Events from the 1660s in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

* Monarch – Charles II (since May 29, 1660)

Events

* 1660: ** 1 January – Colonel George Monck with his regiment crosses from Scotland to England at the village of Coldstream and advances towards London in support of the English Restoration. ** 29 May – Charles II is crowned King of England, Scotland and Ireland. ** 21 December – '' Mercurius Caledonius'' established in Edinburgh, the first example of a newspaper in Scotland, running until 1661. * 1661: ** April –

Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661–62 The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661–62 was a series of nationwide witch trials that took place across the whole of Scotland during a period of sixteen months from April 1661. At least 660 people were tried for witchcraft and various forms of di ...

begins. * 1663: ** 28 September – The murder of Alexander MacDonald, 12th of Keppoch and his brother Ranald by their cousins, known as the Keppoch murders. * 1664: ** Methven Castle built. * 1666: ** 28 November – Battle of Rullion Green, part of the Pentland Rising, a failed uprising by the

Covenanters Covenanters ( gd, Cùmhnantaich) were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. The name is derived from ''Covenan ...

. * 1667: ** 1 May – A Dutch flotilla under Admiral van Ghent enters the

Firth of Forth The Firth of Forth () is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south. Name ''Firth'' is a cognate of ''fjord'', a Norse word meani ...

as part of the First Anglo-Dutch War. ** Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, is granted Kinlochkilkerran on which he will develop

Campbeltown Campbeltown (; gd, Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing ...

. * 1669: ** 7 June:

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grants the 'First Indulgence', allowing moderate Presbyterian ministers to be reappointed to their livings. ** 2 August: John Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale, is granted the royal appointment of

Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland The Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland was the monarch of Scotland's's personal representative to the Parliament of Scotland. From the accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of England in 1603, a Lord High Commissio ...

. ** 19 October: The Parliament of Scotland opens its first new session in six years (although two Conventions of Estates have been held briefly in 1665 and 1667). The session is opened in Edinburgh by Charles in his capacity as

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and closes in December. Legislation passed includes: *** Act of Supremacy, recognising the King's authority over the Kirk *** Militia Act, giving the King power to raise 20,000 men in Scotland. *** Act against conventicles. *** Act for annexation of Orkney and Shetland to the Crown.

Births

* 1661: ** 6 October – William Dunbar, bishop (d.

1746 Events January–March * January 8 – The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart occupies Stirling, Scotland. * January 17 – Battle of Falkirk Muir: British Government forces are defeated by Jacobite forces. * February 1 ...

) * 1662: ** 15 February – James Renwick, Covenanter (executed

1688 Events January–March * January 2 – Fleeing from the Spanish Navy, French pirate Raveneau de Lussan and his 70 men arrive on the west coast of Nicaragua, sink their boats, and make a difficult 10 day march to the city of Oco ...

) ** 5 August –

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, lawyer and historian (d.

1728 Events January–March * January 5 – The '' Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo de la Habana'', the oldest university in Cuba, is founded in Havana. * January 9 – The coronation of Peter II as the Tsar of t ...

) ** 19 November –

John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland John Campbell, 2nd Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (19 November 1662 – 23 February 1752) a Scottish nobleman born in Breadalbane to John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland and Lady Mary Rich. In 1685 he married Lady Frances Cavendi ...

, politician (d.

1752 In the British Empire, it was the only leap year with 355 days, as September 3–13 were skipped when the Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – The British Empire (except Scotland, which h ...

) ** 18 December – James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry politician (d.

1711 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January – Cary's Rebellion: The Lords Proprietor appoint Edward ...

) * 1663: ** 8 May –

Lord James Murray Lord James Murray (8 May 1663 – 30 December 1719), was a Scottish Member of Parliament. Murray was the third son of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, by Lady Amelia Anne Sophia, daughter of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby, and was born a ...

, English-born politician (d.

1719 Events January–March * January 8 – Carolean Death March begins: A catastrophic retreat by a largely-Finnish Swedish- Carolean army under the command of Carl Gustaf Armfeldt across the Tydal mountains in a blizzard kills around 3,7 ...

) * 1664: ** 14 September – John Blackadder, soldier (died

1729 Events January–March * January 8 – Frederick, the eldest son of King George II of Great Britain is made Prince of Wales at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in Hanover ...

) * 1665: ** 25 December – Lady Grizel Baillie, songwriter (d.

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Deaths

* 1661: ** 27 May –

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, 8th Earl of Argyll, Chief of Clan Campbell (March 160727 May 1661) was a Scottish nobleman, politician, and peer. The ''de facto'' head of Scotland's government during most of the conflict of the 1640s and ...

, nobleman, executed in Edinburgh for treason (b. 1607) ** 18 August –

Robert Gordon of Straloch Robert Gordon of Straloch (14 September 1580 – 18 August 1661) was a Scottish cartographer, noted as a poet, mathematician, antiquary, and geographer, and for his collection of music for the lute. Life The younger son of Sir John Gordon of Pit ...

, poet, mathematician, antiquary and geographer (b. 1580) * 1662: ** 3 September – Beatrix Leslie, midwife, executed for witchcraft (b. c.1577) * 1663: ** 21 December – Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, nobleman (b.

1599 __NOTOC__ Events January–June * January 8 – The Jesuit educational plan, known as the ''Ratio Studiorum'', is issued. * March 12 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Queen Elizabeth I o ...

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References

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