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1580 In Scotland
Events from the year 1580 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents *Monarch – James VI Births * 12 January – Alexander Ruthven, master of Ruthven (killed 1600) * 14 September – Robert Gordon of Straloch, cartographer, poet, musician, mathematician and antiquary (died 1661) * Prince William Caudle * Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, soldier (died 1661) * Approximate date – George Sinclair, mercenary (killed at Battle of Kringen 1612) Deaths * 6 January – James Hamilton, bishop of Argyll * – William MacDowall, priest and Master of Works * 27 October – Adam Gordon of Auchindoun, knight (born 1545) *Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie (also Lindesay or Lyndsay; c. 1532–1580) was a Scottish chronicler, author of ''The Historie and Chronicles of Scotland, 1436–1565'', the first history of Scotland to be composed in Scots rather than Lat ..., chronicler (born ) See also * Timeline of Scottish history References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sinclair (mercenary)
George Sinclair (c. 1580–1612) was a Scottish mercenary who fought and died in the Kalmar War. He is remembered in popular song in Norway and the Faroe Islands, through the ballad ''Sinklars Visa''. Biography George Sinclair was a nephew of George Sinclair, 5th Earl of Caithness. He was educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh, Edinburgh High School and in 1595 participated in a mutiny which ended after the city officers stormed the school; according to a Norwegian source Sinclair shot a bailie with a pistol. James VI and I, the brother-in-law of Christian IV of Denmark, forbade Scottish mercenaries from joining the Swedes in the Kalmar War (1611-1613). But Sinclair and his men, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Ramsay, went to Romsdalen in Norway anyway. They landed at Klungnes on the shore of the Romsdalsfjord on 19 or 20 August 1612, in two ships and with around 300 men. A week after they landed they were engaged by a Norwegian militia of farmers, with only a few Scotsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1532 In Scotland
Year 153 ( CLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rusticus and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 906 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 153 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Minor uprisings occur in Roman Egypt against Roman rule. Asia * Change of era name from ''Yuanjia'' (3rd year) to ''Yongxing'' of the Chinese Han Dynasty. Births * Didia Clara, daughter of Didius Julianus * Kong Rong, Chinese official and warlord (d. 208) * Zhang Hong, Chinese official and politician (d. 212) Deaths *Tiberius Julius Rhoemetalces Rhoemetalces, also known as Rhoimetalces (, fl. 2nd century AD; died 153), was a Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom. Life When Cotys II died in 131, Rhoemetalces succeeded him as king. The relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lindsay Of Pitscottie
Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie (also Lindesay or Lyndsay; c. 1532–1580) was a Scottish chronicler, author of ''The Historie and Chronicles of Scotland, 1436–1565'', the first history of Scotland to be composed in Scots rather than Latin. Biography Of the family of the Lindsays of the Byres, a grandson of Patrick Lindsay, 4th Lord Lindsay, Robert was born at Pitscottie, in the parish of Ceres, Fife, which he held in lease at a later period. His ''Historie'', the only work by which he is remembered, is described as a continuation of that of Hector Boece, translated by John Bellenden. Although it sometimes degenerates into a mere chronicle of short entries, it is not without passages of great picturesqueness. Sir Walter Scott made use of it in his narrative poem '' Marmion''; and, in spite of its inaccuracy in details, it is useful for the social history of the period. Lindesay's share in the ''Historie'' was generally supposed to end with 1565; but Dr Aeneas Mackay c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1545 In Scotland
Events from the year 1545 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents *Monarch – Mary I *Regent Arran Events * 27 February – Battle of Ancrum Moor, a Scottish victory in the war known as the Rough Wooing Births * Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy Deaths * 10 April - William Stewart (bishop of Aberdeen) * June - Hugh Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Eglinton * Domhnall Dubh See also * Timeline of Scottish history * 1545 in England Events from the 1540s in England. Incumbents * Monarch – Henry VIII (until 28 January 1547), then Edward VI * Regent – Catherine, Queen Consort (starting 15 July, until 30 September 1544) * Lord Protector – Thomas Seymour, 1st Duke of Som ... * 1545 in Ireland References Years of the 16th century in Scotland {{Scotland-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Gordon Of Auchindoun
Adam Gordon of Auchindoun (1545–1580) was a Scottish knight, younger brother of the Earl of Huntly and military leader during the Marian civil war on behalf of Mary, Queen of Scots in north west Scotland. In Scottish ballad lore, Adam became known as Edom o'Gordon. Supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots Adam was the son of George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly and Elizabeth Keith, daughter of Robert Keith, Master of Marischal. Adam Gordon was taken prisoner at the battle of Corrichie in 1562, but was restored to royal favour and made Laird of Auchindoun Castle. During the civil war he fought for the exiled Queen Mary, particularly against the Clan Forbes who followed the cause of James VI of Scotland against his mother. In March 1571, Jean Ruthven, Lady Methven wrote to her husband Henry Stewart, 2nd Lord Methven, fearful that Adam Gordon was coming to Arbroath. In October 1571 Adam defeated the Forbes at the battle of Tillieangus. In November at Craibstone, or Aberdeen Bridge, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William MacDowall
