1579_in_Scotland
1579 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1579 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
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- 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]
- 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)
- 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]
- "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 1 October 2015. (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.
- Tabraham, Chris (2021) [2009]. Glasgow Cathedral. Historic Scotland. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-84917-004-8.
- 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.)
- "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.)
- "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.
- "John Stewart, 4th earl of Atholl". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- 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.)
- 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.