1590s in Scotland

This article lists events from the 1590s in Scotland.

1580s | 1590s | 1600s

Incumbents

Monarch of Scotland

• James VI (1567–1625)

Duke of Rothesay, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, etc.

• Henry Frederick Stuart (1594–1612)

Events

1590

• Entry and coronation of Anne of Denmark.[1]
• The North Berwick witch trials begin.

1592

• Margaret Winstar plans the escape of her lover John Wemyss of Logie from Dalkeith Palace.[2]

1594

• The christening of Prince Henry is celebrated at Stirling Castle with a tournament, a feast, and a masque.[3]

1597

• King James VI publishes his Daemonologie, detailing his reflections and studies on the matter of how to deal with witchcraft.[4]

1598

• William Schaw issues the first of the Schaw Statutes of masonry, the Second Statute following in 1599.[5]

References

1. Maureen M. Meikle, 'Anna Of Denmark’s Coronation And Entry Into Edinburgh', Sixteenth-Century Scotland: Essays in Honour of Michael Lynch (Brill, 2008), p. 290.
2. Thomas Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, vol. 2 (Odense, 1988), pp. 296-7.
3. Martin Wiggins & Catherine Richardson, British Drama 1533-1642: A Catalogue: 1590-1597, vol. 3 (Oxford, 2013), p. 247.
4. "King James IV and I's Demonology, 1597". The British Library. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
5. Stevenson, David (1988). The Origins of Freemasonry. Cambridge University Press. pp. 34–51. ISBN 9780521396547.