King James VI and I grants 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.
June 16 – Scottish Lord Chancellor Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline dies.[1] During the earlier months prior to his death, he has been in the process of making alterations to Fyvie Castle and the Pinkie House, which become famous modern-day landmarks in Scotland.
1623
Clan MacDonald kills rival Clan chief Malcolm MacFie, and occupy clan MacFie's Argyll islands. As a result, Clan MacFie is considered "disbanded" from 1623 until 1981.[2]
1624
May 25 – The town of Dunfermline is destroyed by a fire.[3]
Death in Edinburgh of Huguenot calligrapher Esther Inglis.
1625
March 27 – Charles I succeeds to the thrones of England (with Wales) and Scotland.
July 5 – Battle of Stralsund occurs in which Holy Roman Commander Albrecht von Wallenstein is defeated by a joint Swedo-Danish force with Scottish assistance which eventually leads to the siege against Stralsund being lifted on August 4.
^Dennison, E. Patricia; Stronach, Simon (2007). Historic Dunfermline: archaeology and development. Dunfermline: Dunfermline Burgh Survey. p. 35. ISBN978-0-9557244-0-4.
