{"slug": "church-of-scotland", "label": "Church of Scotland", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scotland", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q922480", "qid": "Q922480", "description": "national church of Scotland", "entries": 19, "years": 16, "span": [1606, 1929], "span_label": ["1606 CE", "1929 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 16}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "charles-i-of-england", "label": "Charles I of England", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "covenanters", "label": "Covenanters", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "parliament-of-scotland", "label": "Parliament of Scotland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edinburgh", "label": "Edinburgh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kolkata", "label": "Kolkata", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aberdeen", "label": "Aberdeen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "fife", "label": "Fife", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "presbyterianism", "label": "Presbyterianism", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1606, "year_label": "1606 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Scottish minister Patrick Simson and 44 other ministers of the Church of Scotland sign Simson's Protest to the Scottish Parliament against the introduction to Scotland of a hierarchy of bishops.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561009#July–September", "title": "1606", "revid": 1369561009, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1635, "year_label": "1635 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May", "text": "May – Without consulting the Parliament of Scotland, Charles I authorized a new Book of Canons, which among others made him the head of the Church of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737095#Events", "title": "1635 in Scotland", "revid": 1353737095, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1638, "year_label": "1638 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh, Scotland, in opposition to changes to the Church of Scotland proposed by King Charles I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352457236#January–March", "title": "1638", "revid": 1352457236, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1638, "year_label": "1638 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 21", "text": "November 21 – The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is summoned to Glasgow, by King Charles I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352457236#October–December", "title": "1638", "revid": 1352457236, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1666, "year_label": "1666 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 28", "text": "November 28 – The Battle of Rullion Green takes place in the Pentland Hills near Midlothian in Scotland as the culmination of the brief 'Pentland Rising' which began on November 15 as a rebellion by the Covenanters who oppose changes in the Church of Scotland. At least 2,000 men of the Scottish Royal Army, led by General Thomas Dalyell, defeat more than 750 Covenanter rebels who have been under the command of James Wallace of Auchens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988943#October–December", "title": "1666", "revid": 1365988943, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1679, "year_label": "1679 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – James Sharp, the Church of Scotland's Archbishop of St Andrews, is assassinated at Magus Muir in Fife, when his coach is ambushed by a group of nine of the Scottish Covenanters. Only two of the assassins, David Hackston and Andrew Guillan, are captured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366669253#April–June", "title": "1679", "revid": 1366669253, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1690, "year_label": "1690 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – The Parliament of Scotland passes an Act to abolish episcopy in the presbyterian Church of Scotland. The Anglican Episcopal Church in Scotland continues as a separate denomination, retaining bishops.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369486553#April–June", "title": "1690", "revid": 1369486553, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1721, "year_label": "1721 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Robert Wodrow publishes The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362263126#Events", "title": "1721 in Scotland", "revid": 1362263126, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1730, "year_label": "1730 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – John Glas is deposed from the Church of Scotland; the Glasite sect forms around him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560881#January–March", "title": "1730", "revid": 1369560881, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1730, "year_label": "1730 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 12", "text": "12 March – John Glas deposed from the Church of Scotland; the Glasite sect forms around him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738241#Events", "title": "1730 in Scotland", "revid": 1353738241, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1733, "year_label": "1733 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May", "text": "May–December – First Secession from the Church of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738302#Events", "title": "1733 in Scotland", "revid": 1353738302, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1820, "year_label": "1820 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The United Secession Church is established as a Presbyterian denomination by union of various churches which have seceded from the established Church of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254432#Events", "title": "1820 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254432, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1830, "year_label": "1830 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 27", "text": "27 May – Rev. Alexander Duff arrives in Calcutta as the Church of Scotland's first missionary to India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254506#Events", "title": "1830 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254506, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1843, "year_label": "1843 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 18", "text": "May 18 – In Edinburgh, the Free Church of Scotland is disrupted from the Church of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366016136#April–June", "title": "1843", "revid": 1366016136, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1843, "year_label": "1843 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 18", "text": "18 May – the Disruption of the Church of Scotland takes place. Construction of the Triple Kirks in Aberdeen begins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254589#Events", "title": "1843 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254589, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1845, "year_label": "1845 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Tolbooth Kirk, Edinburgh, designed by James Gillespie Graham and Augustus Pugin, is completed as a church and General Assembly hall (Victoria Hall) for the Church of Scotland in the Royal Mile", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254597#Events", "title": "1845 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254597, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1874, "year_label": "1874 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 7", "text": "7 August – Church Patronage (Scotland) Act 1874 abolishes patronage in the appointment of ministers to the Church of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254732#Events", "title": "1874 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254732, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1927, "year_label": "1927 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Church of Scotland introduces the Church Hymnary, revised edition.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362255121#Events", "title": "1927 in Scotland", "revid": 1362255121, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1929, "year_label": "1929 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 2", "text": "2 October – the Union between the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland takes place.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365159643#Events", "title": "1929 in Scotland", "revid": 1365159643, "section": "Events"}}]}