1690 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1690 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
- Mary II
- Secretary of State – Lord Melville
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair
- Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
- Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Stair, then Lord Cessnock
Events
- 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 Scotlandalso forms
- 1 May – defeat at the Battle of Cromdaleeffectively ends the Jacobite uprising
- Mary II
- Rev. Classical Gaelic translation of the Old Testament and William Daniel's of the New Testament, published in London
- Hearth Tax abolished
- The distillery at Ferintosh, Black Isle, becomes the first to operate legally
Births
- April – William McGibbon, composer and violinist (died 1756)
- 26 September – James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl, peer and politician (died 1764)
- Undated – William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan, Jacobite army officer (died 1746)
Deaths
- 3 October – Robert Barclay, Quaker and writer (born 1648)
See also
References
- ^ Gibson, John (1777). The History of Glasgow: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time.