1680 in Scotland
Events from the year 1680 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1680 in: England • Ireland • Elsewhere |
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.[1]
- 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.[2]
- 22 July – Battle of Airds Moss in Ayrshire: Armed Covenanters are defeated in a skirmish; their leaders Richard and Michael Cameron are killed[1] and David Hackston taken prisoner and on 30 July executed in Edinburgh for murder.[3]
- Innerpeffray Library, the oldest known (and surviving) public (lending) library in Scotland, is established.[4]
- Last definitely recorded native wolf in Scotland killed by Sir Ewen Cameron in Killiecrankie.[5][6][7]
- Ongoing – The Killing Time.[8]
Births
- 22 June – Ebenezer Erskine, Secessionist minister (died 1754)
- John Willison, evangelical Church of Scotland minister and religious writer (died 1750)
Deaths
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References
- "Timeline: 1660 to 1700". Undiscovered Scotland. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- Showalter, Dennis E. (2007). Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E. Springer. p. 41.
- Muir, Alison G. (2004). "Hackston, David, of Rathillet (d. 1680)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/11843. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Brooks, Libby (2019-10-25). "Scotland's historic first lending library". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- Perry, Richard (1978). Wildlife in Britain and Ireland. London: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-0-85664-306-4.
- Shoberl, Frederic (1834). Natural History of Quadrupeds. J. Harris.
- Smith, Laura (2018-07-17). "Scotland's last wolf prowled the Highlands in 1680". The Sunday Post. Dundee. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
- Wodrow, Robert (1721–22). The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland from the Restoration to the Revolution.
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