1700 in Scotland
1700 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1700 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Contents
1 Incumbents
1.1 Law officers
1.2 Judiciary
2 Events
3 Births
3.1 Full date unknown
4 Deaths
5 The arts
6 See also
7 References
Incumbents[edit]
Monarch – William II
Secretary of State – James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, jointly with John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford
Law officers[edit]
Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart
Solicitor General for Scotland – Sir Patrick Hume
Judiciary[edit]
Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick
Lord Justice General – Lord Lothian
Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Pollok
Events[edit]
5 January – Moffat schoolteacher Robert Carmichael is scourged through the streets of Edinburgh and banished for killing a pupil during punishment for misbehaviour.[1]
3 February – "Lesser Great Fire" around Parliament Close, Edinburgh, leaves 400 families homeless.[2]
30 March – second Darien expedition abandoned.[3]
19 April – Campbeltown is erected a royal burgh.[4]
- Approximate date about which the independent pro-Union group later known as the Squadrone Volante forms around John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale.
- Possible approximate date at which the last wolf in Scotland is shot, north of Brora in Sutherland.[5]
- Scottish American settler Isaac Magoon establishes the town of Scotland, Connecticut.[6]
Births[edit]
- 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[edit]
George Bogle of Daldowie, tobacco and sugar merchant and Rector of the University of Glasgow (died 1784)
Donald Cameron of Lochiel (died 1748)
George Gilmer, Sr., politician (died 1757)
Deaths[edit]
- 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[edit]
- An edition of the late 16th-century Scots poet Alexander Montgomerie's The Cherrie and the Slae is printed in Ulster.
See also[edit]
- Timeline of Scottish history
References[edit]
^ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Colville, Ian (2011-02-08). "The Lesser Great Fire of 1700 in Edinburgh". On this day in Scotland. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
^ 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 2014-06-03.
^ According to Scrope's Art of Deerstalking cited in the inscription on a stone at the site. "The demise of Scotland's wolves". BBC. 2007-01-31. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
^ "Welcome to Scotland, CT". www.scotlandct.org. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
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