Events from 1687 in the
Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
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Monarch –
James VII
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Secretary of State –
John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort
John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, styled Duke of Melfort in the Jacobite peerage (8 August 1650 - 25 January 1715), was a Scottish politician and close advisor to James II. A Catholic convert, Melfort and his brother the Earl of Perth consis ...
Events
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12 February
Events Pre-1600
*1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna.
*1429 – English forces under S ...
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Declaration of Indulgence proclaimed by James VII, a first step towards freedom of religion.
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29 May
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
*1108 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under th ...
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Order of the Thistle
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle is an order of chivalry associated with Scotland. The current version of the Order was founded in 1687 by King James VII of Scotland, who asserted that he was reviving an earlier Order. The ...
founded
Births
''unknown date''
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George Douglas, 2nd Earl of Dumbarton (died
1749
Events
January–March
* January 3
** Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
** The first issue of ''Berlingske'', Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, ...
)
Deaths
''unknown date''
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James Aitken (bishop) (born
1612/13)
See also
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Timeline of Scottish history
References
{{Year in Europe, 1687
1680s in Scotland