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1689 in Scotland

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Events from 1689 in the Kingdom of Scotland

Contents

Incumbents

  • Monarch — William II and Mary II (from 11 May)
  • Secretary of State — John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, then from 13 May George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville

    • Events

  • 16 March–5 June - Convention of the Estates of Scotland sits to determine the settlement of the Scottish throne following the invasion of the Kingdom of England by William, Prince of Orange in 1688
  • 18 March - King's Own Scottish Borderers is raised to defend Edinburgh against Jacobite forces
  • 4 April - Convention of Estates votes to remove James VII from office for forfaulture; going on to adopt the Claim of Right Act 1689
  • 20 April - Robert Lundy secretly flees Derry for Scotland.
  • 11 May - William and Mary accept the Convention's offer of the crown on the day they are crowned King and Queen of England and Scotland at Westminster Abbey
  • 16 May - Battle of Loup Hill on Kintyre between Jacobite forces commanded by Donald MacNeill of Gallchoille and government forces commanded by Captain William Young
  • c. 5 June - Lords of the Articles abolished
  • 22 July - The Parliament of Scotland abolishes Episcopacy
  • 27 July - Battle of Killiecrankie: Covenanter supporters of William and Mary (under Hugh Mackay) are defeated by the Jacobites though the latter's leader, John Graham, Viscount Dundee, is killed
  • 21 August - Battle of Dunkeld: the Orange Covenanter Cameronian Guard defeat the Jacobite clans in street fighting though the Cameronian Colonel William Cleland is killed

    • Births

  • 7 January - Robert Murray, soldier and Member of Parliament (died 1738)
  • 14 April - William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine, soldier and Jacobite leader (died 1746 in the Tower of London)
  • October - William Adam, architect, mason and entrepreneur (died 1748)

    • Deaths

  • 31 March - George Lockhart, advocate and Member of Parliament (born 1630)
  • 27 July - John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, nobleman and soldier, killed at the Battle of Killiecrankie (born 1648)
  • 21 August - William Cleland, poet and soldier, killed at the Battle of Dunkeld (born 1661)

    • References

    1689 in Scotland Wikipedia
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