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Events from the 1690s in the
Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
Monarch
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William II, r. 1689–1702 (Co-monarch with Mary II)
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Mary II r. 1689–1694 (Co-monarch with William III & II)
Events
1690
1692
1694
- 28 December – on the death of Queen
Mary II, William III becomes sole monarch of Scotland, England and Ireland.
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1695
1696
1698
1699
- The colony of New Caledonia abandoned; the colonists return to Scotland.
[4]
[5]
- September – the second expedition to Darien sets sail, unaware of the failure of the first.
[4]
[5]
Births
1692
1695
1696
1698
1699
Deaths
1690
1692
1694
1695
1696
1697
1699
References
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Site Record for Cromdale, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
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b
c Williams, Hywel (2005).
Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp.
285–288.
ISBN
0-304-35730-8.
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^ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN
0-14-102715-0.
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b
c
d John Prebble, The Darien Disaster, A Scots Colony in the New World, 1698–1700, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968.
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b
c
d Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire. Prebble, John,
ISBN
1-84158-054-6