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17th C.
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Ascog House (Argyll and Bute) Built
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17th C.
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Bath Castle (Fife) Built
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17th C.
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Castle Urquhart (Highland) Built
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17th C.
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Dymock's Building (Falkirk) Built
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17th C.
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Dysart Harbour (Fife) Built
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17th C.
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Harbourmaster's House (Fife) Built
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17th C.
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Invergarry Castle (Highland) Built
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17th C.
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Livingston Old Parish Church (West Lothian) Built
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17th C.
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Magdalen Green (Dundee City) Created
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17th C.
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Mercat Cross (Fife) Erected
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17th C.
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Mounie Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
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17th C.
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Nether Liberton Doocot (City of Edinburgh) Built
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17th C.
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Outlook Tower and Camera Obscura (City of Edinburgh) Built
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17th C.
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Poldrate Mill (East Lothian) Built
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17th C.
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Press Castle (Scottish Borders) Built
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17th C.
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St Kentigern's Church (Midlothian) Built
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17th C.
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Stonehaven Harbour (Aberdeenshire) Built
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17th C.
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The Bachelors' Club (South Ayrshire) Built
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c.1600
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Auchans (South Ayrshire) Built
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c.1600
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Auchness Castle (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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c.1600
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Culross Mercat Cross (Fife) Erected
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c.1600
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Erchless Castle (Highland) Built
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c.1600
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Sir James Balfour of Denmylne and Kinnaird born - Historian, antiquarian and author
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c.1600
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West Port House (West Lothian) Built
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1600
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Amisfield Tower (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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1600
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Fingask (Perth and Kinross) Built
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1600
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Gowrie Conspiracy
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1600
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Invergowrie House (Dundee City) Built
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1600
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Jenny Geddes born - An Edinburgh stall-holder, famous for a solitary act of defiance
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1600
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John Leslie (6th Earl of Rothes) born - Leader of the Covenanters
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1600
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King Charles I born - British monarch who lost his head having generated of religious and political controversy
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1600
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Rev. Samuel Rutherford born - Non-conformist clergyman
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1600
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Scalloway Castle (Shetland) Built
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1600
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Sir Thomas Maule died - Nobleman and soldier
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1600
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The Tolbooth Museum (Aberdeenshire) Opened
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1601
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Battle of Carinish
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1601
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General David Leslie (Lord Newark) born - Soldier
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1602
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Carriden House (Falkirk) Built
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1602
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William Schaw died - The King's Master of Works who laid down rules for working masons (the Schaw Statues)
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1603
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Robert Seton (8th Lord Seton, 1st Earl of Winton) died - Nobleman
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1603
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The Union of the Crowns
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c.1604
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Cluny Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
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1604
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Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum (Angus) Built
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1606
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James Hamilton (1st Duke and 3rd Marquess of Hamilton) born - Noble and Soldier
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1606
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Rev. Robert Pont died - Clergyman
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1606
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Sir Robert Logan of Restalrig died - The subject of a unique trial for treason
