Events from 1688 in the

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-Sc ...

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Monarch A monarch () is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary. "Monarch". Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest ...

– James VII (until 11 December) * Secretary of State –

John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, styled Duke of Melfort in the Jacobite peerage (8 August 1650 – 25 January 1715), was a Scotland, Scottish politician and close advisor to James II of England, James VII & II. A Catholic convert, Melfort and ...

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* August – Battle of Maol Ruadh fought between the

Chattan Confederation Clan Chattan ( or ), also sometimes referred to as "Clan Dhugaill" (Quehele) after its progenitor Dougall-Dall, is a unique confederation of Highland clans. This distinctive allied community comprised at its greatest extent seventeen separate ...

led by the

Clan Mackintosh Clan Mackintosh (''Clann Mhic an Tòisich'') is a Scottish clan from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The chiefs of the clan are the Mackintoshes of Mackintosh. Another branch of the clan, the Mackintoshes of Torcastle, are the chiefs of Cl ...

against the

Clan MacDonald of Keppoch Clan MacDonald of Keppoch, also known as Clan MacDonell of Keppoch or Clan Ranald of Lochaber ( ), is a Highland Scottish clan and a branch of Clan Donald. The progenitor of the clan is Alistair Carrach MacDonald, 4th great-grandson of the war ...

and the

Clan Cameron Clan Cameron is a West Scottish Highlands, Highland Scottish clan, with one main branch Lochiel, and numerous cadet branches. The Clan Cameron lands are in Lochaber, and within their lands lies Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isl ...

. * Kirk of the Canongate in Edinburgh established.

Births

* April – John Boyle, 2nd Earl of Glasgow, nobleman (died 1740)

Deaths

* 19 January –

Sir James Foulis, 2nd Baronet Sir James Foulis, Lord Colinton (died 1688), was a Scottish politician and judge. Life James Foulis was the only son of Alexander Foulis of Colinton and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Hepburn of Ford (near Pathhead, Midlothian). She wa ...

* 17 February – James Renwick, minister and the last of the Covenanter martyrs.

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{{Year in Europe, 1688 1680s in Scotland

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