1683 in Scotland

none 1683 Events from the year 1683 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Monarch – Charles II Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Sir David Falconer Lord Justice General – James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth Lord Justice Clerk – Sir Richard Maitland Events January – Rye House Plot to assassinate Charles II: English lawyer Aaron Smith is sent to Scotland to confer with Scottish co-conspirators.10.1093/ref:odnb/25765 Smith, Aaron Paul Hopkins Those implicated include the exiled Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, Baillie of Jerviswood, John Cochrane of Ochiltree, George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville, and his son David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven, Sir Patrick Hume, 2nd Baronet, and Rev. Robert Ferguson. The plot is discovered on 12 June.1683 The People's Chronology Everett, Jason M. Thomson Gale 2006 23 November – Charles II grants a charter for the colony of New Jersey to 24 proprietors, 12 of whom are Scots. The Scottish settlement is to be in East Jersey and Scots begin arriving here at Perth Amboy. The driving force among the Scots is Robert Barclay of Urie,Fry Michael The Scottish Empire Edinburgh Birlinn 2001 24 a prominent Quaker and first Governor of East Jersey. A public library is first recorded at Kirkwall on Orkney.History http://orkneyarchive.blogspot.co.uk/p/history.html Orkney Archive 2014-05-21 Newbridge Inn first built near Edinburgh. Ongoing – The Killing Time. Births 2 February – Walter Stuart, 6th Lord Blantyre, politician and landowner (died 1713) Deaths 10 November – Robert Morison, botanist and taxonomist (born 1620) See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed 1683 Category:Years of the 17th century in Scotland Scotland