William MacDowall or McDougall (died 1580) was a Scottish priest and Master of Works to Mary, Queen of Scots, her mother Mary of Guise, and James VI of Scotland. The title 'sir' was used in Scotland by a priest without a master's degree. The name appears variously as McDowgall, McDougall, McDowall etc., in printed records, he signed accounts MAKDOUELL. Career He was first employed by John Scrimgeour of Myres in 1535, managing the stone quarry during the building of Holyroodhouse. During the Rough Wooings he was involved in the fabrication of arms at Edinburgh Castle. Later he worked on the building of fortifications against the English for Mary of Guise, 1554–56, and collecting taxes to fund these defensive works. In 1558, MacDowall worked on repairs to the forewall of Edinburgh Castle and the parapet of David's Tower, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse. From August to October 1558 he was busy directing works on the Island of Inchkeith, including the construction of a munition h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Hamilton (bishop Of Argyll)
James Hamilton (died 1580) was a Scottish churchman who served as Bishop of Argyll both pre- and post-Reformation and as Sub-Dean of Glasgow. Life He was the illegitimate son of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran. His natural brothers were James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault and John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews. His first ecclesiastical posts were as reader of Petty, Highland, then rector of Spott, East Lothian. He was nominated Archbishop of Glasgow by the crown's representative on 31 July 1547, but was rejected by the papacy in the summer of 1548 on the grounds of illegitimacy. Five years later, he receives a dispensation for his illegitimacy and appointed Bishop of Argyll on 14 July 1553, although it is not certain whether he was ever consecrated to the Episcopate. He also held, ''in commendam'', the Sub-Deanery of Glasgow. He became a protestant and sat as Bishop of Argyll in the Scottish Reformation Parliament which ratified the Confession of Faith in August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1612 In Norway
Events in the year 1612 in Norway. Incumbents *Monarch: Christian IV. Events *Kalmar War: **26 February – , 300 Norwegian soldiers are massacred inside a church in Nya Lödöse, Sweden. **July - August – (''Mönnichhoven-marsjen''). **26 August – Battle of Kringen. **Fall – Swedish forces under Baltzar Bäck leaves Jemtland and Herjedalen, after being occupied since 1611. **The town of Konghelle was burned down by Swedish troops, then moved closer to Bohus Fortress, and renamed Kongelf. Births Deaths *26 August – George Sinclair, mercenary (born c. 1580 1580 (Roman numerals, MDLXXX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 31 – Portuguese succession crisis of 1580: The death of Henry, King of Portugal, with no direct heirs, leads ...). See also References {{norway-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Kringen
Battle of Kringen () involved an ambush by Norwegian peasant militia of Scottish mercenary soldiers who were on their way to enlist in the Swedish army for the Kalmar War. The battle has since become a part of folklore in Norway, giving names to local places in the Ottadalen valley. Background The Scottish mercenaries were partly recruited, partly pressed into service by Sir James Spens, apparently against the preferences of James VI, who favored the Danish-Norwegian side in the war. Two ships sailed from Dundee and Caithness in early August, met up on the Orkney Islands and sailed for Norway. Because sea routes had been blocked by Dano-Norwegian forces in the Kalmar War, the Scots decided to follow a land route to Sweden that other Scottish and Dutch forces had successfully used. On 20 August the ships landed in Isfjorden in Romsdal, though the pilot apparently put the forces on shore in rough terrain. The soldiers proceeded to march up the valley of Romsdalen and down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl Of Leven
Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven (4 April 1661) was a Scottish army officer. Born illegitimate and raised as a foster child, he subsequently advanced to the rank of field marshal in Swedish Army, and in Scotland became Lord General in command of the Army of the Covenanters, a privy councillor, captain of Edinburgh Castle, Lord Balgonie and Earl of Leven. In England he commanded the Army of the Solemn League and Covenant and was senior commander of the Army of Both Kingdoms (1642–1647). Leslie served in the Thirty Years' War, the Bishops' Wars, and most of the English Civil War, fighting primarily in the First English Civil War. Leslie would live a long life, dying roughly at the age of 80 or 81. Early life Alexander Leslie was born circa 1580 as an illegitimate son of George Leslie, a captain of Blair Castle, and a mother sometimes described as "a wench in Rannoch". He was a member of the Clan Leslie. At an early age, Alexander was fostered out to the Campbells of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Scotland
The Kingdom of Scotland was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, traditionally said to have been founded in 843. Its territories expanded and shrank, but it came to occupy the northern third of the island of Great Britain, sharing a Anglo-Scottish border, land border to the south with the Kingdom of England. During the Middle Ages, Scotland engaged in intermittent conflict with England, most prominently the Wars of Scottish Independence, which saw the Scots assert their independence from the English. Following the annexation of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles from Norway in 1266 and 1472 respectively, and the capture of Berwick upon Tweed, Berwick by England in 1482, the territory of the Kingdom of Scotland corresponded to that of modern-day Scotland, bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel (British Isles), North Channel and Irish Sea to the southwest. In 1603, James VI of Scotland became King of England, joini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
