1579 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1579 Events from the year 1579 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Incumbents Monarch – James VIJames I and VI https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/james_i_vi.shtml BBC History 2 April 2018 Events September 11-year old James VI declares the end of his minority and assumes personal rule.Jenny Wormald Jenny Wormald James VI and I (1566–1625) 2004 Online http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14592 2015-10-01 10.1093/ref:odnb/14592 Esmé Stewart, Sieur d'Aubigny, James's cousin, arrives from France and becomes the king's first favourite.Little Crawford Union of Crowns: The Forging of Europe's Most Independent State 2012 Neil Wilson Publishing 9781906000134 https://books.google.com/books?id=hYJJdnldGvgC&pg=PT247 en 19 October – Entry of James VI into Edinburgh, ceremonially marking the start of his personal rule. First of the Scottish Poor Laws passed.Knowledge Base - The Poor Law in Scotland Before 1845 http://www.scan.org.uk/knowledgebase/topics/poorlaw1.htm www.scan.org.uk 2 April 2018 Members of the Glasgow Trades House defend Glasgow Cathedral from depredation.Chris Tabraham Glasgow Cathedral Historic Scotland 2021 2009 978-1-84917-004-8 37 Births 23 August – Thomas Dempster, Catholic scholar and historian (died 1625)7473 Dempster, Thomas (1579–1625), writer Alexander Du Toit 2004 Jean Kincaid, mariticide (executed 1600)Livingston, Jean [known as Lady Warriston] (1579–1600), murderer http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/15549 2 April 2018 en 10.1093/ref:odnb/15549 2004 John Ogilvie, Jesuit martyr (executed 1615)TheGlasgowStory: 1560 to 1770s: Personalities: Saint John Ogilvie http://www.theglasgowstory.com/story/?id=TGSBH14 www.theglasgowstory.com 2 April 2018 Approximate date – John Cameron, Calvinist theologian (died 1625)Maury Gaston Bonet John Cameron: A Scottish Protestant Theologian in France (1579-1625) 25518236 The Scottish Historical Review 7 28 325–345 1910 Arthur Johnston, poet and physician (died 1641)Arthur Johnston (c.1579–1641) https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/arthur-johnston-c-15791641-104925 artuk.org 2 April 2018 en Tobias Hume, composer (died 1645 in England) Deaths 25 April – John Stewart, 4th Earl of Atholl, nobleJohn Stewart, 4th earl of Atholl https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Stewart-4th-Earl-of-Atholl Encyclopedia Britannica 2 April 2018 en 16 October – Sir James MacGill, courtier17612 MacGill [Mackgill], James, of Nether Rankeillour (d. 1579), lawyer and administrator Michael Lynch 2004 Possible date – David Peebles, religious composer (born 1510)Craggs Stewart R. Revival: Peter Maxwell Davies: A Source Book (2002): A Source Book 2017 Routledge 9781351765022 139 https://books.google.com/books?id=TyIuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT139 en James Sandilands, 1st Lord Torphichen, noble (born 1511)Torphichen, James Sandilands http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nb2012001924/ Worldcat 2 April 2018 See also Timeline of Scottish history References 1579 Scotland