1676 in Scotland

Events from the year 1676 in the Kingdom of Scotland.

Incumbents

Monarch – Charles II

Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – James Dalrymple

Events 7 February – John Murray, 3rd Earl of Tullibardine, is created Lord Murray, Balveny and Gask, Viscount of Balquhidder and 1st Marquess of Atholl in the Peerage of Scotland. The Royal Company of Archers is established as a private archery club in Edinburgh.

Births 17 March – Thomas Boston, Presbyterian church leader, theologian and philosopher (died 1732) 28 March (bapt.) – Thomas Aikenhead, student convicted of blasphemy (executed 1697) 15 June – Colen Campbell, Georgian architect (died 1729) 19 July – Andrew Hume, Lord Kimmerghame, judge (died 1730) 29 July – James Blow, printer (died 1759 in Ireland) William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, Jacobite (died 1744 in Rome) Henry Scott, 1st Earl of Deloraine, Major-General in the British Army (died 1730) Alexander Selkirk, sailor (died 1721 at sea) Approximate date Alexander Anderson, Church of Scotland minister, Moderator of the General Assembly (died 1737) Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet, politician, lawyer, judge, antiquarian and patron of the arts (died 1755)

Deaths 27 November (possible date) – Thomas Mackenzie of Pluscarden, soldier

1676 in Scotland

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