Entries tagged

‘religion’

EventDate
The Tartan Pimpernel, Donald Caskie, dies at Greenock 27th December
The hanging of martyr Hugh Mackail 22nd December
St Columba is born 7th December
Missionary Mary Slessor is born in Aberdeen 2nd December
John Knox is appointed minister in Geneva 1st November
William Little is appointed witch finder 26th October
Death of the founder of the University of Aberdeen 25th October
Founder of the Reformed Church in Scotland dies 19th August
Crown jewels lost when ferry sinks in the Firth of Forth 10th July
Glasgow Cathedral is consecrated 7th July
Covenanters defeated in the Battle of Bothwell Bridge 22nd June
Cardinal David Beaton is assassinated at St Andrews 29th May
Edinburgh Cathedral foundation stone is laid 21st May
“The Disruption” splits the Church of Scotland 18th May
The Wigtown Martyrs are drowned 11th May
Scotland’s last Protestant martyr is burned 28th April
Declaration of Arbroath asserts Scotland’s independence 6th April
The Church of Scotland ordains its first female minister 27th March
The Church of Scotland becomes a daughter of Rome 13th March
Scotland’s only post-Reformation saint is martyred 10th March
Adoption of the National Covenant leads to war 28th February
Covenanter James Renwick is executed 17th February
Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed 8th February
Death of missionary Robert Reid Kalley 17th January
Glasgow’s founder and patron saint dies 13th January