1706 in Scotland
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See also: | List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1706 in: England • Wales • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1706 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch — Anne
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General — Lord Tarbat
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Ormiston
Events
- 22 July — Treaty of Union between Scotland and England agreed in London.[1]
- c. September — Daniel Defoe is sent to Edinburgh as an English government agent to promote ratification of the Treaty of Union.
- 4 November — The Scottish Parliament votes in favour of the Union with England Act by 116 votes to 83.[2]
Births
- 1 April — Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck judge (died 1782)
- date unknown
- James Abercrombie British Army general (died 1781)
- Walter Goodall, writer (died 1766)
- John Maule, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (died 1781)
- William Stewart, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (died 1748)
Deaths
- 25 August — Lord John Hay, soldier (born c. 1668)
- date unknown — Sir John Hay of Alderston, 1st Baronet
The Arts
- A Choice Collection of Comic and Serious Scots Poems both ancient and modern, by several hands edited by James Watson begins publication in Edinburgh.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 204–205. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ McLean, Iain; McMillan, Alistair. State of the Union: Unionism and the Alternatives in the United Kingdom since 1707. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925820-1. Retrieved 6 January 2008.
- ^ "Ramsay, Allan (1686–1758)". The Burns Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 20 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.