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1607
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Castle Kennedy (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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1607
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Craigston Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
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1608
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General George Monk (General Monck; 1st Duke of Albemarle) born - One of Oliver Cromwell's most loyal supporters, and leader of his subjugation of the Scots, which brought poverty and starvation by the early 1650s
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1608
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George Bannatyne died - Merchant, author and collector of poems
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1608
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James Hay (7th Lord Hay) died - Succeeded his father in 1591
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1608
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Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston (7th Laird of Merchiston) died - Minor noble, civil servant and father of mathematician John Napier (1550 - 1617)
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1608
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Sir Thomas Craig died - Lawyer and poet
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1609
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Auld Brig (Moray) Opened
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1609
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Barcaldine Castle (Argyll and Bute) Built
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1609
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James Hamilton (3rd Earl of Arran) died - Political pawn and soldier
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1609
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Mark Kerr (Lord Newbattle; 1st Earl of Lothian) died - Noble
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1609
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Statutes of Iona
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c.1610
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Andrew Lamb's House (City of Edinburgh) Built
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c.1610
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The Study (Fife) Built
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1610
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Benholm's Lodging (Aberdeen City) Built
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1610
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David Wemyss (2nd Earl of Wemyss) born - Covenanter, turned Royalist
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1610
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Globe Inn (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
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c.1611
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Sir Thomas Urquhart born - Eccentric author, translator and royalist
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1611
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Brahan Castle (Highland) Built
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1611
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John Mylne born - Architect and building contractor
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1611
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Robert Leighton born - Archbishop of Glasgow
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1611
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Sir Archibald Johnston (Lord Warriston) born - Lawyer, statesman and notable Covenanter
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1612
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James Elphinstone (1st Lord Balmerino or Balmerinoch) died - Politician
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1612
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James Graham (1st Marquis of Montrose) born - Romantic Covenanter, who turned Royalist
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1612
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Patrick Gray (6th Lord Gray, Master of Gray) died - Diplomat and 'favourite' of James VI, with a career steeped in intrigue and treachery
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1612
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Rev. James Guthrie born - Clergyman who led the resistance to the introduction of the Episcopalian system of church governance
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1613
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Adam Blackwood died - Philosopher and scholar
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1613
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Alexander Mylne born - Architectural sculptor
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1613
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Archbishop James Sharp born - Prelate, who began as a moderate but became an ardent supporter of the Episcopal system
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1613
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Pinkie House (East Lothian) Built
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c.1614
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Timothy Pont died - Cartographer
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1614
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Abergairn Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
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1614
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Gagie House (Angus) Built
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1614
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James Melville died - Diarist, church leader and educator
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1614
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Sir Norman MacLeod born - Scholar and soldier
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c.1615
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James Gordon born - Author, cartographer and clergyman
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c.1615
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Mary MacLeod (Mairi nighean Alasdair Ruaidh) born - Influential Gaelic bard
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1615
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Easter Coates House (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1615
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General Thomas (Tam) Dalyell of the Binns ("Bluidy Tam") born - Royalist soldier, who became an important figure in the turbulent times of the mid-17th Century
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1615
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James Ogilvy (2nd Earl of Airlie) born - Royalist noble
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1615
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John Blackadder born - Covenanter
