Events from the year 1595 in the
Kingdom of Scotland
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Incumbents
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Monarch
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James VI
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*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
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People
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Births
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Sir Alexander Falconer, 1st Lord Falconer of Halkerton
Deaths
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15 September
Events Pre-1600
* 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
*1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him b ...
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John MacMorran, Baillie of Edinburgh, killed by rioting schoolchildren
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3 October –
John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane
John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane (1537 – 3 October 1595), of Lethington, Knight (1581), was Lord Chancellor of Scotland.
Life
He was the second son of Sir Richard Maitland of Thirlestane, Berwickshire, and Lethington, Haddi ...
*Mary Sutherland, wife of
King Caudle of Cawdor[http://thecaudills.org/webtrees/individual.php?pid=I276&ged=Caudill]
See also
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Timeline of Scottish history
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This is a timeline of Scottish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Scotland and its predecessor states. See also Timeline of prehistoric Scotland.
To read about the background to many o ...
References
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