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1690 in Scotland
Events from the year
1690 in the
Kingdom of Scotland
.
Incumbents
Monarch
âÂÂ
William II
and
Mary II
Secretary of State
âÂÂ
Lord Melville
Law officers
Lord Advocate
âÂÂ
John Dalrymple
Solicitor General for Scotland
â ??
Judiciary
Lord President of the Court of Session
âÂÂ
Lord Stair
Lord Justice General
âÂÂ
Lord Lothian
Lord Justice Clerk
âÂÂ
Lord Stair
, then
Lord Cessnock
Events
4 January
âÂÂ
Glasgow
is re-chartered as a
royal burgh
with power to elect its own officials
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 April
âÂÂ
1 May
â defeat at the
Battle of Cromdale
effectively ends the Jacobite uprising
9 October
âÂÂ
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 âÂÂ
William McGibbon
, composer and violinist (died
1756
)
26 September
âÂÂ
James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl
, peer and politician (died
1764
)
Undated âÂÂ
William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan
,
Jacobite
army officer (died
1746
)
Deaths
3 October
âÂÂ
Robert Barclay
, Quaker and writer (born
1648
)
See also
Timeline of Scottish history
References