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Scotland in 1600

Name: Scotland in 1600 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for Scotland in 1600, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

3Records

3Events

2Named people

0Places

2Categories

Historical records

August

5 August 1600Assassination of James VIJames VI

House / House of Stewart

Gowrie & Ruthven conspire to kill James VI but are killed in the attempt

5 August 1600Death of James VIJames VI

House / House of Stewart

Gowrie & Ruthven conspire to kill James VI but are killed in the attempt

Other Events

1600PlotErskine Mar, 2nd

Government / Government of Scotland

Helps to defeat the Gowrie conspiracy

Names involved

Erskine Mar, 2ndJames VI

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.