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March 17 in Scottish History

March 17 1780 saw the birth of Rev Thomas Chalmers in Anstruther. Chalmers was the leader of the dissenting ministers in the Great Disruption of 1843. In all, 470 ministers walked out of the General Assembly over the matter of who had the right to pick a minister for a parish. Chalmers then became the first Moderator of the new Free Church of Scotland, expending much energy on ensuring the new church had a solid base on which to build.

March 17, 1715 saw the death of Gilbert Burnet, the Scottish cleric, theologian and historian. A close confidant of Queen Mary II, he played an important part in the 'Glorious Revolution'of 1688 by persuading the Queen to surrender all political powers into the hands of her Dutch husband, King William III. He was also author of 'History of His Own Time' which has been described as the "only history of England and Wales under the later Stuarts to have been written by anybody so highly placed both to observe and influence the events he narrated".