1597 in Scotland
Events from the year 1597 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
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Events
    
- 4 February – Battle of Logiebride, a skirmish between men of the Clan Mackenzie against those of the Clan Munro and the Bain family of Tulloch Castle.[1]
 - March–October – The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597.[2]
 - 14 July – poet Alexander Montgomerie is declared an outlaw after the collapse of a Catholic plot.
 - 23 July – Earthquake in the Highlands.[3]
 - Lands of the Clan MacLeod are forfeit to the Crown.
 - Scottish Poor Laws make parishes rather than the church responsible for the administration of poor relief.
 - King James VI's Daemonologie is published.
 
Births
    
- Robert Bethune, Baron of Balfour[4]
 - Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck, soldier (murdered 1645)[5]
 - Approximate date –
- Lady Mary Erskine, Countess Marischal[6]
 - Andrew Murray, 1st Lord Balvaird, minister (died 1644)
 
 
Deaths
    
- 11 March – Henry Drummond, evangelical writer and lecturer
 - 27 May – James Tyrie, Jesuit theologian (born 1543)
 - Sir Thomas Maclellan of Bombie, Provost of Kirkcudbright
 
See also
    
    
References
    
- Mackenzie, Alan, History of the Mackenzies
 - ""Dark Birthright" takes place during 1619–1637 in Northeast Scotland". Mini-Timeline of Scottish History. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
 - "Notes on individual earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
 -  "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) -  "Sir Duncan Campbell". barbcornia.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "George Jamesone, 1589 / 1590 - 1644. Portrait painter (Self-portrait)". www.nationalgalleries.org. National Galleries Scotland. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
 
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