1660s in Scotland
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1660 in: England • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the 1660s in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Charles II[1]
Events
- 1660:
- 1 January – Colonel George Monck with his regiment crosses from Scotland to England at the village of Coldstream and advances towards London in support of the English Restoration.[2]
- 29 May – Charles II is crowned King of England, Scotland and Ireland.[1]
- 21 December – Mercurius Caledonius established in Edinburgh, the first example of a newspaper in Scotland, running until 1661.[3]
- 1661:
- April – start of the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661–62.[4]
- 1663:
- 28 September – The murder of Alexander MacDonald, 12th of Keppoch and his brother Ranald by their cousins, known as the Keppoch murders.[5]
- 1664:
- Methven Castle built.[6]
- 1666:
- 28 November – Battle of Rullion Green, part of the Petland Rising, a failed uprising by the covenanters.[7]
- 1669:
Births
- 1661:
- 6 October – William Dunbar, bishop (d. 1746)
- 1662:
- 15 February – James Renwick, Covenanter (executed 1688)
- 5 August – James Anderson, lawyer and historian (d. 1728)
- 19 November – John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, politician (d. 1752)
- 18 December – James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry politician (d. 1711)
- 1663:
- 8 May – Lord James Murray, English-born politician (d. 1719)
- 1664:
- 14 September – John Blackadder, soldier (died 1729)
- 1665:
- 25 December – Lady Grizel Baillie, songwriter (d. 1746)[9]
Deaths
- 1661:
- 27 May – Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, nobleman, executed in Edinburgh for treason (b. 1607)[10]
- 18 August – Robert Gordon of Straloch, poet, mathematician, antiquary and geographer (b. 1580)[11]
- 1662:
- 3 September – Beatrix Leslie, midwife, executed for witchcraft (b. c.1577)[12]
- 1663:
- 21 December – Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, nobleman (b. 1599)
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References
- "Charles II". Westminster Abbey. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- "January 1". Chambers' Book of Days. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
- "Newspapers - Rare Book Collections - National Library of Scotland - National Library of Scotland". www.nls.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- Levack, Brian P. (2019). Witch-Hunting in Scotland: Law, Politics and Religion. Routledge. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-429-60390-7.
- "Seven severed heads in a bloody clan war". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- "METHVEN CASTLE (GDL00285)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- "Battle of Rullion Green (BTL27)". portal.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- "Act for annexation of Orkney and Shetland to the crown". www.rps.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- "Lady Grizel Baillie | Scottish poet". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- "Archibald Campbell, 1st marquess and 8th earl of Argyll | Scottish politician [1607–1661]". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- "Robert Gordon of Straloch: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- Ewan, Elizabeth L.; Innes, Sue; Reynolds, Sian; Pipes, Rose (2007). Biographical Dictionary of ScottishWomen. Edinburgh University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0-7486-2660-1.
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