1646
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- William Bruce, third Laird of Sumburgh, married Elizabeth, daughter of James Sinclair of Scalloway. He had no heir in that marriage, but later he married Margaret, second daughter of John Sinclair of Quendale, and had one son and three Daughters.
May
- 5th
Charles I surrenders his forces in Scotland.
December
The so called Little Ice Age becomes particularly severe, with plummetting temperatures throughout the world.