1688 in Scotland

Incumbents

• Monarch – James VII
• Secretary of State – John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort

Events

• August – Battle of Maol Ruadh fought between the Chattan Confederation led by the Clan Mackintosh against the Clan MacDonald of Keppoch and the Clan Cameron.
• Kirk of the Canongate in Edinburgh established.

Births

• April – John Boyle, 2nd Earl of Glasgow, nobleman

Deaths

• 19 January – Sir James Foulis, 2nd Baronet
• 17 February – James Renwick, minister and the last of the Covenanter martyrs.