1719 in Scotland

none December 2020 January 2016 1719 Events from the year 1719 in Scotland. Incumbents Politics of Scotland Order of precedence in Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland: The Duke of Roxburghe Law officers Lord Advocate – Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet Solicitor General for Scotland – Robert Dundas Judiciary Lord President of the Court of Session – Lord North Berwick Lord Justice General – Lord Ilay Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Grange Events thumb|The Battle of Glen Shiel, June 10th 1714 March – a Jacobite invasion force sets out from Cádiz in Spain but is dispersed by storms and only two ships reach Scotland.Notable Dates in History http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm The Scots Independent 2016-02-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20160126115905/http://scotsindependent.scot/oldsitearchive/scotind/dates1-d.htm 26 January 2016 dead 10 May – Capture of Eilean Donan Castle: A British naval force capture Eilean Donan from occupying Spanish troops. 10 June – Battle of Glen Shiel: British Government troops defeat an alliance of Jacobite and Spanish forces.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 297 Spanish forces had supported the Jacobites, under the command of Major General Wightman, in an effort to strain the British Government's resources.Terry C. Sanford July 1905 The Battle of Glenshiel The Scottish Historical Review 2 412–423 1 September – Marriage ceremony of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ("Old Pretender" to the Scottish throne) and Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska at Montefiascone in Italy. Earliest known Newcomen atmospheric engines in Scotland at Stevenston (north Ayrshire) and at Elphinstone, East Lothian (near Tranent). Earliest known record of Belhaven Brewery near Dunbar. Births 5 May – Andrew Meikle, mechanical engineer and inventor (died 1811) 25 December – George Campbell, Enlightenment philosopher, Presbyterian minister, theologian and professor of divinity (died 1796) William Rose, schoolmaster and classical scholar (died 1786) Deaths 29 May – Sir Alexander Seton, 1st Baronet, judge (born c.1639) 24 June – James Sutherland, botanist (born c.1638/9) The arts Allan Ramsay publishes Content and a new volume of Scots Songs. See also Scotland Timeline of Scottish history References collapsed Category:Years of the 18th century in Scotland Scotland Category:1710s in Scotland Scotland