1700 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1700 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch - William II
Events
- March — Second Darien expedition abandoned.[1]
- 19 April — Campbeltown is erected a royal burgh.[2]
- Possible approximate date at which the last wolf in Scotland was shot, north of Brora in Sutherland.[3]
Births
- April — John Kennedy, 8th Earl of Cassilis (died 1759)
- 27 August — Charles Colyear, 2nd Earl of Portmore (died 1785)
- 11 September — James Thomson, poet (died 1748)
Full date unknown
- Donald Cameron of Lochiel (died 1748)
- George Gilmer, Sr., politician (died 1757)
Deaths
- March — Andrew Bruce, bishop (year of birth unknown)
- 29 July — Prince William, Duke of Gloucester heir to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland (born 1689)
- 16 November — Jamie Macpherson, outlaw (born 1675)
The Arts
- An edition of the late 16th-century Scots poet Alexander Montgomerie's The Cherrie and the Slae is printed in Ulster.
See also
References
- ^ Prebble, John (2000). Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire. ISBN 1-84158-054-6.
- ^ "Charter of erection". Records of the Parliaments of Scotland. University of St Andrews. 1700. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ According to Scrope's Art of Deerstalking cited in the inscription on a stone at the site. "The demise of Scotland's wolves". BBC. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 3 June 2014.