1591 in Scotland
Events from the year 1591 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1591 in: England • Elsewhere |
Events
- February – Brian O'Rourke, rebel lord of West Bréifne in Ireland, seeks right of asylum in Scotland
- 3 April – Brian O'Rourke is arrested in Glasgow and delivered to the English
- 27 December - Raid of Holyrood, the rebel Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell breaks into Holyroodhouse.[1]
- December – James VI's Newes from Scotland – declaring the damnable life and death of Dr. John Fian is published in London
- Burgh of Cockenzie created by James VI
- Canongate Tolbooth built in Edinburgh
Births
- March – Donald Mackay, 1st Lord Reay, soldier (died 1649)
- Adam Steuart, philosopher (died 1645 in Leiden)
Deaths
- 28 January – Agnes Sampson, executed as a witch
- 16 December – Dr. John Fian, executed as a sorcerer
- John Erskine of Dun, religious reformer (born 1509)
- Andrew Stewart, 2nd Lord Ochiltree (born c.1521)
See also
References
- Edward Cowan, 'Darker vision of the Scottish renaissance', Renaissance & Reformation in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1983), pp. 132-134.
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