1593 in Scotland
Events from the year 1593 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1593 in: England • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Incumbents
Monarch – James VI
Events
- 12 November – decree orders Catholics to give up their faith or leave the country.
- 7 December – Battle of Dryfe Sands: the Clan Johnstone defeat the Clan Maxwell at Skipmyre, just west of Lockerbie, and Lord Maxwell is killed.[1]
- Marischal College is founded in Aberdeen by George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal.[2]
- Emergence of the Presbytery of Glasgow within the developing Presbyterian polity.
- The Banffshire constituency is first represented in the Parliament of Scotland (by Sir Walter Ogilvie).
Births
- 13 April – Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, English politician (executed 1641)[3]
- 2 May – John Forbes of Corse, theologian (died 1648)
- Robert Blair, moderator (died 1666)
Deaths
- 16 January – Laurence Oliphant, 4th Lord Oliphant (born 1529)
- 4 February – Robert Stewart, 1st Earl of Orkney (born 1533/4)
- 26 May – William Baillie, Lord Provand, judge
- 23 August – Adam Bothwell, bishop, judge and politician (born c.1527)
- 26 September – William Chisholm, bishop of Dunblane (born 1525/6)
- 7 December – John Maxwell, 8th Lord Maxwell (born 1553)
- date unknown –
- William Ashby, English politician
- William Forbes of Corsindae
See also
References
- "Dryfe Sands 1593".
- "Marischal College 1593–1858". NAHSTE. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- "Sir Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, 1593–1641". BCW Project. 19 September 2007. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
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