1579 in Scotland

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Events from the year 1579 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

• Monarch – James VI^[1]

Events

• September
  • 11-year old James VI declares the end of his minority and assumes personal rule.^[2]
  • Esmé Stewart, Sieur d'Aubigny, James's cousin, arrives from France and becomes the king's first favourite.^[3]
• 19 October – Entry of James VI into Edinburgh, ceremonially marking the start of his personal rule.
• First of the Scottish Poor Laws passed.^[4]
• Members of the Glasgow Trades House defend Glasgow Cathedral from depredation.^[5]

Births

• 23 August – Thomas Dempster, Catholic scholar and historian (died 1625)^[6]
• Jean Kincaid, mariticide (executed 1600)^[7]
• John Ogilvie, Jesuit martyr (executed 1615)^[8]
• Approximate date –
  • John Cameron, Calvinist theologian (died 1625)^[9]
  • Arthur Johnston, poet and physician (died 1641)^[10]
  • Tobias Hume, composer (died 1645 in England)

Deaths

• 25 April – John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, noble^[11]
• 16 October – 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

• Timeline of Scottish history

References

1. "James I and VI". BBC History. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
2. 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 1 October 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
3. Little, Crawford (2012). Union of Crowns: The Forging of Europe's Most Independent State. Neil Wilson Publishing. ISBN 9781906000134.
4. "Knowledge Base - The Poor Law in Scotland Before 1845". www.scan.org.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
5. Tabraham, Chris (2021) [2009]. Glasgow Cathedral. Historic Scotland. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-84917-004-8.
6. Du Toit, Alexander (2004). "Dempster, Thomas (1579–1625), writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/7473. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
7. "Livingston, Jean [known as Lady Warriston] (1579–1600), murderer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/15549. Retrieved 2 April 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
8. "TheGlasgowStory: 1560 to 1770s: Personalities: Saint John Ogilvie". www.theglasgowstory.com. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
9. Maury, Gaston Bonet (1910). "John Cameron: A Scottish Protestant Theologian in France (1579-1625)". The Scottish Historical Review. 7 (28): 325–345. JSTOR 25518236.
10. "Arthur Johnston (c.1579–1641)". artuk.org. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
11. "John Stewart, 4th earl of Atholl". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
12. Lynch, Michael (2004). "MacGill [Mackgill], James, of Nether Rankeillour (d. 1579), lawyer and administrator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/17612. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
13. Craggs, Stewart R. (2017). Revival: Peter Maxwell Davies: A Source Book (2002): A Source Book. Routledge. p. 139. ISBN 9781351765022.
14. "Torphichen, James Sandilands". Worldcat. Retrieved 2 April 2018.