1579 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1579 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
Monarch - James VI
Events
- Spring — Government forces move to crush the power of the Clan Hamilton in the west of Scotland; Claud Hamilton and his brother Lord John Hamilton flee to England.
- September[1]
- 11-year old James VI declares the end of his minority and assumes personal rule with a ceremony in Edinburgh.
- Esmé Stewart, Sieur d'Aubigny, James's cousin, arrives from France and becomes the king's first favourite.
- First of the Scottish Poor Laws passed.
Births
- 23 August — Thomas Dempster, Catholic scholar and historian (died 1625)
- Jean Kincaid, mariticide (executed 1600)
- John Ogilvie (saint), Jesuit (executed 1615)
- Approximate date —
- Arthur Johnston, poet and physician (died 1641)
- John Cameron, Calvinist theologian (died 1625)
Deaths
- 25 April — John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, noble
- Mary Livingston, noble and courtier (born c. 1541)
- Sir James MacGill, courtier
- Possible date —
- David Peebles, religious composer (born c. 1510 in Scotland – c. 1510]])
- James Sandilands, 1st Lord Torphichen, noble (born c. 1511)
See also
References
- ↑ Wormald, Jenny (2004). "James VI and I (1566–1625)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14592. Retrieved 2015-10-01. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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