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1615
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Lasswade Centre (Midlothian) Established
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1615
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Patrick Lyon (1st Earl of Kinghorne; 9th Lord Glamis) died - Privy Councillor and noble
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1615
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Saint John Ogilvie (St. John Ogilvie) died - Scotland's only post-Reformation saint
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1616
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Gordonstoun School (Moray) Built
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1616
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John Maitland (1st Duke of Lauderdale) born - Royalist and statesman
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1616
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Maidencraig, Mill of (Aberdeen City) Built
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1616
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Tolbooth Museum (Aberdeen City) Built
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1616
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William Hamilton (2nd Duke of Hamilton) born - Noble
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c.1617
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William Keith (7th Earl Marischal) born - Covenanter
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1617
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Arnhall Castle (Stirling) Built
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1617
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Inch House (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1617
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Introduction of Land Registration
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1617
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James Hamilton (1st Earl of Abercorn; 2nd Baron Paisley) died - Courtier and noble
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1617
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Sir John Napier died - Mathematician, inventor and astronomer
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1617
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Sir John Skene (Lord Curriehill) died - Jurist and legal historian
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1617
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St Catherine's Well (City of Edinburgh) Erected
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1617
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The Five Articles of Perth
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c.1618
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Kilcoy Castle (Highland) Built
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1619
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Anne of Denmark died - Wife of King James VI (1566 - 1625), and daughter of Frederick II of the combined kingdom of Denmark and Norway
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1619
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Donald Cargill born - Covenanter
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1619
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James Dalrymple (1st Viscount Stair) born - Lawyer
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1619
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Sir George Skene born - Merchant and Provost of Aberdeen
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1619
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Winton House (East Lothian) Built
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c.1620
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Charles Maitland (3rd Earl of Lauderdale, Lord Haltoun) born - Jurist, politician and noble
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c.1620
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James Gordon (2nd Viscount Aboyne) born - Royalist
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c.1620
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Skaill House (Orkney) Built
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1620
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Gladstone's Land (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1620
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Greyfriars Kirk (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1620
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Sir James Dundas (1st Lord Arniston) born - Judge and politician
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1620
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William Guthrie born - An earnest and well-loved clergyman
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1621
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Bonnyhaugh House (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1621
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Claud Hamilton (1st Lord Paisley) died - Politician and Commendator of Paisley Abbey
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1621
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Dairsie Old Parish Church (Fife) Built
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1621
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John Mylne died - Architect
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1621
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Tailor's Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1622
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Andrew Melville died - Radical presbyterian who ensured the completion of Knox's Reformation in Scotland
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1622
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Baberton House (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1622
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Lady Stair's House (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1622
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Rev. John Welsh died - Clergyman
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1622
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Sir Alexander Seton (1st Earl of Dunfermline) died - Lawyer
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1623
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George Keith (5th Earl Marischal) died - Member of the family which had been hereditary Great Marischals of Scotland from the 12th Century
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1623
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Johnstounburn House (East Lothian) Built
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1623
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White Horse Close (City of Edinburgh) Built
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c.1624
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Rev. John Welsh born - Prominent Covenanter
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1624
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Cathcart Old Bridge (Glasgow City) Opened
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1624
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Dunblane Museum (Stirling) Built
