1700 in Scotland
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Events from the year 1700 in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch — William II
- Secretary of State — James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, jointly with John Carmichael, 1st Earl of Hyndford
Law officers
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General — Lord Lothian
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Pollok
Events
- 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 was shot, north of Brora in Sutherland.[5]
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
- 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
- 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
- ↑ "Notable Dates in History". The Flag in the Wind. The Scots Independent. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
- ↑ 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.
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