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1600 In Scotland
Events from the year 1600 in the Kingdom of Scotland Incumbents *Monarch – James VI Events * 1 January – today is adopted as New Year's Day following the partial adoption of the Gregorian Calendar in Scotland * 20 March – Construction of Cullen House in Moray begins. * 5 August – the Gowrie House affair, a plot to kidnap James VI in Perth, in which Robert Logan of Restalrig is implicated, devised by John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie (who dies in the attempt, together with his brother Alexander Ruthven) * 19 November – the future King Charles I of England and Scotland, son of James VI, is born in Dunfermline Palace * Scalloway Castle is built on Mainland, Shetland, by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney Births * 19 November – Charles I at Dunfermline Palace, king of England and Scotland (executed 1649 in England) * November – John Ogilby, cartographer (died 1676 in England) * Approximate date ** David Leslie, Lord Newark, soldier (died 1682) ** Samuel Ruth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl Of Orkney
Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or Patricius, Bishop of Dublin * Patrick, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1122–1168), Anglo-Norman nobleman * Patrick (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian right-back * Patrick (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian striker *Patrick (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian midfielder * Patrick (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian right-back * Patrick (footballer, born May 1998), Brazilian forward * Patrick (footballer, born November 1998), Brazilian attacking midfielder * Patrick (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian defender * Patrick (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian defender * John Byrne (Scottish playwright) (born 1940), also a painter under the pseudonym Patrick * Don Harris (wrestler) (born 1960), American professional wrestler who uses the ring name Patr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Craig (minister)
John Craig ( – 12 December 1600) was a Reformer, and colleague of John Knox. Originally a Dominican, he became a Church of Scotland minister with significant extra responsibilities and played an influential part in the Scottish Reformation. Craig was educated at the St. Andrews, and, going afterwards to England, became tutor in the family of Lord Dacre. He entered the order of Dominican Friars at Bologna, where he was appointed Master of Novices and of which he served as rector for several years. His role gave him access to read the Papally-censored works of John Calvin and on reading The Institutes, Craig accepted their teachings. For this he was condemned by the Inquisition and sentenced to be burned for heresy in August, 1559 but escaped from jail at Rome. Returning, via Vienna, to Edinburgh, in 1561, he joined the Reforming party, and was appointed minister of the Canongate that year. In 1562 he became a colleague of John Knox in St Giles, where he worked for nine y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
1577 In Scotland
Year 1577 ( MDLXXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 9 – The second Union of Brussels is formed, first without the Protestant counties of Holland and Zeeland (which is accepted by King Philip II of Spain), later with the Protestants, which means open rebellion of the whole of the Netherlands. * February 12 – The " Perpetual Edict", providing for the removal of Spanish troops from what is now the Netherlands, is signed in the city of Marche-en-Famenne in the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium) by the Spanish Governor-General, Don Juan de Austria and representatives of the Dutch rebellion. The Perpetual Edict will last only five months, before Don Juan begins new attacks on the rebels. * February 23 – The new Shah of Iran, Ismail II, has most of the advisers of his late father executed, including Prince Ibrahim Mirza. * March 17 – The Cathay Company is formed, to send Martin Frobisher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
