1620s in Scotland

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Incumbents

Monarch of Scotland

• James I of England/VI of Scotland (1567–1625) (as King of Scotland)
• Charles I of England and Scotland (1625–1649), Duke of Rothesay, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, etc.
• Charles Stuart, Prince of Wales (1612–1625) (ascended to throne)
• Charles James Stuart (1629) (Perinatal mortality)

Events

1620

• Witch hunts begin in Scotland.

1621

• King James I of England/VI of Scotland granted William Alexander of Scotland a royal charter to colonize Acadia, a region that includes part of modern-day Southeastern Canada and the U.S. state of Maine, in an effort to establish a Scottish colonial empire in the New World.
• The Parliament of Scotland ratified the Five Articles of Perth, which was meant to integrate the Church in Scotland with the Anglican Church. This unpopular move by James VI of Scotland would eventually lead to the rise of the Covenanters in Scotland.

1622

• June 16 – Scottish Lord Chancellor Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline died. During the earlier months prior to his death, he was in the process of making alterations to Fyvie Castle and the Pinkie House, which today are famous Landmarks in Scotland.

1623

• Clan MacDonald killed rival Clan chief Malcolm MacFie, and occupied clan MacFie's Argyll islands. As a result, Clan MacFie was considered "disbanded" from 1623 until 1981. Source: Clan MacFie website

1624

• Dunfermline, Scotland is destroyed by fire.

1625

• March 27 – Charles I succeeds to the thrones of England-Wales and Scotland.
• June 13 – King Charles I of England marries Princess Henrietta Maria of France.

1626

• July 5- Battle of Stralsund occurs (at the same time that the siege of that city continued) in which Holy Roman Commander Albrecht von Wallenstein is defeated by a joint Swedo-Danish Force (with Scottish assistance as well) which eventually leads to the siege against Stralsund being lifted on August 4.
• William Alexander was appointed Secretary for Scotland.

1627

• Reconstruction of Muchalls Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland completed by Thomas Burnett.