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Events from the year 1579 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
Events
- September
- 11-year old James VI declares the end of his minority and assumes personal rule with a ceremony in Edinburgh.[2]
- Esmé Stewart, Sieur d'Aubigny, James's cousin, arrives from France and becomes the king's first favourite.[3]
- First of the Scottish Poor Laws passed.[4]
Births
- 23 August – Thomas Dempster, Catholic scholar and historian (died 1625)[5]
- Jean Kincaid, mariticide (executed 1600)[6]
- John Ogilvie (saint), Jesuit (executed 1615)[7]
- Approximate date –
- Arthur Johnston, poet and physician (died 1641)[8]
- John Cameron, Calvinist theologian (died 1625)[9]
Deaths
- 25 April – John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, noble[10]
- Mary Livingston, noble and courtier (born c. 1541)[11]
- Sir James MacGill, courtier[12]
- Possible date –
- David Peebles, religious composer (born c. 1510)[13]
- James Sandilands, 1st Lord Torphichen, noble (born c. 1511)[14]
See also
References
- ↑ "James I and VI". BBC History. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Little, Crawford (2012). Union of Crowns: The Forging of Europe's Most Independent State. Neil Wilson Publishing. ISBN 9781906000134.
- ↑ "Knowledge Base - The Poor Law in Scotland Before 1845". www.scan.org.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "Dempster, Thomas (1579–1625), writer | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". oxforddnb. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-7473. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "Livingston, Jean [known as Lady Warriston] (1579–1600), murderer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - oi. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15549. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "TheGlasgowStory: 1560 to 1770s: Personalities: Saint John Ogilvie". www.theglasgowstory.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "Arthur Johnston (c.1579–1641)". artuk.org. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ Maury, Gaston Bonet (1910). "John Cameron: A Scottish Protestant Theologian in France (1579-1625)". The Scottish Historical Review: 325–345. JSTOR 25518236.
- ↑ "John Stewart, 4th earl of Atholl". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "Tudor Marys - Tudors Dynasty". Tudors Dynasty. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ "MacGill [Mackgill], James, of Nether Rankeillour (d. 1579), lawyer and administrator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-17612. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ↑ Craggs, Stewart R. (2017). Revival: Peter Maxwell Davies: A Source Book (2002): A Source Book. Routledge. p. 139. ISBN 9781351765022.
- ↑ "Torphichen, James Sandilands". Worldcat. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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