1680 in Scotland

Events from the year 1680 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles II

Judiciary

• Lord President of the Court of Session – James Dalrymple
• Lord Justice General – Sir George Mackenzie; William Douglas from 1 June
• Lord Justice Clerk – Sir Richard Maitland

Events

• 22 June – Sanquhar Declaration: Radical Presbyterian Michael Cameron, in the presence of his brother, Covenanter leader Richard Cameron, reads a speech in Sanquhar's public square disavowing allegiance to the King.
• 13 July – Battle of Altimarlach near Wick, Caithness: Men of Clan Campbell led by John Campbell rout Clan Sinclair under George Sinclair of Keiss in a dispute over land rights, the last significant Scottish clan battle.
• 22 July – Battle of Airds Moss in Ayrshire: Armed Covenanters are defeated in a skirmish; their leaders Richard and Michael Cameron are killed and David Hackston taken prisoner and on 30 July executed in Edinburgh for murder.
• Innerpeffray Library, the oldest known (and surviving) public (lending) library in Scotland, is established.
• Last definitely recorded native wolf in Scotland killed by Sir Ewen Cameron in Killiecrankie.
• Ongoing – The Killing Time.

Births

• 22 June – Ebenezer Erskine, Secessionist minister (died 1754)
• John Willison, evangelical Church of Scotland minister and religious writer (died 1750)

Deaths

• 26 September – John Dury, Scottish-born Calvinist minister (born 1596)

See also

• Timeline of Scottish history
• 1680 in England

References