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1624
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George Heriot (Jinglin' Geordie) died - Goldsmith and burgess of Edinburgh
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1624
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Pilmuir House (East Lothian) Built
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1625
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John Hay (2nd Earl and 1st Marquess of Tweeddale) born - Statesman and politician
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1625
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King James VI (James I of England) died - First Protestant ruler of Scotland and first British monarch
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1625
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Moray House (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1625
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Robert Balfour died - Philosopher and linguist
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1625
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Sir George Bruce died - Laird of Carnock in West Fife, Bruce was a successful merchant who is famous for promoting industry in the Burgh of Culross
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c.1626
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Lewis Gordon (3rd Marquis of Huntly) born - Royalist
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1626
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Alderstone House (West Lothian) Built
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1626
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Alexander Peden born - Charismatic Covenanter
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1626
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Craigievar Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
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1626
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Hamilton House (East Lothian) Built
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1626
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Prestongrange (East Lothian) Built
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1627
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The Tolbooth (Glasgow City) Built
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c.1628
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The King's Knot (Stirling) Created
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1628
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Braemar Castle (Aberdeenshire) Built
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1628
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Sir James Dundas died - Lawyer and politician
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c.1629
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Walter Scott of Harden (Auld Wat) died - Border reiver
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1629
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Archibald Campbell (9th Earl of Argyll) born - Royalist
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c.1630
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Hallyards Castle (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1630
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Adam Bothwell's House (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1630
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Cannonball House (City of Edinburgh) Built
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1630
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Captain Robert Campbell (5th Laird of Glen Lyon) born - Commander at the Massacre of Glen Coe
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1630
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House of the Binns (West Lothian) Built
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1630
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John Leslie (7th Earl and 1st Duke of Rothes) born - Noble
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1630
|
King Charles II born - British monarch
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1630
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Sir Andrew Balfour born - Physician
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1630
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Sir George Mackenzie (Lord Royston; Viscount Tarbat; Earl of Cromartie) born - Lawyer and politician
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1630
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Sir William Bruce born - Architect and merchant
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1631
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Balhousie Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
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1631
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Balquhidder Old Kirk (Stirling) Built
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1631
|
Sir Alexander Morison (Lord Prestongrange) died - Law Lord
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1631
|
William Wallace died - Mason and architect
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1632
|
Anne Douglas-Hamilton (Duchess of Hamilton) born - Noble
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1633
|
Hermiston House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
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1633
|
John Cowane died - Merchant, politician and philanthorpist
|
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1633
|
King James VII (King James II of England) born - Unpopular monarch
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1633
|
Robert Mylne born - Architect and builder
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c.1634
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Pitsligo Parish Church (Aberdeenshire) Built
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|
c.1634
|
Robert Baillie of Jerviswood born - Covenanter
|
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1634
|
Andrew Gray born - Puritan clergyman
|
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1634
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John Erskine (2nd Earl of Mar) died - Powerful noble
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1634
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Sir George Hay (1st Earl of Kinnoull) died - Nobleman and entrepreneur
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1634
|
Sir James Murray of Kilbaberton died - Architect
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1634
|
The Wardlaw Mausoleum (Highland) Built
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|
1634
|
William Douglas-Hamilton (3rd Duke of Hamilton; 1st Earl of Selkirk) born - Noble
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1635
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Castle Fraser (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
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1635
|
John Campbell (1st Earl of Breadalbane) born - Noble and politician
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1635
