1700s in Scotland

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

Incumbents

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

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)

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.

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

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]

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]

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)

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 piracy (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 the University of Edinburgh (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)

^ ^a ^b "Undiscovered Scotland, timeline". Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
^ ^a ^b Iain McLean; Alistair McMillan. State of the Union: Unionism and the Alternatives in the United Kingdom since 1707. Vol. xiii. p. 283. ISBN 0-19-925820-1. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
^ ^a ^b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 291. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ "Union with Scotland (Amendment ) Act 1707". Archived from the original on 6 August 2009. Retrieved 2008-02-10.