Black Saturday (1621)

Black Saturday was a particularly dark, stormy Saturday in Scotland, on 4 August 1621. Many regarded the foul weather as a judgment of Heaven against the Five Articles of Perth then passed[1] in the Scots Parliament tending to establish Episcopacy.[2]

Many suicides were recorded on this day, as some saw the foul weather as a preparatory for Armageddon.[3]

See also

Sources and notes

  1. ^ The Articles of Perth
  2. ^ "The Nuttall Encyclopaedia by Edited by Rev. James Wood - Full Text Free Book (Part 7/53)". www.fullbooks.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ A Short History of Scotland, Andrew Lang

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Black Saturday". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.


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