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Kinnoull Aisle (Perth and Kinross) Erected
|
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1635
|
The Well of Spa (Aberdeen City) Opened
|
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1636
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George Gordon (6th Earl and 1st Marquis of Huntly) died - Noble, who led the post-Reformation Roman Catholics in Scotland
|
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1636
|
George Melville (1st Earl and 4th Lord Melville) born - Royalist statesman and politician
|
|
1636
|
Peffermill House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1636
|
Robert Kerr (1st Marquess of Lothian, 4th Earl of Lothian) born - Noble
|
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1636
|
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh born - Lawyer and politician
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1637
|
George Gordon of Haddo (1st Earl of Aberdeen) born - Statesman and lawyer
|
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1637
|
Sir Thomas Hamilton (1st Earl of Haddington; Lord Drumcairn) died - Politician, lawyer and judge
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1637
|
William Douglas (3rd Earl of Queensberry; 1st Duke of Queensberry) born - As Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, he wielded great power
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1638
|
Archibald Campbell (7th Earl of Argyll) died - Succeeding his father to the Earldom in 1584, Campbell was used by King James VI (1566 - 1625) to control the highland clans
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1638
|
Hawthornden Castle (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1638
|
James Gregory born - Mathematician and inventor
|
|
1638
|
National Covenant, Signing of the
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1638
|
Pilrig House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1638
|
Sir John Foulis born - Lawyer and social historian
|
|
1639
|
Archbishop John Spottiswoode died - Archbishop and church historian
|
|
1639
|
Bishop's Wars
|
|
1639
|
Brunstane House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1639
|
George Hutcheson died - Lawyer
|
|
c.1640
|
Colonel Francis Charteris born - Infamous gambler, adulterer and duellist
|
|
c.1640
|
Lieut-General Hugh Mackay of Scourie born - General and inventor of the ring-bayonet
|
|
1640
|
Donald Mor MacCrimmon died - Famous piper, the first in a line who served MacLeod of MacLeod at Dunvegan
|
|
1640
|
Fowlis Castle (Angus) Built
|
|
1640
|
Parliament House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1640
|
Rev. William Veitch born - Covenanter
|
|
1640
|
Sir William Alexander (1st Earl of Stirling) died - Politician and minor poet
|
|
1640
|
William Douglas (1st Earl of Queensberry; Viscount Drumlanrig) died - Noble
|
|
1641
|
Coxton Tower (Moray) Built
|
|
1641
|
Dunoon Grammar School (Argyll and Bute) Established
|
|
1641
|
Harlawhill House (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1641
|
John Leslie (6th Earl of Rothes) died - Leader of the Covenanters
|
|
1641
|
Plewlands House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1641
|
Sir Patrick Hume (Patrick Home of Polwarth, 1st Earl of Marchmont) born - Statesman and Covenanter
|
|
1641
|
Sir Robert Sibbald born - Physician, geographer and natural historian
|
|
1642
|
Powder House (North Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1642
|
Rev. Robert Traill born - Puritan Minister
|
|
1643
|
Alexander Mylne died - Architectural sculptor
|
|
1643
|
George Gordon (4th Marquis of Huntly; 1st Duke of Gordon) born - Royalist noble
|
|
1643
|
Gilbert Burnet (Bishop of Salisbury) born - Churchman and historian
|
|
1643
|
Patrick Lyon (1st Earl of Strathmore; 3rd Earl of Kinghorne) born - Lyon succeeded his father, becoming the 3rd Earl of Kinghorne in 1646
|
|
1643
|
Westminster Assembly
|
|
1643
|
Solemn League and Covenant, Signing of the
|
|
c.1644
|
Duncan Forbes of Culloden born - Politician and land-owner
|
|
c.1644
|
Sir James Dick born - Politician and wealthy merchant
|
|
1644
|
Auld Kirk Museum (East Dunbartonshire) Built
|
|
1644
|
Battle of Tippermuir
|
|
1644
|
George Jameson (George Jamesone) died - Portraitist, sometimes called 'The Scottish Van Dyke'
|
|
1644
|
Rev. Robert Kirk born - The Fairy Minister
|
|
c.1645
|
James Smith born - Architect and politician
|
|
1645
|
Battle of Philiphaugh
|
|
1645
|
John Hay (2nd Marquess of Tweeddale) born - Politician
|
|
1645
|
William Kidd (Captain Kidd) born - Infamous pirate and privateer
|
|
1645
|
Battle of Inverlochy
|
|
1645
|
Battle of Alford
|
|
1645
|
Battle of Inverkeithing
|
|
1645
|
Battle of Kilsyth
|
|
1645
|
Battle of Auldearn
|
|
1646
|
Alexander Henderson died - Popular and influential theologian
|
|
1646
|
John Lyon (2nd Earl of Kinghorne) died - Noble
|
|
1646
|
Rev. John Gray born - Preacher, scholar and linguist
|
|
1646
|
Rev. John Row died - Presbyterian churchman and ecclesiastical historian
|
|
1646
|
Sir John Lauder (Lord Fountainhall) born - Judge and author of a noted journal
|
|
1646
|
Sir Robert Spottiswoode died - Judge and royalist
|
|
1647
|
Frances Teresa Stuart (Duchess of Richmond and Lennox; La Belle Stuart) born - The face of Britannia and mistress of King Charles II
|
|
1647
|
Tron Kirk (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1648
|
Dalkeith Tolbooth (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1648
|
Ecclesiamagirdle House (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1648
|
Haddington House (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1648
|
John Dalrymple (1st Earl of Stair) born - Lawyer and Politician
|
|
1648
|
Richard Cameron born - Covenanter and founder of the Cameronians, a religious sect which became a regiment in the British Army
|
|
1649
|
George Gordon (2nd Marquis of Huntly; Viscount Aboyne) died - Royalist noble
|
|
1649
|
James Crofts Scott (James Fitzroy, Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Monmouth) born - Military leader and rebellious noble
|
|
1649
|
James Gordon (2nd Viscount Aboyne) died - Royalist
|
|
1649
|
James Hamilton (1st Duke and 3rd Marquess of Hamilton) died - Noble and Soldier
|
|
1649
|
John Elphinstone (2nd Lord Balmerino) died - Covenanter
|
|
1649
|
John Graham of Claverhouse (Viscount Dundee; Bonnie Dundee) born - Soldier
|
|
1649
|
King Charles I died - British monarch who lost his head having generated of religious and political controversy
|
|
1649
|
Mousemill Bridge (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1649
|
Sir John Wemyss of Wemyss (1st Earl of Wemyss) died - Noble
|
|
1649
|
William Drummond of Hawthornden died - Poet
|
|
c.1650
|
Robert Spittal's Hospital (Stirling) Built
|
|
1650
|
Battle of Carbisdale
|
|
1650
|
George Heriot's School (City of Edinburgh) Established
|
|
1650
|
James Graham (1st Marquis of Montrose) died - Romantic Covenanter, who turned Royalist
|
|
1650
|
Leith Citadel (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1650
|
Leith Hall (Aberdeenshire) Built
|
|
1650
|
Major General Sir John Hurry (Sir John Urry) died - Soldier
|
|
1650
|
Siege of Leith
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1650
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Sir John Hope of Hopetoun born - Courtier and member of an Edinburgh family of merchants and lawyers
