Events from the year 1690 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents Monarch – William II and Mary II Secretary of State – Lord Melville
Law officers Lord Advocate – John Dalrymple Solicitor General for Scotland – ??
Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord Stair Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Stair, then Lord Cessnock
Events 4 January – Glasgow is re-chartered as a royal burgh with power to elect its own officials 25 April – the Parliament of Scotland passes an Act to abolish episcopy in the presbyterian Church of Scotland. The Anglican Episcopal Church in Scotland continues as a separate denomination, retaining bishops. The Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland also forms 30 April–1 May – defeat at the Battle of Cromdale effectively ends the Jacobite uprising 9 October – Royal Navy frigate HMS Dartmouth is wrecked in the Sound of Mull while on a mission to persuade the MacLeans of Duart to sign articles of allegiance to William III and Mary II Rev. Robert Kirk produces An Biobla Naomhtha, a pocket Bible translation into Scottish Gaelic (in Roman characters) adapted from William Bedell's Classical Gaelic translation of the Old Testament and William Daniel's of the New Testament, published in London Hearth Tax abolished The whisky distillery at Ferintosh, Black Isle, becomes the first to operate legally
Births April – William McGibbon, composer and violinist (died 1756) 26 September – James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl, peer and politician (died 1764) Undated – William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan, Jacobite army officer (died 1746)
Deaths 3 October – Robert Barclay, Quaker and writer (born 1648)
See also Timeline of Scottish history
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