1728 in Scotland
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List of years in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history 1728 in: Great Britain • Wales • Ireland • Elsewhere |
Events from the year 1728 in Scotland.
Incumbents
- Monarch — George II
- Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant
Law officers
- Lord Advocate — Duncan Forbes
- Solicitor General for Scotland — John Sinclair, jointly with Charles Erskine
Judiciary
- Lord President of the Court of Session — Lord North Berwick
- Lord Justice General — Lord Ilay
- Lord Justice Clerk — Lord Grange
Events
- 31 May — The Royal Bank of Scotland extends the first overdraft (to Edinburgh merchant William Hogg for £1,000).[1]
- Iron smelting at Invergarry begins.[2]
- Inverness—Fort William road through the Great Glen completed.[2]
- First larch trees in Scotland planted at Dunkeld.[2]
- First publication of Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie's The Historie and Chronicles of Scotland, 1436–1565, written about 1575 in the Scots language.
Births
- 13 February — John Hunter, surgeon (died 1793)
- 16 April — Joseph Black, physicist and chemist (born in France; died 1799)
- 3 July — Robert Adam, architect (died 1792)
Deaths
- 3 April — James Anderson, lawyer, antiquary and historian (born 1662)
See also
References
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