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1651
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Anne Scott (Duchess of Buccleuch) born - Wealthy noble
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1651
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William Hamilton (2nd Duke of Hamilton) died - Noble
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1651
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Siege and Sacking of Dundee
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1652
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John Elphinstone (4th Lord Balmerino; 3rd Lord Coupar) born - Lawyer and politician
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1653
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John Hay (1st Earl of Tweeddale) died - Royalist
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1653
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Lewis Gordon (3rd Marquis of Huntly) died - Royalist
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c.1655
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John Adair born - Map-maker and surveyor
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1655
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Port Seton Harbour (East Lothian) Built
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1655
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Sir William Dick of Braid died - Merchant and Provost of Edinburgh
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1656
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Andrew Gray died - Puritan clergyman
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1656
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Sir Robert Gordon died - Noble and Vice Chamberlain of Scotland
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1657
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John Mylne died - Architect
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1657
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Rev. Dr. William Guild died - Academic and theologian
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1657
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Sir James Balfour of Denmylne and Kinnaird died - Historian, antiquarian and author
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c.1658
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Sir George Warrender of Lochend (1st Baronet Lochend) born - Merchant, politician and landowner
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1658
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Archibald Campbell (1st Duke and 10th Earl of Argyll) born - Enthusiastic supporter of William of Orange and the ousting of King James VII (1633 - 1701), who had re-embraced the 'old religion' and executed his father, the 9th Earl of Argyll
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1658
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Inverness Citadel (Highland) Built
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1658
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James Maule (4th Earl of Panmure) born - Jacobite soldier
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1658
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Oliver Cromwell died - Soldier and statesman
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1658
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Robert Dundas of Arniston (2nd Lord Arniston) born - Politician and lawyer
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1658
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William Paterson born - Merchant and Politician
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1659
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David Gregory born - Mathematician and astronomer
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1659
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Strathaven Cemetery (South Lanarkshire) Opened
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c.1660
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Daniel Defoe born - Author, journalist and social thinker
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1660
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Jenny Geddes died - An Edinburgh stall-holder, famous for a solitary act of defiance
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1660
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John Murray (1st Duke of Atholl) born - Noble
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1660
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Martin Martin born - Geographer and Mapmaker
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1660
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Sir Thomas Urquhart died - Eccentric author, translator and royalist
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1660
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The Restoration
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1661
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Archibald Campbell (1st Marquis and 8th Earl of Argyll) died - 'King Campbell'
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1661
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General Sir Alexander Leslie (1st Earl of Leven; Lord Balgonie) died - Covenanter
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1661
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Methil Harbour (Fife) Built
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1661
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Patrick Maule (1st Earl of Panmure; Baron of Brechin and Navar) died - Royalist and soldier
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1661
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Rev. James Guthrie died - Clergyman who led the resistance to the introduction of the Episcopalian system of church governance
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1661
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Rev. Samuel Rutherford died - Non-conformist clergyman
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1661
|
Robert Gordon of Straloch died - Cartographer
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1661
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Sir Archibald Primrose (1st Earl of Rosebery) born - Lawyer and Politician
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1661
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William Keith (7th Earl Marischal) died - Covenanter
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1662
|
James Douglas (2nd Duke of Queensberry) born - 'Union Duke'
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1662
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John Campbell (2nd Earl of Breadalbane) born - Eccentric noble and politician, known as Old Rag
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1662
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Rev. David Dickson died - Church leader and Covenanter
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1662
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Robert Baillie died - Influential divine and academic
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1663
