Events from the year 1696 in the Kingdom of Scotland. Monarch – William II Secretary of State – James Johnston, until January or February; then John Murray...

ending Savoy's involvement in the Nine Years' War. September 8 – The Parliament of Scotland passes the Education Act 1696, providing for locally funded...

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...

Education Act 1696 (1696 c. 26) was an act of the Parliament of Scotland that ordered locally funded, Church-supervised schools to be established in every parish...

Indies. The subscription book of the Company of Scotland was opened in Edinburgh on 26 February 1696, inviting investments from a minimum of £100 up to...

England, Scotland and Ireland in early 1696. One of a series of plots by Jacobites to reverse the Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689, the plot of 1696 had been...

sold in England, as was the original intention. In 1696, 2,500 Scottish settlers, in two expeditions, set out to found a Scottish trading colony in the...

position, in 1696 new legislation restored the provisions of 1646. An act of the Scottish parliament in 1696 underlined the aim of having a school in every...

Events from the year 2024 in Scotland. First Minister Humza Yousaf (until 7 May 2024 ) John Swinney (starting 8 May 2024) Secretary of State – Alister...

later). In England and Wales it was introduced in 1696 and in Scotland from 1748. It was repealed in both cases in 1851. In France it was established in 1798...