1500-1599
c1500: Population estimate is 2,500 - 3,000
1504: Plague hits Glasgow; the city is eleventh among Scottish burghs for taxation revenue
c1510: The Bishop's Palace is extended
1516-1559: The city's craft guilds are incorporated
1518: The university becomes more active
1520: The archdiocese now includes the former diocese of Argyll
1525: James Houston founds the Tron Church
1535-1556: Glasgow pays 1.5% - 3% of total Scottish burgh taxes
1544: Siege of castle; estimated population is 3,000
1556: Estimated population c4,500
1560: The burgh of Glasgow is now represented in the Parliament of Scotland
1570: Andrew Melville rejuvenates the university
1574: Plague hits the city again
c1576: The council mill is rebuilt
1579: The city's cathedral is saved from demolition by craftsmen threatening to riot
1581: Glasgow pays 66% of upper Clyde customs tax
1584: Plague
1589: Golf is played on Glasgow Green
1593: Emergence of the Presbytery of Glasgow in the new self-governing church
1594: Glasgow is now fifth in ranking of Scottish burghs, paying 4.5% of export customs
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