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John Lyon (2nd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) born - Noble
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1663
|
Sir Archibald Johnston (Lord Warriston) died - Lawyer, statesman and notable Covenanter
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1664
|
Methven Castle (Perth and Kinross) Built
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1664
|
Sir John Vanbrugh born - Architect and playwright
|
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1665
|
Fort Charlotte (Shetland) Built
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1665
|
John Ross born - Provost of Aberdeen
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1665
|
Lady Grisel Baillie born - Song-writer and heroine
|
|
1665
|
Old Ship Inn (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
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1665
|
Sir David Dalrymple (1st Baronet of Hailes) born - Brother of John Dalrymple (1648 - 1707) and youngest son of James Dalrymple, Viscount Stair (1619-95)
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1665
|
William Guthrie died - An earnest and well-loved clergyman
|
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1666
|
Battle of Rullion Green
|
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1666
|
James Ogilvy (1st Earl of Airlie; 7th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie) died - Royalist noble
|
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1666
|
Pentland Rising
|
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1666
|
Regent George Skene born - Regent of King's College Aberdeen
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1666
|
Rev. Robert Blair died - Covenanting preacher
|
|
c.1667
|
Margaret Wilson born - Presbyterian martyr
|
|
c.1667
|
Simon Fraser (12th Lord Lovat) born - Clan chief of wavering loyalty, described as 'the most devious man in Scotland'
|
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1667
|
John Arbuthnot born - Physician and satirist
|
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1667
|
John Mylne died - Architect and building contractor
|
|
1668
|
Dunbar's Hospital (Highland) Built
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1668
|
Robert Gordon born - Merchant, born in Aberdeen
|
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c.1669
|
Alexander Robertson of Struan (13th Chief of Clan Donnachaidh) born - Ardent Jacobite, who was uniquely present from the beginning to the end of that historical episode
|
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1670
|
General George Monk (General Monck; 1st Duke of Albemarle) died - One of Oliver Cromwell's most loyal supporters, and leader of his subjugation of the Scots, which brought poverty and starvation by the early 1650s
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1670
|
Major Thomas Weir died - Wizard and soldier
|
|
1670
|
Patrick Mor MacCrimmon died - Most distinguished of the Skye piping family
|
|
1670
|
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh) Created
|
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1670
|
The Burgh Halls (West Lothian) Opened
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1670
|
Thomas Cadell died - Gun-maker
|
|
1671
|
Daniel Campbell of Shawfield (Great Daniel) born - Merchant, politician and landowner
|
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1671
|
John Law born - Financier and gambler
|
|
1671
|
Robert (Rob Roy) MacGregor born - Notorious cattle thief and Jacobite Guerilla
|
|
1672
|
John Row died - Academic and ecclesiastical historian
|
|
1673
|
General George Wade born - British soldier, who was born in Ireland and employed after the Jacobite rebellion of 1715 to construct a system of metalled military roads and associated stone bridges throughout the Scottish Highlands
|
|
1674
|
Leslie House (Fife) Built
|
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1675
|
Alexander Hume-Campbell (Sir Alexander Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont) born - Statesman and lawyer
|
|
1675
|
Applecross House (Highland) Built
|
|
1675
|
Craigforth House (Stirling) Built
|
|
1675
|
James Gregory died - Mathematician and inventor
|
|
1675
|
John Erskine (6th Earl of Mar, Bobbing John) born - A Scottish Jacobite born at Alloa who frequently changed his political allegiance, earning the nickname 'Bobbing John'
|
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1676
|
Alexander Selkirk born - Seaman and castaway
|
|
1676
|
Comiston Spring House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1676
|
Sir John Clerk (Sir John Clerk of Penicuik) born - Politician, advocate, patron of the arts, antiquarian, author and arbiter of taste
|
|
1676
|
Thomas Boston born - Theologist
|
|
1677
|
Islay House (Argyll and Bute) Built
|
|
1677
|
Lady Elizabeth Wardlaw (Elizabeth Halkett) born - Poetess
|
|
c.1678
|
Alexander Gordon (2nd Duke of Gordon) born - Jacobite
|
|
c.1678
|
George Seton (5th Earl of Winton) born - Jacobite
|
|
1678
|
Field Marshal John Campbell (2nd Duke of Argyll; Duke of Greenwich) born - Soldier and politician
|
|
1678
|
Turret House (Scottish Borders) Built
|
|
c.1679
|
Sir George Ogilvy of Barras died - Defender of Dunnottar Castle
|
|
1679
|
Archbishop James Sharp died - Prelate, who began as a moderate but became an ardent supporter of the Episcopal system
|
|
1679
|
Battle of Bothwell Bridge
|
|
1679
|
David Wemyss (2nd Earl of Wemyss) died - Covenanter, turned Royalist
|
|
1679
|
Kinross House (Perth and Kinross) Created
|
|
1679
|
Sir James Dundas (1st Lord Arniston) died - Judge and politician
|
|
1679
|
Sir John Wedderburn died - Royal physician
|
|
1679
|
William Gordon (2nd Earl of Aberdeen) born - Politician
|
|
c.1680
|
John Ker (1st Duke of Roxburghe) born - Politician and noble
|
|
c.1680
|
Tarradale House (Highland) Built
|
|
1680
|
Charles Erskine (Lord Tinwald) born - Jurist and politician
|
|
1680
|
Cove House (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1680
|
Ebenezer Erskine born - Evangelical divine and founder of the Secession Church of Scotland
|
|
1680
|
Hallyburton House (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1680
|
Innerpeffray Library (Perth and Kinross) Established
|
|
1680
|
National Library of Scotland (City of Edinburgh) Established
|
|
1680
|
Richard Cameron died - Covenanter and founder of the Cameronians, a religious sect which became a regiment in the British Army
|
|
1680
|
Battle of Aird's Moss
|
|
1681
|
Bute Estate Office (Argyll and Bute) Opened
|
|
1681
|
Charles Hope (1st Earl of Hopetoun) born - Politician and noble
|
|
1681
|
Donald Cargill died - Covenanter
|
|
1681
|
John Leslie (7th Earl and 1st Duke of Rothes) died - Noble
|
|
1681
|
Queensberry House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1681
|
Rev. John Welsh died - Prominent Covenanter
|
|
1681
|
Robert Keith born - Churchman, historian and Jacobite
|
|
1681
|
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh) Established
|
|
1681
|
Sir Thomas Hope of Rankeillor born - Agriculturalist
|
|
1681
|
Test Act
|
|
1681
|
William Mackenzie (5th Earl of Seaforth; Black William, Uilleam Dubh) born - Jacobite
|
|
1682
|
Advocate's Library (City of Edinburgh) Established
|
|
1682
|
