1690s in Scotland
Events from the 1690s in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
Monarch- William II, r. 1689–1702
- Mary II r. 1689–1694
Events
1690- 30 April – 1 May: the Jacobite rising of Viscount Dundee ends in defeat at the Battle of Cromdale.
- 13 February – massacre of Glencoe: Members of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe killed by members of Clan Campbell after they refuse to swear allegiance to King William III.
- 28 December – on the death of Queen Mary II, William III becomes sole monarch of Scotland, England and Ireland.
- 9 May – Parliament of Scotland assembles to investigate the Glencoe massacre.
- 1 November – establishment of the Bank of Scotland.
- Education Act 1696 ordains a school in every parish.
- July – first expedition sets sail as part of the Darien scheme.
- November – the colony of New Caledonia established on the Isthmus of Panama.
- The colony of New Caledonia abandoned; the colonists return to Scotland.
- September – the second expedition to Darien sets sail, unaware of the failure of the first.
Births
1692- 22 April – James Stirling, mathematician
1696
- 11 June – James Francis Edward Keith, soldier
- February – Colin Maclaurin, mathematician
- 11 July – George Turnbull, philosopher, theologian, teacher, writer
- 17 April – Robert Blair, poet
Deaths
1690- 3 October – Robert Barclay, writer and Quaker
- 3 August – James Douglas, Earl of Angus, nobleman and soldier
- 28 December – Mary II, Queen of Scots
- 29 November – James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair, lawyer and statesman
- 2 August – Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, nobleman and commanding officer at the Massacre of Glencoe
- 26 March – Godfrey McCulloch, baronet and politician
- 29 November – Patrick Gordon, general in the Russian Army