A list of events and people in Scotland in the 1700s:

Incumbents

Monarch of Scotland

• William III of England/II of Scotland/I of Ireland, r. 1689-1702
• Anne*, r. 1702-1714

Duke of Rothesay, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland and etc.

• Vacant

(*Following the Act of Union of 1707, Anne became the Queen of the newly formed Kingdom of Great Britain.)

Events

1700

• March - the second Darien expedition abandoned.^[1]

1701

• 16 September - On the death of the deposed King James VII of Scotland, James Francis Edward Stuart declares himself James VIII (and III of England and Ireland)

1702

• 8 March - King William II of Scotland (William III of England and Ireland) dies and is succeeded by Queen Anne on the English, Scottish and Irish thrones.

1703

• April - the Edinburgh Fire Brigade is formed.^[1]

1704

• Parliament of Scotland passes the Act of Security 1704 in response to the Parliament of England's Act of Settlement 1701.^[2]

1705

• 11 April - Captain Thomas Green is hanged for piracy at Leith.
• The Parliament of England passes the Alien Act in response to the Parliament of Scotland's Act of Security 1704.

1706

• 4 November - The Scottish Parliament votes in favour of the Acts of Union by 116 votes to 83.^[2]

1707

• 16 January - The Treaty (or Act) of Union between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland is ratified by the Parliament of Scotland.
• 1 May - The Acts of Union becomes law, uniting the Parliaments of the England and Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain.^[3]

1708

• 11 March - Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
• 23 March - James Francis Edward Stuart unsuccessfully tries to land at the Firth of Forth with a French fleet.^[3]
• 1 May - the Privy Councils of England and Scotland merged into the Privy Council of Great Britain.^[4]

1709

Births

• April 1700- John Kennedy, 8th Earl of Cassilis (died 1759)
• 27 August 1700- Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore (died 1785)
• 11 September 1700- James Thomson, poet (died 1748)
• 11 June 1701- David Carnegie, 5th Earl of Northesk (died 1741)
• 4 August 1701- Thomas Blackwell, scholar (died 1757)
• Unknown 1701-George Bogle of Daldowie, Rector of the University of Glasgow (died 1782)
• Unknown 1701-John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford, diplomat (died 1767)
• Unknown 1701-William Grant, Lord Prestongrange, politician and judge (died 1764)
• 8 May 1702 - Andrew Lauder, Baronet (died 1769)
• 18 July 1702- Clementina Sobieski, wife of James Francis Edward Stuart and mother of Charles Edward Stuart (died 1735)
• 4 October 1702- John Lindsay, 20th Earl of Crawford (died 1749)
• date unknown 1702- James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton (died 1768)
• 5 January 1703- James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton (died 1743)

Deaths

• March 1700- Andrew Bruce, bishop (year of birth unknown)
• 29 July 1700- Prince William, Duke of Gloucester heir to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland (born 1689)
• 16 November 1700- Jamie Macpherson, outlaw (born 1675)
• January 1701- Kenneth Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Seaforth (born 1661)
• April 1701- David Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven of Freeland (year of birth unknown)
• 23 May 1701- William Kidd, sailor executed for poracy (born c. 1645)
• June 1701- Charles Hamilton, 5th Earl of Abercorn (year of birth unknown)
• 23 July 1701- John Kennedy, 7th Earl of Cassilis (born 1653)
• 16 September 1701- King James VII of Scotland (born 1633)
• 1 November 1701- Alexander Stuart, 5th Earl of Moray (born 1634)
• Unknown 1701-Gilbert Rule, nonconformist divine and the Principal of Edinburgh University (born c. 1629)
• 8 March 1702- King William II of Scotland (born 1650, Netherlands)
• 15 February 1703- Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian (born 1636)
• 6 May 1703- John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl (born 1631)
• 25 September 1703- Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll (born 1658)

References