Archibald Campbell (3rd Duke of Argyll; 1st Earl of Islay; Lord Illay) born - Politician, lawyer and soldier
|
|
1682
|
General David Leslie (Lord Newark) died - Soldier
|
|
1682
|
James Gibbs born - Influential architect
|
|
1682
|
John Maitland (1st Duke of Lauderdale) died - Royalist and statesman
|
|
1682
|
Sir John Hope of Hopetoun died - Courtier and member of an Edinburgh family of merchants and lawyers
|
|
1682
|
William Aikman born - Painter
|
|
1683
|
Rye House Plot
|
|
1683
|
Walter Stuart (6th Lord Blantyre) born - Noble, politician and landowner
|
|
1684
|
John Murray (Marquess of Tullibardine) born - Soldier
|
|
1684
|
Robert Baillie of Jerviswood died - Covenanter
|
|
1684
|
Robert Leighton died - Archbishop of Glasgow
|
|
c.1685
|
Andrew McDouall (Lord Bankton) born - Jurist
|
|
1685
|
Archibald Campbell (9th Earl of Argyll) died - Royalist
|
|
1685
|
Caroline Park (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1685
|
Duncan Forbes of Culloden born - Statesman and jurist
|
|
1685
|
General Thomas (Tam) Dalyell of the Binns ("Bluidy Tam") died - Royalist soldier, who became an important figure in the turbulent times of the mid-17th Century
|
|
1685
|
James Crofts Scott (James Fitzroy, Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Monmouth) died - Military leader and rebellious noble
|
|
1685
|
King Charles II died - British monarch
|
|
1685
|
Kinross House (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
|
1685
|
Margaret Wilson died - Presbyterian martyr
|
|
1685
|
Netherbow Well-Head (City of Edinburgh) Erected
|
|
1685
|
Robert Dundas of Arniston (3rd Lord Arniston) born - Lawyer and politician
|
|
1686
|
Alexander Peden died - Charismatic Covenanter
|
|
1686
|
Allan Ramsay born - Poet and bookseller
|
|
1686
|
George Buchanan born - Wealthy Glasgow merchant
|
|
1686
|
James Gordon died - Author, cartographer and clergyman
|
|
1686
|
John Blackadder died - Covenanter
|
|
1686
|
Newhailes (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1686
|
Soutra Aisle (Midlothian) Built
|
|
1686
|
The Signal Tower (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1686
|
Woolmet House (Midlothian) Built
|
|
c.1687
|
Colonel Donald Murchison born - Loyal factor and Jacobite commander
|
|
1687
|
Colonel James Gardiner born - Soldier
|
|
1687
|
George Drummond born - Politician and visionary planner
|
|
1687
|
Leighton Library (Stirling) Built
|
|
1687
|
Prestonfield House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1687
|
Robert Simson born - Mathematician
|
|
1688
|
Arthur Elphinstone (6th Lord Balmerino) born - Jacobite
|
|
1688
|
Canongate Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1688
|
Charles Maitland (6th Earl of Lauderdale) born - Politician and noble
|
|
1688
|
James Francis Edward Stuart (The Old Pretender) born - Jacobite leader
|
|
1688
|
Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran (Lord Kilkerran) born - Jurist
|
|
1689
|
Battle of Dunkeld
|
|
1689
|
John Graham of Claverhouse (Viscount Dundee; Bonnie Dundee) died - Soldier
|
|
1689
|
Old St Paul's Church (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1689
|
William Adam born - Architect, particularly noted for his design of country houses
|
|
1689
|
William Murray (Marquess of Tullibardine) born - Jacobite soldier
|
|
c.1690
|
William Ged born - Inventor, printer and goldsmith
|
|
1690
|
Andrew Buchanan born - Tobacco merchant who became Lord Provost of Glasgow
|
|
1690
|
James Murray (2nd Duke of Atholl) born - Noble, soldier and politician
|
|
1690
|
Revolution Settlement
|
|
1690
|
Sir Hew Dalrymple (Lord Drummore) born - Judge
|
|
1690
|
Battle of Cromdale
|
|
1691
|
Ardrossan Old Parish Church (North Ayrshire) Abandoned
|
|
1691
|
Charles Maitland (3rd Earl of Lauderdale, Lord Haltoun) died - Jurist, politician and noble
|
|
1691
|
Drumlanrig Castle (Dumfries and Galloway) Built
|
|
1691
|
Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh died - Lawyer and politician
|
|
1692
|
Andrew Fletcher (Lord Milton) born - Jurist
|
|
1692
|
James Stirling born - Mathematician and surveyor
|
|
1692
|
Lieut-General Hugh Mackay of Scourie died - General and inventor of the ring-bayonet
|
|
1692
|
Path House (Fife) Built
|
|
1692
|
Rev. Robert Kirk died - The Fairy Minister
|
|
1692
|
Massacre of Glen Coe
|
|
c.1693
|
George Keith (10th Earl Marischal) born - Unsuccessful Jacobite General
|
|
1693
|
Archibald Douglas (2nd Earl of Forfar, 3rd Earl of Ormond) born - Soldier and noble
|
|
1693
|
Cammo House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1693
|
Panmure House (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1693
|
Robert Dinwiddie born - Colonial Governor
|
|
1694
|
Archibald Douglas (Duke of Douglas; 3rd Marquis of Douglas; Earl of Angus) born - Noble
|
|
1694
|
Lord George Murray born - Distinguished Jacobite general and strategist
|
|
1694
|
Sir Andrew Balfour died - Physician
|
|
1694
|
William Douglas-Hamilton (3rd Duke of Hamilton; 1st Earl of Selkirk) died - Noble
|
|
1695
|
Hamilton Palace (South Lanarkshire) Built
|
|
1695
|
James Dalrymple (1st Viscount Stair) died - Lawyer
|
|
1695
|
John Glass born - Sect leader
|
|
1695
|
Patrick Lyon (1st Earl of Strathmore; 3rd Earl of Kinghorne) died - Lyon succeeded his father, becoming the 3rd Earl of Kinghorne in 1646
|
|
1695
|
William Douglas (3rd Earl of Queensberry; 1st Duke of Queensberry) died - As Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, he wielded great power
|
|
c.1696
|
John Campbell (3rd Earl of Breadalbane) born - Noble, politician and diplomat
|
|
c.1696
|
William Duff (1st Earl of Fife) born - Politician
|
|
1696
|
Captain Robert Campbell (5th Laird of Glen Lyon) died - Commander at the Massacre of Glen Coe
|
|
1696
|
Dunduff Castle (South Ayrshire) Built
|
|
1696
|
James Francis Edward Keith born - Field Marshal of Prussia
|
|
1696
|
John Lyon (3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) born - Jacobite noble
|
|
1696
|
Low Parks Museum (South Lanarkshire) Built
|
|
1696
|
Raith (Fife) Built
|
|
1696
|
Tarvit, Hill of (Fife) Built
|
|
1696
|
The Mercat Cross (Aberdeen City) Erected
|
|
1697
|
Alexander Monro (Primus) born - Anatomist
|
|
1697
|
James Douglas (Earl of Drumlanrig) born - Infamous cannibal
|
|
1697
|
John Hay (2nd Earl and 1st Marquess of Tweeddale) died - Statesman and politician
|
|
1697
|
Melville House (Fife) Built
|
|
1697
|
Old Surgeons' Hall (City of Edinburgh) Built
|
|
1697
|
Yester House (East Lothian) Built
|
|
1698
|
Charles Douglas (3rd Duke of Queensberry; 2nd Duke of Dover) born - Noble
|
|
1698
|
Colin Maclaurin born - Mathematician
|
|
1698
|
Elspeth McEwan died - Last witch to be executed in Scotland
|
|
1698
|
John Gow born - Mutineer and pirate
|
|
1698
|
Major William Caulfeild born - British army officer who succeeded General George Wade (1673 - 1748) as HM Inspector of Roads for Scotland in 1732
|
|
1698
|
Darien Scheme
|
|
1699
|
Alexander Ross born - Poet
|
|
1699
|
Charles Lyon (4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne) born - Noble
|
|
1699
|
Clydesholm Bridge (South Lanarkshire) Opened
|
|
1699
|
Hopetoun House (West Lothian) Built
|
|
1699
|
James Wemyss (5th Earl of Wemyss) born - Noble
|
|
1699
|
Robert Blair born - Poet and clergyman
|
|
1699
|
Salutation Hotel (Perth and Kinross) Built
|
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