1708 in Scotland

none January 2016 July 2026 1708 Events from the year 1708 in Scotland. Incumbents Secretary of State for Scotland: The Earl of Mar Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir James Stewart Solicitor General for Scotland – William Carmichael Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Tarbat Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Ormiston Events 11 March – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation. 23 March – James Francis Edward Stuart unsuccessfully tries to land at Burntisland on the Firth of Forth with a French fleet.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/292 registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 292 30 April – 7 July – British general election: New Scottish Westminster constituencies are used for the first time. 1 May – Privy Council of Scotland abolished.David Ross Chronology of Scottish History Geddes & Grosset New Lanark 2002 1-85534-380-0http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/apgb/1707/capgb_17070040_en_1 Union with Scotland (Amendment ) Act 1707 2008-02-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20090806221334/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/apgb/1707/capgb_17070040_en_1 6 August 2009 live dmy Treason Act harmonises the law of high treason in Scotland with that of England. Chairs of Moral Philosophy and of Logic & Metaphysics established in the University of Edinburgh. Regent system of teaching here abolished. Births 15 February – Alexander Hume-Campbell, nobleman and politician (died 1760) 8 March – John Campbell, author (died 1775) Date unknown Thomas Gillespie, Presbyterian minister and founder of the Relief Church (died 1774) William Guthrie, historian (died 1770) Deaths 21 June – John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Belhaven and Stenton, anti-Union politician (born 1656; died in London) 10 October – David Gregory, mathematician and astronomer (born 1659) 16 November – Alexander Edward, Episcopalian minister, architect and landscape designer (born 1651) See also 1708 in Great Britain References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Category:1700s in Scotland Scotland